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Premiere: Chuck Daniels Presents “Sampled 16 Vol. 1” Compilation in Honor of 16 Years of Sampled Detroit

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Chuck Daniels’ imprint Sampled Detroit celebrates it’s 16 year anniversary with a three-part various artists release, featuring essential originals from Chuck, Jesse Rose, Ataxia, Amp Fiddler, AndrĂ©s, Oliver Dollar, Brett Johnson and more.

Founded by Chuck Daniels in 2002, Sampled Detroit has over the last 16 years become one of the world’s most highly regarded and essential outlets for underground house and techno, championing cutting-edge electronic music from artists like Amp Fiddler, Derrick Carter, Jason Hodges, Dimitri Max and of course Daniels himself.

Celebrating 16 years in the business, Sampled 16 will be a three-part release, with the final installment dropping just before Movement 2018 in May with a digital and vinyl release. The vinyl release will get a special packaging treatment by 1x Run Detroit.

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Chuck Daniels Celebrates 15 Years of Sampled Detroit

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Sampled Detroit is celebrating 15 years of music, and we have asked founder and owner Chuck Daniels to weigh in on the massive history of the label, going through its accomplishments and the tracks that best highlight the sound of what is undoubtedly one of Detroit’s most influential modern-day imprints.

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Humble Beginnings with Chuck Daniels

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Although Detroit is synonymous with techno, the Motor City has long held a deep connection with Chicago, the birthplace of house music. It is along the I-90 corridor that music has influenced some of the biggest artists to come out of both genres, with techno finding a home in the Windy City and house gaining respectful representation a four-hour drive due east in Detroit.

 

It is along this powerful connection that Chuck Daniels discovered himself as an artist. Despite deeply-seeded roots in Detroit, he found strong influence in the house sounds emanating from both Chicago and New York, rounding him into an artist able to select the ideal track from a vast palette of underground electronic sub-genres. Undoubtedly skilled, he went on to start his own “Sampled Detroit” imprint, a clear homage to the city he has continued to call home throughout his career. From promoting his own parties to guest appearances on support of high-caliber touring artists making their way through Detroit, Daniels’ own sets have elevated him to well-respected status among listeners and industry peers alike.

 

Thanks to long-standing and mutual appreciation, Daniels has enjoyed a working collaboration with Paxahau for several years now, and will be playing Movement for the fourth time this coming Memorial Day weekend with a prime-time late 5:45-7pm slot at the Opportunity Detroit stage. He is also scheduled to play alongside Danny Tenaglia at Populux for the Official Movement Pre-Party on Friday the 27th of May, and will be hosting his own Cosmic Disco Official After-Party on Saturday night. Hosted by his Sampled Detroit label, the latter will featured an impressive cast of guest artists including Kenny Glasgow, Daniel Bell, Doc Martin, Gene Farris, Andrés, as well as local up-and-coming artists such as Loren and Ryan Dahl. To conclude the weekend, he is also scheduled for a special back-to-back rooftop set with friend and fellow producer Oliver Dollar. You can find all party information on our Movement Party Guide.

 

We had the chance to sit down with Daniels to talk about his start in the scene and the road ahead. Check it out make sure to catch him in Detroit over Movement weekend!

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