A History of the Roland 303 in 10 Tracks

Lauren Flax is a DJ and producer who hails from Detroit and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. In essence, she retains the history of dance music from her hometown and the continuing innovation of her current city of residence.

Before transitioning into electronic music, Flax was playing the drums at the age of eight and began learning guitar and bass in high school. The DJing began in Detroit's now historic underground where she was a resident of the Motor Lounge along with other DJs like Mike Servito, DJ Dilemma, Jason Kendig, and Derek Plaslaiko. Her style originated in jungle territory, but soon ventured out into techno, house, and electro, building her reputation as one of the city’s most versatile selectors.

In 1999 she moved to Chicago to familiarize herself with music production before coming back to Detroit in 2000 to play the first Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Then in 2002, she once again moved to Manhattan, and it was in that year she released her first remix of "Much Finer" for Le Tigre.

For many years she continued her career as a DJ while refining her production chops, and in 2017 her original music started to truly break through with a solo EP on the infamous Nervous Records entitled 

From there her production schedule became just as consistent as her gigging schedule. In 2018 alone she shared three original releases including a collaboration with fellow Brooklyn artist DJ Heather called 

The following year saw another major step forward for Flax as she started touring the US and Europe with her live analog set, bringing the talent, drive, and musical sensibilities she’s gained through her hard work in the dance meccas of Detroit and Brooklyn.

United States

experimental techno

Lauren Flax

DJ Holographic

Curaçao

dutch house

tech house

Shermanology

United Kingdom

SYREETA

Canada

Chippy Nonstop

Katie Rex

dark techno

minimal dub

Nur Jaber

nyc club

vapor soul

wave

WTCHCRFT

Kyruh

Justin Cudmore

YAZZ

Jaesyun

HE.SHE.THEY

Superior Ingredients

HE.SHE.THEY [Day-into-Night Marathon]

Germany

melodic house

Adam Port

alternative dance

big beat

electronica

Basement Jaxx

german techno

minimal techno

techno

Ben Klock

downtempo

indietronica

instrumental hip hop

jazztronica

nu jazz

trip hop

Bonobo

detroit techno

outsider house

Carl Craig

Austria

electra

microhouse

Cassy

Belgium

belgian techno

Charlotte de Witte

frankfurt electronic

schranz

Chris Liebing

chicago house

deep house

Derrick Carter

deep funk house

electro jazz

jazz house

Mark Farina

detroit house

DJ Minx

lo-fi house

DJ Seinfeld

Australia

australian house

deep groove house

house

Dom Dolla

uk dance

John Summit

Colombia

colombian indie

latintronica

pop electronico

Ela Minus

FISHER

raw techno

FJAAK

Italy

italian techno

puglia indie

Giorgia Angiuli

deep disco house

Green Velvet

Heidi

Sweden

swedish electronic

swedish techno

Ida Engberg

Bulgaria

KiNK

Lee Foss

ukg revival

Logic1000

latin tech house

melodic techno

minimal tech house

Maceo Plex

Moodymann

Octave One

ONYVAA

Ireland

irish electronic

Rebūke

Chile

Ricardo Villalobos

Rimarkable

acid house

dark disco

Robert Hood

uk house

Sam Divine

Sara Landry

Seth Troxler

TSHA

Underworld

jersey club

trap queen

UNIIQU3

brostep

canadian electronic

dubstep

electro house

progressive electro house

Zeds Dead

Hart Plaza

Movement Music Festival 2023

deep tropical house

pop edm

vapor twitch

Autograf

KANYKEI

Denmark

dance-punk

danish indie

experimental pop

WhoMadeWho

Maurizio Schmitz

France

french techno

KAS:ST

Romania

Praslesh

PAGODA

Zach Witness

Proper Villains

Davide Squillace

Lauren Flax

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