I’ve been so happy that Techno seems to have been having something of a resurgence in popularity in Portland.  There’s several notable monthly club nights, like R9 @ the GrooveSuite, Kulturszene @ Branx, and Drum Club@ Dunes.  And production crews like Latenight Renegades are bringing modern notables like Tiger Stripes to play shows here.

Mikael Nordgren, AKA Tiger Stripes, is from Sweden, and is on the very influential and always reliable Get Physical label, also home to other minimalistic and sexy techno producers M.A.N.D.Y, Booka Shade, and DJ T.

Please Note:
Tiger Stripes was to be held at the 720 this friday, this event is now being held at the 2410 N. MISSISSIPPI venue. Please spread the word. More details can be found on the NWTekno.org posting. Here’s some of my favorite of his tracks:

• Tiger Stripes – Survivor
• Tiger Stripes-midnight_monkeys
• Sunshine Jones – If You Wouldn’t Mind (Tiger Stripes Remix)
• sunshine_jones-if_you_wouldnt_mind_(tiger_stripes_acid_dub)
• Tiger Stripes – Mad At Me
• Tiger Stripes – Nacht