Detroit Techno’s enduring power to shake dance floors all over the world was showcased once again as DJ Bone brought his three-deck turntable-trickery to Void, for his first ever appearance in China, and Void’s third Detroit flavored guest following Nomadico of Underground Resistance and, of course, Rob Hood

Detroit Techno’s enduring power to shake dance floors all over the world was showcased once again as DJ Bone brought his three-deck turntable-trickery to Void, for his first ever appearance in China, and Void’s third Detroit-flavored guest following Nomadico of Underground Resistance and, of course, Rob Hood.

 

Shanghai_Ultra lined up, dropping a spot of dubstep and bleepy techno, slowly warming up the crowd before handing the controls over to Nat Alexander who stepped the dance floor up a gear. Mr A was on top form to say the least and played one of his most blinding sets yet, dropping an intriguing but expertly-crafted selection to set the stage up for Void’s guest.

 

By the time Bone took over, anticipation was at peak level – and the atmosphere soon followed. Starting off with his famous Music Speech, Bone announced his arrival and let fly with Fix “Flash” which got the beats underway, and from then on in, anyone on the dance floor had difficultly leaving after that point. Bone rolled out an uptempo set, checking the likes of Der Klang Der Famile, Surgeon, Mills and dropping the electro number “City Limits” by The Advent at one point. By the time the all-time classic “Numbers” by Kraftwerk emerged amid the three-deck madness, Bone’s virtuoso musical tour was complete. Tracks from his Subject Detroit imprint were of course spun, as was the Samuel L Session’s amazing bass-heavy take on Bone’s music speech – which is yet to be released.

 

As expected, Shanghai’s diverse international dancing crowd was out in force – the Void crew encountered Korean, Japanese, Swedish, Croatian, Columbian, Spanish, American, British, French, Hong Konger, Australian, Canadian and of course Chinese revelers. Also amongst the crowd were some refugees from Sascha’s gig at the mainstream JJ2 club who found out, just in the nick of time, where the real party was at.

 

As the clock struck 5am, Bone dropped his final track to a round of applause from the still-dancing party hardcore.

 

Subject Detroit, mission Shanghai, accomplished.

 

Check out more pictures from the night here

Download Bone’s set recorded live@Void is now available.

 

Picture courtesy of City Moments