It’s the early 1990s, and Anthony Shakir, a local Detroit dj, engineer, and producer, is passing the time at Juan Atkins’ Metroplex studio, where he has worked in various roles over the years. On this occasion that he is in the building at the intersection of Grashit Ave and Riopelle Street, another budding local producer, Claude Young, visits the studio looking for promotional copies of Metroplex releases to play on his radio show. During this first encounter, Shakir and Young become instant friends, leading to them co-creating the record label, Frictional Recordings. Through Frictional, Shakir, under the artist name of Shake, will add a new, grittier tone to Detroit techno, thanks to numerous important tracks he releases, such as “Mood Swing”.

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