#132 | Rolando (US)

Recorder.13

Rolando Ray Rocha - @rolando000 grew up in south west Detroit, a Hispanic district, he was heavily influenced by his cultural Latin rhythms and percussion. Inspired from an early age by his musician father, he pursued his own interest in music and became well known and respected within the community. It was later when he heard @axis-jeff-mills in 1985 as "The Wizard" that he discovered the innovative sounds of Techno. Through a mutual friend he was introduced to Mike Banks and joined Underground Resistance in 1994. In 1999 'Jaguar' although not Rolando's first release on UR turned perceptions of Techno on their head, breaking into other genres of dance music and becoming a classic in the boxes of DJs such as @danny-tenaglia-officia, @carl-cox, @pauloakenfold, and @gillespeterson. The track has a long legacy of reworking and lives on fifteen years later inspiring audiences from all genres. As of November 2004, Rolando left both Underground Resistance and his Los Hermanos project behind. 2014 Rolando has launched his own label R3 (Roland Rocha Records) and will exclusively release his own music on his label. Rolando now a Dj for almost thirty years continues to work internationally as a Dj and continues to hold a residency at the notorious and enigmatic Berlin club Berghain. Stay Rave with #R13! Tracklist: 01 Shlomi Aber - Liquid Tool - BOA 02 Confidential Recipe - Dance(Gene Richards JR Detriit cut) - Rekids 03 Talor - Absence of Freedom - Motech 04 Shlomi Aber - Warping - BOA 05 Elisa Bee - Travel To Light - Outerworld 06 Joe Metzenmacher - Stick it out ft. DJ Deeon(Virginia remix) - Heideton 07 Annika Wolfe - Do it right(chord mix) - Motech 08 Reggie Dokes - Grand Blvd. - Psychostasia 09 Subradeon - Where is Your Soul(Stephen Brown rmx) - Sous 10 Ritzi Lee - Backup - Mord 11 SOD 90 - Abe Sada(Assembler Code rmx) - Bipolar Disorder 12 Queer On Acid - Not The Time - Kneaded Pains 13 The Lady Machine - Amplify - Mote Evolver 14 Rob Strobe - Honey Rydes - Motech 15 DJ Shufflemaster - AKASerialKiller - Ohrfeigen 16. Mark Broom - Recessive - Rekids 17 Dustin Zahn - Tell Me About Paradise - Rekids 18 Stephen Brown - I Am Someone - Transmat 19 Hertz Collision & Gene Richards Jr - Must Do It - CLR 20 Stef Mendesidis - Wurlitzer Machinery - Klockworks 21 Planetary Assault Systems - Devotion - Token 22 Spencer Parker - Droney - Work Them Records 23 A Sagittariun - No Drama - MPX 24 Anne - Nude(Insolate rmx) - Out Of Place 25 Dustin Zahn - Profane Purposes - Rekids 26 Exium - Complex(Rolando rmx) - Pole 27 Edwin Oosterwal - Elasticity(Alden Tyrell rmx) - Rejected 28 Uncertain & S File - Shock - Uncage 29 The Lady Machine - Collide - Mote Evolver 30 George Cross - Un Shore - Motech 31 Ur - Jupiter Jazz(Mark Broom edit) - unreleased