Nashville may rank among the least likely places where you might expect to find one of techno’s rising stars, yet from the town that brought us the Grand Old Opry comes Oliver Dodd. With a music career spanning the better part of a decade, Dodd has established himself as one of America’s hottest producers. His track “Elevators and Escalators,” released on Deitrich Schonemann’s AddOn Records, has been featured on a number of high-profile DJ mixes by such notables as Richie Hawtin and MSTRKRFT. Dodd’s music takes on a decidedly minimal sensibility without the usual pretensions associated with the genre, delving into electro and techno while maintaining dance-floor credibility in a party-rockin’ atmosphere. Dodd performs alongside Chicago mainstay Frankie Vega and Klectic label guru Jason Patrick, a relatively recent techno transplant from Detroit who has continued to build on his reputation as a top quality DJ and producer in his own right. (Andrew Lochhead)
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Still Breathtaking: A Preview of Sting at Ravinia Festival Sting's solo catalog boasts more than a dozen studio albums. He may not rack up the hit singles like he once did, but he remains a compelling writer, musician and performer.
