Highsage (aka Acid Trace) produces techno and acid with machines in the classic Detroit TR-style of programming. With releases out on BWLR (Detroit), Detroit Underground, Napalm Enema (Can), AC Records (Berlin), and several others, he's quickly becoming known for hard analog techno, twisted time signatures, and psychedelic use of FX. Beyond studio production, he has been pushing the live hardware performance front forward, performing live shows in So Cal and Vegas using a TB-303 and the Elektron "Trinity" of drum machine, sampler and synth: performances shrouded in cuts, cymbal pitch rides, glitch, and carefully selected field samples and FX, with a nod to classic acid modulation of every part. He also plays the horn, hacks the planet, mentors younger artists on the art of hardware techno production, and works in
Latest Releases
Jak Is Bak: BWLR Collective, Vol. 2 (Tribal Pool)
Friendly Integration V2
Jak Is Bak - EP10 - Seastorm / Stormcell
Jak Is Bak - EP9 - Let Me Be Free
Jak Is Bak - EP7 - Floodlight
Jak Is Bak - EP6 - Perc White Reserve
Jak Is Bak - EP5 - Structures of Acid
Jak Is Bak - EP4 - Clakernoid
Jak Is Bak - EP3 - Electrik Awakening
Jak Is Bak - EP2 - Peace
Jak Is Bak - EP1 - Secret Garden
The Most Exciting Real Techno Tunes In 2011
Bee A Pilot, Iggy Miles, Cheapset, Marcus Illgenstein, Gerald Peklar, Xilinox, Highsage, DJ KoT, Diego Rodriguez, Tom Almex, Sebastian Groth, Dominik Vaillant, Laptop Boy, Pekans, Isabelle, Pierre Deutschmann, Acrylite, Miguel Bastida, Luca Salzano, Near Earth Object, Cert-8, Space DJz, Michael Schwarz, Shania, Newton B
Addicted To Techno - Hot Summer Techno Tracks
Cheapset, Diego Rodriguez, Orwell, DJ Arcane, O.B.I., Highsage, Ron Ractive, DJ KoT, Iggy Miles, Feltting, Marcus Illgenstein, Beat Stroganow, Gerald Peklar, Miguel Bastida, Luca Salzano, Age Of Broken Mind, Geoffrey Vince, Acrylite, Dominik Vaillant, Isabelle, Pierre Deutschmann, Robin Hirte, Nico Dacido, Shania, Virility Ex, Isman Loeschner, Pekans
I Love Tech Vol. 3
Syncope, Age Of Broken Mind, DJ Danko, Sobar, Gorziza, Nathalie De Borah, Isman Loeschner, DJ KoT, Dominik Vaillant, Denis Underground, Dave Tarrida, DJ Subsonic, Pierre Deutschmann, Ron Ractive, Minitronix, Acrylite, Cert-8, Sakito, Sebastian Groth, Gerald Peklar, Highsage, Iggy Miles, Marcus Illgenstein, Beat Stroganow, Orwell, Eggo, Andy Todd, Nippon, Michael Schwarz, Kälter, Isabelle, Tom Almex, Geoffrey Vince, Miguel Bastida, Near Earth Object, Maximilian M.