Mike Banks (musician)  

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Michael Anthony Banks also known as "Mad Mike" lives in Detroit and is a former studio musician (bass/guitar). He is the co-founder, along with Jeff Mills, of US record label Underground Resistance. Part of the "second generation" of Detroit techno, UR combine militant imagery with pseudo-mysticism and sci-fi overtones as a front to their stripped down productions. Mike Banks takes his musical influences in Gospel, Kraftwerk, Jaco Pastorius ... He has (co-)produced/composed several tracks on labels Underground Resistance, Red Planet, Los Hermanos (Detroit), Somewhere In Detroit, Submerge.

He is also co-founder and co-owner with Christa Robinson of Submerge Distribution since 1992.




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