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Anthony Shakir

Real Name:Anthony Shakir
Profile:Detroit producer Anthony "Shake" Shakir is one of the more underrecognized, underappreciated names in American techno. A bedroom producer since 1981, Shake had an important role in helping shape the early Motor City sound associated with artists such as Juan Atkins / Model 500 and Derrick May. He worked with May and Carl Craig as a producer, writer, or engineer on several early tracks on Metroplex, and worked in management and A&R for the label (as well, he's often joked, as being the janitor) during its formative years. His first solo material appeared on Virgin's seminal Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit compilation with 'Sequence 10'. Known as something of a techno purist, Shake has distanced himself from the European scene many of his colleagues have turned to for support (this accounts somewhat for his continuing obscurity), and his music is stylistically closer to second wave artists such as "Mad Mike" Banks and Claude Young — hard, stripped-down tracks which owe equally to techno, electro, hip-hop, and funk. Shake's visibility and reputation have risen in more recent years as a result of his Frictional and Puzzlebox labels, the latter of which he formed in 1996 with fellow Detroit electro / techno producer Keith Tucker (formerly of Aux 88). Releasing a series of records both solo and in combination (usually under the name Da Sampla), Shake and Tucker's Puzzlebox Records has, along with Underground Resistance and Guidance Recordings, become one of the more coveted sources of straight-up, no-bones Detroit techno.
- Sean Cooper
URLs:http://www.myspace.com/tonyshake66
Aliases:Da Sampla, Schematics, Shake
In Groups:Der Zyklus, Urban Tribe, Visions
Name Variations: All | Anthony Shakir | A. Shakir | Anthony "Shake Shakir" | Anthony "Shake" Shakir | Anthony 'Shake' Shakir | Shakir
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Releases:
Systemic Advancing E.P. (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   International Deejay Gigolo Records 1997
Tracks For My Father (12")   7th City 1998
Mr. Shakir's Beat Store (LP)   Klang Elektronik 2000
Shake EP (12", EP)   Sublime Records (3) 2000
What, Me Worry? (12")   7th City 2002
First Take Then Shake ◄ (2 versions)   Disko B 2004
Lost & Found 1 ◄ (2 versions)   Dust Science Recordings 2005
Remixes:
You're Mine (The Remixes) (12") You're Mine (Shake'em ... KMS 1989
(That Man) He's All Mine ◄ (2 versions) (That Man) He's All Mi... Virgin Records America ... 1990
Other Side Of Life / Touch Me (12") Other Side Of Life (Du... Interface Records 1990
Rewind (CD, Comp) Searchin' Hard (Detroi... Republic Records (2) 1990
By Your Side (12", Promo) By Your Side (Shake's ... Slamm Records 1991
Is This Real ? (CD, Maxi) Is This Real ? (Shake ... TRIBAL America 1993
We Got A Love / Tendency To Swing ◄ (2 versions) We Got A Love (Shake'm... Serious Grooves 1993
What U Gonna' Do? (12") What U Gonna' Do? (Rou... Super Sonic Sound 1995
Where Will I Be? ◄ (2 versions) Where Will I Be? (Anth... Back To Basics 1995
I Don't Like Music ◄ (2 versions) Raised By Snakes (Sha... SSR Records ... 1998
Bout Ready To Jak (Remixes) (12") Bout Ready To Jak (Sha... Spectral Sound 2004
Autosug EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions) Autosug (Anthony "Shak... Clone 2006
Remixes (12") Dark inclination (Shak... Persistencebit Records 2006
Production:
Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) ... 1988
I Believe ◄ (4 versions)   Transmat 1990
What Is A Dancer? (12") What Is A Dancer? (Sha... 430 West 1991
One More Time (12")   Aztonk Records 1992
Shock Therapy (12")   KMS 1992
Techno One And Two - Electronic Dance (2xCD, Comp, RE) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1992
Do Ya (Ltd Nr.1) (12")   6 x 6 Records 1993
Is This Real? (12")   TRIBAL America 1993
Do Ya (2x12")   Columbia, Columbia 1994
Do Ya (Ltd Nr.2) (12")   6 x 6 Records 1994
5% Solution (12", RP)   Metroplex, Interface Records 1996
... Waiting For Russell (12", Promo, W/Lbl)   Frictional Recordings 1998
The Collective (CD) I Believe 430 West 1998
430 West Presents Detroit Calling (CD, Comp, Mixed) I Believe (MK Remix) Concept Music 2001
All Access To Detroit's Music Festivals (CD, Comp) Suspended Animation Planet E 2001
Mix:
Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) ... 1988
I Believe (12", Promo) I Believe (Original Mix) Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1990
Mindsearch ◄ (2 versions)   Decisive Records 1990
Techno 2: The Next Generation (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) I Believe, Ritual Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1990
Techno One And Two - Electronic Dance (2xCD, Comp, RE) Sequence 10, I Believe... Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1992
Electro Nation (CD) Digital System Gravity 1997
Der Tonimpulstest ◄ (3 versions)   International Deejay Gigolo Records 1998
Appears On:
Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) ... 1988
I Believe ◄ (3 versions) I Believe (Shake Em Up... Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1990
Techno 2: The Next Generation (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) I Believe, Elements Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1990
Survival Instinct ◄ (2 versions) Peace Out 430 West ... 1991
Is This Real? ◄ (4 versions)   Flying Records ... 1992
Techno One And Two - Electronic Dance (2xCD, Comp, RE) Sequence 10, I Believe... Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1992
5% Solution (12")   Metroplex, Interface Records 1993
Back Together Again (12") Back Together Again (C... 6 x 6 Records 1993
