A Hong Kong native, Steven Tang's humble beginnings in electronic music started after migrating to Chicago in the early 80s; which led to his discovery of house music through friends and many weekends of recording mixes off Chicago's airwaves. As his a..
In the 90's, Tang studied Radio Broadcasting at Chicago's Columbia College and sporadically dj-ed at local events, small clubs and house parties while working on his next goal to set up a personal recording studio to create his own productions. 1998 saw the establishment of Emphasis Recordings with his debut release, "Windy City EP." It garnered the attention of Ewan Jensen (Red Ember Records/Moods & Grooves) and two years later, contributed "Visions Far Away" for Red Ember's "Deepsounds Vol. 1" compilation. Fast forward to Memorial Day Weekend 2002, Tang performed at DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) and was one of the featured artists on the unofficial DEMF "Generator: Detroit" CD compilation. After another brief hiatus, Steven and his label Emphasis Recordings mark a full return in 2006, with new music under the alias Obsolete Music Technology and has since also produced EPs for labels like Aesthetic Audio (Detroit), Machining Dreams (Chicago), Generator (Chicago), Eargasmic Recordings (Chicago), Syncrophone (France), Dolly (Netherlands), Smallville (Germany). He has also been feature on compilation projects and remixes for Altered Moods Recordings (USA), M.O.S. Deep (Netherlands), Secretsundaze (England), Dial (Germany), Finale Sessions (USA), Pong Musiq (USA), Synapsis Records (USA), Thoughtless Music (Canada), Nord Records (Denmark), Argumento Records (Germany), Yoruba Records (Greece), and Nightime Drama (Australia).
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As Tang:
Windy City (12") Emphasis Recordings 1998
Nightfall (12", Clear) Emphasis Recordings 2002
Generator: Detroit 2002 (Compilation LP/CD) "Ominous (edit)" Generator Records 2002
Machine Oriented EP (12") Emphasis Recordings 2006
Ominous (12") Emphasis Recordings 2007
Bass Synergy (12") Emphasis Recordings 2011
As Steven Tang:
Deepsounds One (Compilation 12") "Visions Far Away" Red Ember Records 2001
The Verged Sessions (12") Aesthetic Audio 2010
Uprise In The Orient (12") Syncrophone 2011
The Pancakes Sessions (Compilation 12") "Over Easy" Altered Moods Recordings 2011
Finale Underground Vol. 1 (Compilation 12") "Immense" Finale Sessions 2013
Disconnect To Connect (LP, CD) Smallville Records 2013
Leaving The Physical World (12") Smallville Records 2014
Osunlade - Atonement Sampler (12") Steven Tang "Sunspot" R2 Records
Infintesimal (12") Emphasis Recordings 2016
As Obsolete Music Technology:
My Neurosis (12") Emphasis Recordings 2007
Evening Star (12") Emphasis Recordings 2008
Viewpoints Chapter One (Compilation LP/CD) "Evening Star" AW-Recordings 2008
Generator: Broadcast In Hi-Tech (Compilation 2x12") "Past Virtue" Generator Records 2010
Thoughts From Chicago Vol. Three (Compilation 7") "Incite" Eargasmic Recordings 2010
Relapse (12") Machining Dreams 2010
Mmmmmusic (12") Emphasis Recordings 2012
Since The Accident (12") Emphasis Recordings 2012
Inflection Point (12") Dolly 2012
Incite (12") Emphasis Recordings 2013
Volatile EP (12") Emphasis Recordings 2015
Lone Passenger (12") Dolly 2016
Remixes:
Chris Fortier - That Being Said (Obsolete Music Technology Remix) (MP3, 320) Manual Music 2009
Chicago Skyway - Lager (Obsolete Music Technology Remix) (12") MOS Recordings 2011
Javier Orduña & Active - Luz De Coco (Steven Tang Remix) (12") Pong Musiq 2013
Duplex – First Day (Steven Tang Remix) (12") Dolly 2013
Lawrence - Films & Windows Remixed - Angels At Night (Steven Tang Remix) (12") Dial 2013
Hakim Murphy - Murph Tone Jack Session Remixes - Tender B (Steven Tang Remix) (12") Synapsis Records 2014
Kogui - Implied Reference To Fundamental EP - Implied Reference (Steven Tang Mixdown Remix) (12", EP) A(s)I(t)I(s) 2014
DJ Spider - Northern Abyss Remix EP - Northern Abyss (Steven Tang Remix) (12", EP) Nord Records 2014
Life Recorder - The 8th Argument EP - 90 State (Steven Tang Rework) (12") Argumento Records 2014
Noah Pred - Third Culture Remixed - Your Signal (Steven Tang Remix) (10xFile, MP3, WAV, Album) Thoughtless Music 2014
Abstract Frequencies - Rarefied Air (Steven Tang Dense Air Reprise) (12") Aesthetic Audio 2016
Trinity - Expansion (Steven Tang Remix) - Cascade Drive (12") Nightime Drama 2016