Alter Ego Management

Baseball and Summertime. Peanut Butter and Jelly. Ross and Rachel. These are all pairs of things that truly belong together. And finally, after years of waiting, legendary Detroit hip hop producer Nick Speed has joined forces with the infamous techno collective, Underground Resistance, to release a vinyl titled “Speed of Sound.”
While the combination of Nick [...]

French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux‘ “Cycles of the Mental Machine” is a piece of visual art inspired by the legendary Detroit DJ, The Electrifying Mojo and his book, “The Mental Machine”.  Cycles recently received an “Award of Merit” from the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood.  “And what,” you may ask, “does this have to do [...]

So Nick Speed has been producing tracks for everyone and their momma for the longest.  From 50 Cent to Talib Kweli, Lloyd Banks, Elzhi and others, the man has been busy.  But as he prepares to move to the next level, folks are taking note, folks like 2dopeboyz, the bloggers you need to be following [...]

…and so should you!  The blog/podcast site, Little White Earbuds (also known affectionately as “LWE”), interviewed the dance music dynamo.  If you take a listen, you’ll hear an incredible mix as well as an enlightening interview where he explains just what W.A.R.M.T.H. is and how influential Mad Mike Banks was in his start and beyond [...]

Yes folks, there’s no more famous quote concerning techno music than Derrick May’s “techno is like Kraftwerk and George Clinton stuck together in an elevator.”  And Kraftwerk has had a longstanding relationship with the Motor City, so when the New York Times thought to do a piece on the iconic electronic band, it only made [...]

Yes, folks, you heard it right, Mike Banks, the infamous producer/musician from Underground Resistance will be in Amsterdam this Friday in a special event where he’ll be playing live alongside the mixing of electronic music’s king of style, Carl Craig!  Saturday presents us with another treat as both Mike and Carl break out with their [...]

Sorry folks, technial difficulties kept us from keeping you updated on all the stuff brewing with the artists here.  Stay tuned to get the lowdown on the new Model 500 track (newer than Huesca, no joke!), Guillamino’s upcoming shows and offer for “Help”, Underground Resistance and hackers, Mad Mike’s evil twin, Aaron-Carl meets [...]

What happens when you let a bunch of artists, musicians, and (h)ac(k)tivists get together and plan their own festival? Well, if you’re in France (St. Etienne, to be exact), you get the Avataria Festival. Now in its tenth year, the festival brings a range of counter-culture elements together to mix it up in [...]

Facebook is a great thing.  For a lot of people.  But there are always those folks who abuse free stuff.  Case in point, the bonehead masquerading as Mad Mike Banks.  Yes, the techno innovator is just as targeted as anyone, with some imposter claiming to be him.  We’re in the process of trying to get [...]

Detroit musical innovators Underground Resistance have been around for a long time now, but many questions stand concerning the label, the motivation, the music and perhaps most of all, the “mysterious” label founder, Mad Mike Banks, who along with co-founder Jeff Mills paved the way for dozens while continuing to break new ground on a [...]