Emphasis Recordings’s goal is to consistantly bring high-quality underground dance music to the world, strictly focused on experimenting with the Chicago house and Detroit techno blueprints with the intention to update and expand these two extraordinary musical artforms.
A Hong Kong native living in Chicago since 1981, Tang's humble beginnings in electronic music started with the discovery of house music during the music's own infancy, spending many weekends recording DJ mixes off radio and shopping for the latest cuts of the day at local record shops.
As his fascination grew for this new form of music, so did his record collection, and it wasn't until 1988 that he decided to purchase his first pair of turntables and taught himself the "craft." During the 90's he studied Radio Broadcasting at Chicago's Columbia College and sporadically DJed at local events and clubs while persistently working on his next goal, set up a personal recording studio and eventually producing his own work.
In 1998, Steven established Emphasis Recordings label with the debut of his first release, the "Windy City EP". It garnered attention from Ewan Jensen of (Red Ember Records Australia, Moods & Grooves) and in the following year, he recorded a track entitled "Visions Far Away" for Red Ember's "Deepsounds Vol. 1" various artist 12" compilation.
Memorial Day weekend 2002 saw Tang's international debut at the DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) and was one of the featured artists on the unofficial DEMF "Generator: Detroit 2002" CD compilation. After a four year hiatus and new distribution, 2006 marked the full return of output from Steven with a brand new release under the alias, Obsolete Music Technology.
Fast forward to today, Steven just released "The Verged Sessions" on Aesthetic Audio and has upcoming releases on Machining Dreams, Generator Records, and Eargasmic Recordings.
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A fellow Chicagoan and electronic music producer, whose own personal history in electronic music began with the inspiring sounds of early '80s synth groups, italo, disco, Chicago house, industrial, and Detroit Techno.
But all of this might not have happened had he never met Damon Peterson, a techno/house producer from Kalamazoo, MI. Peterson introduced him to synthesizers and sequencing tools which filled that empty void his earlier works were missing. Moving forward, now armed with more knowledge and technical skills, he has since began creating his own vision of futuristic dance soundscapes and has recently joined Emphasis as one of its contributing artists.
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The newest member to the Emphasis Recording roster, hails from Milano, Italy. His passionate aptitude for music found its roots at a young age. During the mid 80's he started out DJing at local radio stations, at which his selections were gearing towards a mix among funk music classics, soul and the new synth sound realised by Kraftwerk.
After arrival of Chicago and Detroit house phenomenon, in 1987 Piero works at various italian clubs and parties. By early 1990, Piero began production of his own works for short film sound tracks at third party recording studios around town and finally following his own musical evolution by setting up his own recording studio and created his current project and alias, "E.S.O.M." (Electronic Sound Of Milano).
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