Recording
Jaguar
DJ Rolando / Underground Resistance
Independently chosen for4 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1999
- Label
- Underground Resistance
- On
- Detroit Techno, Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Ranked No. 4 in Detroit Techno
The riff that a major label tried to buy and the Detroit underground refused to sell. Political history aside, it is simply the most physical string line techno has.
Picked by Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records
A monument. Chicago house felt like a natural continuation of disco; Detroit techno broke the rules altogether and sounded like the future. And this one everybody played — house DJs and techno DJs alike.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe
A Detroit label's politics turned into a continental hit and then into a fight over who owned it. The record outran its own scene, which is the thing Underground Resistance had spent a decade warning about.
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
The riff a major label tried to buy and the Detroit underground refused to sell. Politics aside, the most physical string line techno has.