Episode 12 –Underground Resistance - Elimination

It’s 1989, and Mike Banks is a sought-after session musician in Detroit, who plays both guitar and synth on other artists’ recordings. Banks is also a member of a band that the city’s, and maybe the world’s, most famous record label, Motown Records, is interested in signing. Some of his fellow band members see this as a great opportunity for their music careers. Banks also views this as a defining moment of his career, however not because he wants to further his prospects with an internationally revered record company. Rather, in turning down this opportunity, he breaks from the mainstream music world, motivated instead to increasingly dedicate himself to the electronic music that he already makes with his friend, Jeff Mills. Under the title of Underground Resistance, their productions will come to define the second generation of Detroit techno, with tracks such as “Elimination”.