Galaxy 2 Galaxy is a live

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and

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music collective featuring members of

Underground Resistance Underground Resistance (commonly abbreviated to UR) are an American musical collective from Detroit, Michigan. Producing primarily Detroit techno since 1990 with a grungy four-track musical aesthetic, they are also renowned for their militant ...

. The name comes from an EP created by Mike Banks in 1993. Fame in the

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

community rose from the release of ''A High Tech Jazz Compilation'' in 2005.

History

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and Mike Banks had an idea that

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and musicians could operate with the same "man machine"

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that was seen in Kraftwerk's music. This was presaged by early experiments with

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and jazz by artists including

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Return to Forever Return to Forever was an American jazz fusion band that was founded by pianist Chick Corea in 1972. The band has had many members, with the only consistent bandmate of Corea's being bassist Stanley Clarke. Along with Weather Report, The Headhun ...

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and

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's Astral Pirates. This pointed them in this direction and led to the first "hi-tech jazz release on UR which was

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in 1990. Mike Banks subsequently released the ''Galaxy 2 Galaxy'' EP on UR in 1993. This EP was an example of "hi-tech jazz" which was a style of music pioneered by UR and named after the track on this EP. Subsequently, the tracks "Journey of the Dragons" and "Hi-Tech Jazz" have appeared on a number of compilations by artists including Danny Krivit and

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. On these compilations, rather than credit Banks, the tracks were attributed to Galaxy 2 Galaxy. Having created this EP, Mike Banks did not use the name Galaxy 2 Galaxy again. However, from 2005 to commemorate the

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, the name was used as a name for various members of Underground Resistance playing live, using the same concept as

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. This live band includes such notables from the UR stable as

Esteban Adame Esteban Adame is an East Los Angeles DJ who emerged from the Chicano/ Latino rave or party scene in the 1990s. He started DJing at the age of 15. In 2004, he was asked by "Mad" Mike Banks of Underground Resistance to join the music collective in ...

, Santiago Salazar, DJ Dex,

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, Raphael Merriweathers Jr. and Mike Banks.

Discography

Galaxy 2 Galaxy

A1 Hi-Tech Jazz (The Science)
A2 Hi-Tech Jazz (The Elements)
B1 Journey Of The Dragons
B2 Star Sailing
C1 Astral Apache (Star Stories)
C2 Deep Space 9 (A Brother Runs This Ship)
D1 Rhythm Of Infinity
D2 Metamorphosis

A Hitech Jazz Compilation

Disc 1 1 Metamorphosis (3:26)
2 Transition (6:23)
3 The Theory (Mind Mix) (2:25)
4 Return Of The Dragons (7:14)
5 Big Stone Lake (4:18)
6 Sometimes I Feel Like (6:14)
7 Body And Soul (5:32)
8 Nation 2 Nation (5:19)
9 303 Sunset (3:25)
10 A Moment In Time (3:09)
11 Jupiter Jazz (4:30)
12 Amazon (4:36)
13 Astral Apache (5:20)
14 Deep Space 9 (5:46) Disc 2 1 Hi-Tech Jazz (5:37)
2 Star Sailing (6:31)
3 Windchime (6:09)
4 Timeline (6:35)
5 First Galactic Baptist Church (7:11)
6 Inspiration (6:31)
7 Momma's Basement (7:09)
8 Afro's, Arps And Minimoogs (12" Mix) (6:48)

References

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