RenCen Label and Cover

RenCen Label and Cover is a work in progress. It centres on a growing collection of records that include artwork featuring representations of Detroit’s Renaissance Center, a development of seven towers in downtown Detroit, designed by John Portman. To date my collection consists of the following records:

Agent Patrick & Data, Boogie Down 313 e.p., Southern Outpost, 2000

Agent Patrick & Data, Boogie Down Detroit Remixes, Southern Outpost, 2002

Black Milk Presents, Caltroit, Music House, 2008

DJ Bone, Ship Life, Subject Detroit, 2004

Nikki Corvette and the Stingrays, Back to Detroit, Dollar Record Records, 2006

Sammy Davis Jr. Hello Detroit, Motown, 1984

Denizo/Alex W, Detroit Techno Archive I, Detroit Techno Archive, 2013

Denizo/Alex W, Detroit Techno Archive III, Detroit Techno Archive, 2014

The Detroit Experiment, The Detroit Experiment, Planet E, 2003

Detroit Grand Pubahs, Birth in Zero Gravity, detelefunk, 2007

Detroit’s Most Wanted, I Save my Words 4 Wax, Bryant Records, 1989

DJ Dez, Da Arsenal EP 1st Edition, Hipnotech Records, 2003

Eminem, Recovery, Aftermath Records, 2010

Fedde Le Grand, Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, Data Records, 2006

Scott Grooves, Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix), Soma, 1998

J.C. Heard, Some of This Some of That, Hiroko Records, 1987

Robert Hood, Motor: Nighttime World 3, Music Man Records, 2012

I-Robots Present: The Detroit People Mover EP Ft. Rhythim is Rhythim & Infiniti , Opilec Music, 2013

Mad Mike, Hi-Tech Dreams, UR, 2007

Model 500, Starlight, echospace [detroit], 2007

Pleasure Circuit, Panic in Detroit, Tight Records Inc., 1983

Omar S., U, subgroundz records, 2004

Reference, Reference VS. EP Part 2, Beretta Grey, 2010

Spinor/Falcon, Once More/Detroit Resurrection, Fokuz Recordings, 2004

Various Artists, 313 Detroit , Infonet Electronic Recordings, 1992

Various Artists, Detroit Soul: Real Soul Music from the Motor City, Unisex Records, 2004

Various Artists, Generator: Detroit 2003., exacta.udio, 2003

Various Artists, Montreux-Detroit International Jazz Festival First Commemorative Album, CSP, 1981

Various Artists, Vibes New and Rare Music Part 2, Rush Hour Recordings, 2014

Gez Varley, Shon EP, Keys of Life Records, 2006

Rick Wade, Night Station, P&D, 2011

Chart above from The Wire magazine Issue 367, September 2014

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