House Shoes w/ Frank D'Amato & Synato Watts, Butcher Bear, Joey Flaco, Tony Dark

Detroit’s Michael Buchanan chops up just about anything. Kanye West’s “Get Em High” and Europe’s “The Final Countdown” serve as suspense builders before drum loops and synthesizers lifted from prog poppers Asia juxtapose with spooky laughs. Friend and collaborator of fellow D-Town native J Dilla, the Los Angeles transplant spins his peer’s legendary sounds during his sets. – Derek Udensi