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Interdimensional Transmissions Announces 2017 No Way Back Lineup with Mike Servito, Erika, Bryan Kasenic, and More

The Detroit crew and label is taking over the Tangent Gallery for a weekend of acid-themed parties plus a series of records inspired by their flagship Sunday hometown throwdown.

If you go to Detroit for Movement festival and enjoy the deeper realms of acidic house and techno then you'll always look forward to these three simple words: No Way Back. For a decade the Interdimensional Transmissions crew and record label has gifted locals with otherworldly sets from a who's who of veteran Midwest DJs like label heads BMG and Erika, Derek Plaslaiko, Carlos Souffront, The Bunker's Bryan Kasenic, and Detroit transplant Mike Servito.

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Kicking off late Sunday evening and going into the afternoon hours of Monday, when the city unfolds with after-parties, the party manages to find the coveted middle ground between psychedelic wormhole and high energy techno rave. This year as the crew celebrates ten years of No Way Back, they're upping the ante with 313: Return to the Source: a full weekend of themed event at the city's Tangent Gallery (where last year's parties took place) that honor the city's historic affiliation with acid sounds.

In addition to the parties, the label has announced a new a series of records on Interdimensional Transmissions inspired by No Way Back, including twelve inches from Tin Man & Ectomorph, Jasen Loveland, Brooklyn upstart Justin Cudmore, BMG & Derek Plaslaiko, Jordan Zawideh, Dona, and Romans. Each record will feature a special sleeve inspired by the decorations of the event, and you can check out samples of the first two records from Cudmore and Jasen Loveland on SoundCloud.

Following last year's collaboration with iconic Berlin techno nightclub Tresor, the IT crew will be opening up the Tangent Gallery on Saturday, May 21 for a Berlin/Detroit "Building Bridges" event that will feature sets from Silent Servant, L.I.E.S' Ron Morelli, a hybrid live/DJ set from Christina Sealey, Motor City house wizard Marcellus Pittman, and more. "This event is a new episode of the deep Techno Alliance between both cities. Tresor is forever thankful to Detroit for the groundbreaking musical impetus, which has continuously shaped Berlin's image over the last 26 years," says Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann in the press release.