Blake Baxter is an American techno musician, associated with the first wave of Detroit techno. Allmusic called him "perhaps the most underrated figure" of the early Detroit techno scene.[1]
Baxter first began DJing in the middle of the 1980s. His first release was issued by Chicago label DJ International, which was followed by several singles on KMS Records, run by Kevin Saunderson. He worked extensively with Underground Resistance in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and had several of his productions featured on the Techno: The New Dance Sound of Detroit compilation. Around 1990 he began recording for Incognito Records, who released his debut full-length, The Underground Lives.
After moving to Berlin, he released "Brothers Gonna Work it Out", a track based on Willie Hutch's 1973 eponymous release, which was later sampled by The Chemical Brothers. Additionally, he worked with Orlando Voorn as The Ghetto Brothers. After returning to Detroit, he set up the labels Mix Records and Phat Joint.
EP Frequencies ◄ (2 versions) Tresor 2000 EP Frequencies (12", EP, W/Lbl, Promo, P/Mixed) Tresor 2000 EP Frequencies (12", EP) Tresor 2000
FM Disko (12", Promo) Tresor 2001
FM Disko (12") Tresor 2001
Deep N Da Groove (Remix) (12") Tresor 2002
Sexuality (Remixes) (12") Sonic Groove 2002
Poetry And Rhythm Session Two ◄ (2 versions) Mix Records 2004 Poetry And Rhythm Session Two (12", W/Lbl, Promo) Mix Records 2004 Poetry And Rhythm Session Two (12") Mix Records 2004
Poetry And Rhythm Session One ◄ (2 versions) Mix Records 2004 Session One (12", W/Lbl) Mix Records 2004 Poetry And Rhythm Session One (12") Mix Records 2004
Sexuality 2004 ◄ (2 versions) Sonic Groove 2004 Sexuality 2004 (12", W/Lbl, Promo) Sonic Groove 2004 Sexuality 2004 (12") Sonic Groove 2004
Juan Atkins / Blake Baxter - Coke DJ-Culture ◄ (2 versions) Not On Label (Coke DJ-Culture Series) 2005 Coke DJ-Culture Remix By Juan Atkins / Blake Baxter (12", Promo) Not On Label (Coke DJ-Culture Series) 2005 Coke DJ-Culture (CD, Maxi, Promo) Not On Label (Coke DJ-Culture Series) 2005
Tomi D. Feat. Blake Baxter - Dimensions 1 - EP ◄ (2 versions) Mix Records 2005 Dimensions 1 - EP (12", EP, W/Lbl) Mix Records 2005 Dimensions 1 - EP (12", EP) Mix Records 2005
Trevor Rockcliffe feat. Blake Baxter - Relax EP (12", EP) Mentor 2005
Our Luv (12", S/Sided, RE, RM) Decks Classix 2009
Abe Duque Featuring Blake Baxter - Don't Be So Mean Part 4 (12") Abe Duque Records 2009
Blake Techno! ◄ (2 versions) Red-Zone Recordings Unknown Blake Techno! (12") Red-Zone Recordings Unknown Blake Techno! (12") Red-Zone Recordings Unknown
Teknotika & Blake Baxter - Three Cuts ◄ (3 versions) Mix Records Unknown Three Cuts (12", MP) Mix Records Unknown Three Cuts (12", W/Lbl) Mix Records Unknown Three Cuts (12") Mix Records Unknown
Untitled (12", W/Lbl) Fat Joint Unknown
Untitled (12") Not On Label Unknown
Abe Duque Feat. Blake Baxter - Lets Take It Back ◄ (2 versions) Abe Duque Records 2009 Lets Take It Back (12", Etch) Abe Duque Records 2009 Let's Take It Back (4xFile, MP3) Process Recordings 2009
Abe Duque feat. Blake Baxter - What Happened? ◄ (3 versions) Process Recordings 2009 What Happened? (CDr, Single) Process Recordings 2009 What Happened? (3xFile, MP3) Process Recordings 2009 What Happened? - Part 2 (4xFile, MP3) Process Recordings 2010
Psycatron Feat. Blake Baxter - She Is Music ◄ (3 versions) Planet E, Guilty Pleasures 2010 She Is Music (12", W/Lbl) Planet E, Guilty Pleasures 2010 She Is Music (12") Planet E, Guilty Pleasures 2010 She Is Music (Part 2) (2xFile, MP3, 320) Planet E 2011
Black Art Music* Featuring Blake Baxter - Afro Acid ◄ (2 versions) Moods & Grooves 2011 Afro Acid (3xFile, MP3, 320) Moods & Grooves 2010 Afro Acid (12") Moods & Grooves 2011
Joey Beltram vs Blake Baxter - Live At Tressor Tour In Germany (Cass, Mixed, Promo, RE, Chr) Sole Unlimited Unknown