James Pennington has been a foundation of the Detroit techno scene since the mid 80s, contributing crucial singles to both the Transmat and Underground Resistance labels and collaborating with Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and others involved with the Submerge family. Pennington released his debut full-length album, "My Sol Dark Direction", as Suburban Knight in 2003 on Peacefrog Records, and this might be his best work to date. "Shape Shifter" starts the album off with a classic Metroplex sound: great samples and dark dry beats make for a track that is as bleak and pulsing as the city that spawned this vast and at times dauntingly labyrinthine genre.
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