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Dan Curtin Musical Identity

Dan Curtin On Maintaining Musical Identity

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Dan Curtin’s musical journey began in the early 1990s with the beginning of the techno and house phenomena. From his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio Dan experimented with a vast number of styles, producing innovative sounds of every variety: from Chicago to Detroit to the East Coast. Having released on such labels as Soma, Mobilee. Bass Culture, Holic Trax, and Saved, with over 70 singles and nine albums, Dan has given much to the dance music scene. His refusal to lock himself into one style as well as his ability to work with a variety of artists from different genres has made him a respected figure amongst a world of ever-increasingly like-minded musicians. Dan talks with 6AM on maintaining musical identity.

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Dan Curtin: “5 Childhood Tracks I Still Love to This Day”

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When it comes to all things techno, Dan Curtin can legitimately lay claim to being something of a legend of the scene. A native of Ohio, Dan now lives in Berlin and conjures to whip up genuinely enthralling and exciting, fresh and innovative techno of the sort most of his peers could only dream of.

Best known for his early works on Strictly Rhythm and Peacefrog, today Dan’s main endeavours see him working on his Metamorphic label — a stunning treasure trove of discerning gems and a buy-on-site sort of label for those in the know. Indeed, Dan recently revived one of his best-loved aliases, Planetary, via Metamorphic, with The Origins EP earning a much-welcome reissue over two decades after it’s original release.

A true fountain of knowledge when it comes to techno and a genuine sound visionary, Dan by his own admittance, is every bit as obsessed with hip-hop as he is house and techno. So when we asked him to name 5 tracks from his childhood that he still loves to this very day, we weren’t altogether surprised by the results. Without further ado, here’s what the main man had to say about it all…

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