VAL 013 - first/last | sl0p0k

VAL 013 - first/last

by sl0p0k

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joshua glazer I'll always remember Troy at Hawtin's City Club DEMF afterparty (2002), 11am, crowd mostly gone, just the two of us at the front left speaker.

One of the Top 10 rave memories of my life. Miss him. Favorite track: first/last.

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1.	first/last 06:27	info	buy track
2.	first/last (A Path Untold Remix) 06:12	info	buy track
3.	first/last (Carl Craig Remix) 09:14	info	buy track
4.	first/last (Derek Plaslaiko's Front Left at 5am Remix) 06:34	info	buy track
5.	first/last (Heartthrob Remix) 06:25	info	buy track
6.	first/last (Magda's At The Packard Remix) 04:22	info	buy track

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In December of 2019, we lost our friend Troy Rutofske. A shining light of the US techno scene, Troy was a fixture on the dancefloor of parties in Detroit and Washington DC. His optimism and outgoing energy drew in everyone. As a result Troy became fast friends with the most famous and visionary US techno DJs including Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Derrick May, Derek Plaslaiko, Dan Bell, Hearthrob, Stacey Pullen, Ambivalent, Camea, Kate Simko and dozens more. Techno fans should know - the artists they admire are people who admired Troy.

Troy had a positive and philosophical nature that was evident to people on first sight. He was the guy right at the front of the dancefloor, unbothered by the fact that he was the only one in a wheelchair. Troy could get a dancefloor going faster than any DJ – if he was moving, no one else had an excuse. Once you got to know him, that positivity, curiosity and thoughtfulness became even more apparent. Even when Troy was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018, he didn't let it squash his optimism and energy.

While Troy was facing the grueling chemotherapy treatments, he decided to finally make some of the music he loved so much. He brought a Roland TR8S to his chemo sessions, and worked for hours learning to make techno. In his last weeks, he gave the machine to me, and I arranged the parts to his direction, mixed it and mastered it for him, so he could hear it before he passed. Troy and I invited his friends to contribute remixes, so that he could have an entry in the story of the music he loved.

Troy asked that any proceeds from his release go to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He made this track while he was fighting leukemia, and the release will continue that mission for others. So here it is - Troy Rutofske aka sl0p0k (slowpoke), with his first and last contribution to the techno music community. We love you Troy.

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