It’s no secret we at Onda Sonora love most music coming out of Detroit. From Motown to Funkadelic, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, UR, Carl Craig, Kenny Dixon Jr, Theo Parrish, Dilla and Black Milk. To name the more obvious ones. Next to these artists with a somewhat higher profile there’s an immense wealth of quality producers. People like Paul Randolph, Norm Talley, Delano Smith, Mike Clark, Snowman, John Arnold, Andres / Dez, Wajeed, Keith Worthy, Patrice Scott, … and the list goes on. All producing quality music. Always raw, deep and soulful. Despite it being classifiable as Hiphop, House, Electro or Techno there’s always a common factor that touches the right snares.

Some of these cats, along with others, have started the Exchange Bureau. Describing their goal this way;

"Bridging the gap between Detroit’s funk and techno history, Exchange Bureau Music stands to unite the organic and electronic with a new collective of established and up-and-coming Detroit based musicians and producers all under one organization. The band-turned-label will still maintain the funk-driven Exchange Bureau sound, expand with EB side projects and remixes, and introduce new agent releases incorporating house, funk, broken beat, techno, hip hop, electro, and more."

If you see who the “agents” involved are, you can’t be but excited. When you here the first bits of music that excitement only gets bigger. The “Spookie Dookie” track on the blue Detroit Beatdown EP is a killer and when you explore the site you know that’s only a prelude to more pleasure. Check it out and spend money at their online store.