Yes, Portland is definitely first and foremost a House town. However, there is definitely strength in other scenes, particularly DnB, Breaks, and Hip Hop. Of course, the Indie Rock and indie electronic scenes here are the biggest overall... That said, Portland has a small but strong & dedicated ...

yeah, so I've really not kept up with this board too regularly in the past while. wanted to drop a line here to let you all know that Techno Sol is still going strong, celebrated 2 years in January with Troy Pierce as the special guest . Also hosted Safety Scissors in Feb. and have Bruno Pronsato ( ...

Yeah, I run into this same problem when ordering for my shop. REALLY ANNOYING. You'd think they'd want to support the US scene just as much...

Then again, M_nus isn't the only label discussed on this board that I have trouble getting into the store.

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anyone know who is doing distribution for this Hello? Repeat in the USA? I've not seen either of the releases available yet...

looking forward to this release!

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BPitch always shines a light on the other side of what's going on. This release should be pretty damn great for me! Love the little sample of the Sleeparchive remix...I'm sure it only gets better over a longer spread.

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his show up here in Portland was great! nice chap, too. glad to hear that SF was so much fun...some day I'm going to have to plan a vacation around that weekend.

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Caught his show in Portland, Oregon, USA on Sat., Nov. 5th. Great dancefloor-ready techno/electro and very enjoyable. Had the small crowd really moving and played his remix of one of my favorites right now, Dibaba's "Love Train".

see him if you get a chance!

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Âme can really do no wrong, in my opinion. Such a beautiful sound that straddles the line between minimal and house. This new release, I agree, is particularly stunning.

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