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Mike Humphries

Real Name:
Mike Humphries
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Mike has been producing techno since the early nineties, and his first productions were co-written, under the name of D. Kontrol. They were released on the Belgium labels, 2 Thumbs, Mineral and Growth ,the in-house labels of Frank De Wulf, Since then, remixes have been created for Glenn Wilson on Planet Rhythm, Heroes, Aphrohead (aka Felix Da House Cat)
on Bush Records (Area 51 mix), Thomas Krome's Bitches from Hell on Corb (Cold Dust mix).
Mike has concentrated more on producing tracks for his own labels. Punish, the sleazy sounds of Techno,Together with co-founder Glenn Wilson, Punish was the start of a new sound in techno.
With the label Red Seal, recording under the name H, he brought you the World Downfall series (big hitters on the Fuse presents series for Dave Clarke), 2 Thieves and was
responsible for live PAs as Cold Dust with Nuccle. He started Black and White records, co-ran Player Records, the in-house label of the Orbit UK (R.I.P.) bringing anonymous releases to the Player label that were also remixed by DJ Bam Bam, DJ Urban and Angel Alanis, as well as artists such as Joey Beltram, Adam Beyer, Marco Bailey and Mark Broom, Ben Simms on the Player Remixes label.
Mike left all of these projects behind him at the end of 2003 to make way for his most recent project, Mastertraxx, which began in 2004.
Mike has DJ-ed and played live sets in clubs all around the world, and is currently a resident for The Darkside in Leeds(UK)
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Discography

Releases:
484 (12")   Colours 1998
DV8 (12")   Punish 2000
Horngroove (12", Tra)   Punish 2002
World Downfall Part 3 (12")   Red Seal 2003
Dialogue (12")   MasterTraxx 2004
Electric Blue 1 (12")   Punish Blue 2004
Prodrive (2 versions)   Mastertraxx 2004
Back To Floor (12")   Punish 2005
International Day Tripper (12")   Patterns 2005
Modification Madness (12")   Potential 2005
Prodrive Remixes EP (12", EP)   Mastertraxx 2005
Type UK EP (12")   Mastertraxx 2005
Interstate Grand Prix (12")   Mastertraxx 2006
The Ages EP (12", EP)   Open Source Records 2007
Remixes:
Coded EP (12", EP) Coded (Red Seal Remix) Advanced 1998
Tonal Path (12") Frequency Highway (Mik... Planet Rhythm Records 2001
H4 Remixes (12") Pump Action (Mike Hump... Heroes 2003
Chapter Seven: Collateral Damage EP (EP) (2 versions) The Hours (Mike Humphr... ARMS 2005
Scalz On Dope (2 versions) Scalz On Dope (Mike Hu... Notorious North 2005
Mastertraxx Global Traxx Vol.2 (12") Nobushi (Mike Humphrie... Mastertraxx 2006
79Pinto (12") 79Pinto (Mike Humphrie... Criminal Beat Cartel 2007
Flare (12") Flare (Mike Humphries ... Mixtape Records 2007
Ignite It EP (12", EP) Burn The House Down (M... Thomas Christopher + Payne Recordings 2007
Production:
Syncro (12")   Kickin Records 1995
Corners (2x12")   Communique Records 1996
Episode II (12")   Core 1999
I'm A Player (12")   Wedafuqawi 2001
Appears On:
East Of Eden (LP, Gat)   Harvest 1971
Microdot E.P. (12", EP)   Musicnow Records 1994
Remote Control Hearing / Full Throttle / Tracers (12")   Stay Up Forever 1994
Space Invader (12")   Mineral Records 1994
Acid War - Remixes (12")   Stay Up Forever Remix 1995
Area 51 (12")   Mineral Records 1995
Mayday - Reformation (MC 2) (Cass) A1 Low Spirit Recordings 1995
Shutdown EP (12", EP)   Field Recordings 1995
Syncro (12")   Kickin Records 1995
Hall Of Mirrors (12")   Growth 1996
T.H.C. / Rough Justice / Organics / Robots (12")   Stay Up Forever 1996
World Techno Alliance (2xCD) Hall Of Mirrors Total Recall (3) 1996
What's The Truth EP (12", EP)   Solid Recordings 1997
Group Tracks (12")   Black + White 1998
Ho, What A Ravy Day... (CD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Platform Human 1999
Pay The Price (12")   Black + White 1999
Rat Patrol (10")   Planet Rhythm Records 1999
Riot-Tone (12")   Black + White 2000
Shadow Boxing (12")   Core 2000
Wolfman Jack (12")   Black + White 2000
Lightspeed - Remixes (12")   Stay Up Forever Remix 2003
Acid War (Liberator DJs RMX) (12", S/Sided)   Stay Up Forever Classics 2006
Dissident (12")   Field Recordings  
Everything Goes When It Comes To Hoes E.P (12", EP)   Pimp Records  
Everything Goes When It Comes To Hoes E.P (12", EP, W/Lbl)   Pimp Records  
Tracks Appear On:
Essential Underground Vol. 02: Berlin / Chicago (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Aural Exciter DJ-sets.com 2001
Punish Allstars - Vol. 1 (12") Hangover Punish 2001
Punish Allstars Volume 3 (12") Swingin The Chains Punish 2002
U60311 Compilation Techno Division Vol. 5 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Prodrive V2 Records, Inc. 2005
End Game EP (12") Infiltrate Native Diffusion 2006
r_AW Essential .05 (CD) Turn Of Fate The Third Movement 2006
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Review by gUrngUrl Dec 01, 2005 (edited over 3 years ago)
Most producers I like I'm pretty sceptical about their DJ-ing ability until I hear them in the flesh in a club as most are not too hot, but heard Mike play out last weekend and he is well sweet! Eatable tunes, mixing and programming. And lovely approachable bloke to boot. Highly recommended!

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