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Brian

About Me

Born and raised in a small southeastern suburb (313) of Detroit Michigan, Brian Neckel spent his youth recording on cassette late night sessions of the now famous DJs Electrifying Mojo and "The Wizard" (aka Jeff Mills).Influenced by Detroit radio station WJLB's late night sessions and later by the Canadian radio station 89X's underground Transmissions series, Brian has molded and shaped his own style off of his personal experiences in the techno underground known as Detroit.Trying to stay on the cutting edge of technology Brians current EDM creations orbit around Ableton Live and Rane Serato for performance purposes.

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Member Since: 05/11/2003
Band Website: www.brianneckel.com www.last.fm/user/bs529
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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Fastest System On Planet Earth

Jun 26, 2008 11:00 EST Don Lapenna and I set the Futuremark Vantage record for Fastest Machine on the Planet. Its a Liquid Nitrogen cooled ASUS Striker II Extreme with a QX9770 running three Liquid Ni...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:52:00 GMT

Pacemaker

God I fucking want mine now...  I'm number 2211 in the queue. http://www.youtube.com/Pacemaker01 Pacemaker Device is in perfect sync with Pacemaker Editor, the cross-platform computer application...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:17:00 GMT

My Girls Etsy Shop!

Check it out for Holiday Gifts! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5388014
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:11:00 GMT

Supa Dope Gameboy Synth

So I'm sure this is old news to most of you but they came out with a cart based MIDI controller so you could use the Gameboy as a synth around 2000.  They finally reissued the nanoloop in version...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:17:00 GMT

Turning lead into gold...

I have a new project that I'm working on to get used to some new software and hardware that I've recently purchased.  I call it the "Making Bad Music Good" project.  Any idea for tracks...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:13:00 GMT

Jeff "The Wizard" Mills

I was digging around on the web for some old WJLB mixes of The Wizard and came across these.  Nothing like tearing it up on three tables... JEFF MILLS: The Exhibitionist Mix (part 1/3)http://www....
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:29:00 GMT

blog.thomasdolby.com

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I went to Europe and visited a little city called Amsterdam.  I went to a swap meet and bought first run American copies of the first two Thomas Dolb...
Posted by on Fri, 26 May 2006 11:31:00 GMT

Stuck in a Rut

Usually I have no problems creating music but lately I've been in a huge creative rut.  Even got a brand new piece of hardware (CME UF6 61-Key MIDI Controller) for my birthday but it didn't influ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:01:00 GMT

For All U Do It Your Selfers...

Limor Fried is my new hero. She's the MIT student who built a personal mobile phone jammer as part of her masters thesis, and MintyMp3, an MP3 player in an Altoids box. She's looking for a job, but me...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:34:00 GMT

New Live Mix Up For DL...

A little live mix I did a few nights back that is quite different than my live sets...its fun none the less... :P Click here to Download: Electro Tech Vol 1 Fred Everything & 20Four7 Feat Van...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:40:00 GMT