Back Together Again (12") Back Together Again (C... 6 x 6 Records 1993
Back Together Again (2x12", Ltd, Blu) Back Together Again (C... Network Records 1993
Back Together Again (CD, Maxi)   6 x 6 Records 1993
Club Scam EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Trance Fusion ... 1993
Do Ya (The 313 Versions) (12", Promo)   6 x 6 Records 1993
Sonar 123 ◄ (2 versions) Sonar 123 Peacefrog Records 1993
Let The Music (Lift You Up) (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions) Let The Music (Lift Y... KMS (UK) ... 1994
Images (12")   KMS 1995
Atlantis - Intelligent Music - Vol. 1 (CD) Breathe Deeper Gravity 1996
Elements 1989-1990 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Elements, Galaxy Planet E 1996
La Creme De La Creme. Part Deux - The Cream Of Underground House - A Retrospective Mix 1993-1996 (12", Smplr, Ltd) Coming Home Arctic Records 1996
Mood Music For The Moody (12")   Frictional Recordings 1996
X-Mix: The Electronic Storm (CD, Comp, Mixed) Breathe Deeper Studio !K7 1996
Club Scam II (12")   Frictional Recordings 1997
X-Mix - Transmission From Deep Space Radio (CD, Mixed, Comp) Bloated (Jaggernaut Mix) Studio !K7 1997
... Waiting For Russell ◄ (2 versions)   Frictional Recordings 1998
Checkone (2xCD, RE) Id Clones X:treme Records 1998
Eleven Phases - Detroit Compilation ◄ (2 versions) Can't Turn Back Sublime Records (3) 1998
Revisionist's Theory (12")   Frictional Recordings 1998
Sophistry (12", Promo) False Gods Mo Wax 1998
The Collapse Of Modern Culture (CD) Decades Of Silicon, At... Mo Wax 1998
International DeeJay Gigolos MC TWO (Cass, Comp) Soundblaster Wizard (4) 1999
Pump It Up Dub ◄ (2 versions)   KMS 2000
Songs For My Mother (12")   Frictional Recordings 2000
The Art Of War: Who Dares Wins (2xCD, Comp) Peacemakers (Carl Crai... Toy's Factory 2000
The Un-Releases (CD) Intro Chicks On Speed Records 2000
10.100.02 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sonar 123 Peacefrog Records 2001
Essential Underground Vol. 03: Berlin / Detroit (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Sermon, Frictional Bea... DJ-sets.com 2001
Famous When Dead Two (3xLP, Comp) My Computer Is An Opti... Playhouse 2002
The Unsterilized Sessions (12")   Frictional Recordings 2002
All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0 (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions) Ghetto Futures (Go Fig... ATP Recordings 2003
Convalescence (12")   Frictional Recordings 2003
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! (CD) Sympatico Logistic Records 2003
Free Style (CD, Comp, Car) The Stab Sony Music Entertainment Inc. 2004
The Electric Institute (CD) The Stranger New Religion 2005
High Tech Soul - Stvoření Techno Světa (DVD)   XMAG 2007
The Truth (Album) ◄ (2 versions) The Truth Disko B 2008
Heavy On The Tongue / Da Jit (12")   Black Bottom Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) ... 1988
Techno One And Two - Electronic Dance (2xCD, Comp, RE) Sequence 10 Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1992
True People: The Detroit Techno Album (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) The Life Of A Planet R... React 1996
DJF 400 - DJ Fumitoshi (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Frictional Beat No. 4 SMEJ Associated Records ... 1998
International DeeJay Gigolos CD Two (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Soundblaster International Deejay Gigolo Records ... 1998
Abstract Funk Theory (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Fact Of The Matter Logic Records 1999
Drum Rhythm Sound Check (2xCD) Roaming PIAS Germany 1999
Drum Rhythm Sound Check (2xLP) Roaming PIAS Germany 1999
Globus Mix Vol. 3 - Sturm Und Drang (CD) Foundry, Plugged In Tresor 1999
Heavenly Presents Live At The Social Volume 3 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Roaming React 1999
New Horizons (12") Slippin' In 7th City 1999
Pump It Up Dub ◄ (2 versions) Shake It Up Dub (Remix) KMS 2000
Depth Charge 5 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Landing, Surveying Submerge Recordings 2002
The Workout (2xCD) Sunrise React 2002
All Tomorrow's Parties 3.0 (Comp, Album) ◄ (3 versions) Ghetto Futures (Go Fig... ATP Recordings 2003
Mixed Business (CD, Mixed) Mr. Shakir's Beat Stor... Floating Point Music 2003
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! (CD) Sympatico Logistic Records 2003
Trax Sampler 061 (CD, Smplr, Car) Sympatico Trax Sampler 2003
Free Style (CD, Comp, Car) The Stab Sony Music Entertainment Inc. 2004
SPEX CD #38 (CD) Swing To Bop Spex Magazine 2004
The Box Collection No. 1 (5xCD) Soundblaster International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
The Great Gigolo Swindle (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Systemic Advancing, No... International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
Keep The Faith - Dust Sampler 1 (CD, Comp) Function Electric Dust Science Recordings 2006
Da Bomb Volume 3 (CD) Systemic Advancing Databass Records  
User Reviews:
alant1000, Apr 30, 2004

Anthony "Shake" Shakir paved the way in the mid 90s for the hip-hop style broken beat techno, a favorite of Claude young. His unique and ground breaking style separates him out every bit as much as the 303 sound of hardfloor, the twisted bassline of E-dancer and the techno-click sound found in most green velvet productions. While he is very well respected, i still think he is massivley under rated. His style may be too sparce and broken beat for some, but there is no doubting he is another artist who likes to be different and break boundries. And thats what techno is all about.

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