HiTech Are Letting Their Freak Flag Fly—and They Think You Should, Too

The Detroit trio speak on their sex-party origins, spreading the horny bliss of ghettotech, and their latest head-spinning album, ‘Honeypaqq Vol. 1.’

HiTech Are Letting Their Freak Flag Fly—and They Think You Should, Too
Photo by Eric Zhang

HiTech bring a nonstop party vibe to everything they do, even through a computer screen. I show up to our video call to find member Milf Melly pacing around his sunny apartment. When I apologize for being a few minutes late after getting caught up trying to find a shirt to wear, he says, “So you just standing there, barbecue sauce on your titties…,” quoting the infamous Vine video with a big laugh. King Milo joins the call next, having just finished a conversation with his homegirl about anime (his current favorite is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime). Once producer and DJ 47Chops makes his way in, the conversation is a full-on whirlwind, with all three chiming in over each other’s answers to give their own. At one point, the discussion turns to how ’80s-style cocaine, among other things, is currently fueling the potent fusion of ghettotech and hip-hop HiTech are shepherding toward the national stage.

The playful rhythm that pushes our conversation forward courses through their music too. On the intro to their latest project, Honeypaqq Vol. 1, you’re thrust into what sounds like a bustling basement party filled with patrons flaunting their bodies and bragging about doing their “turbo twat aerobics” every morning. You can practically smell the Geek Bar discharge and sweat in the air. Just as quickly, single “Take Yo Panties Off” whisks you onto a dancefloor powered by hectic synths and drums that channel the spirits of ghettotech pioneers like DJ Assault. Then the horny call-and-response hits: “Real freak bitches know/When to take they panties off/Pick me up, then drop yo’ granny off.” Shameless doesn’t even begin to cover it. HiTech exist in a world beyond shame, a consensually freaky cornucopia that rarely dips below 150 BPM. 

This explicit insanity makes even more sense once you learn that the three friends first connected at an orgy in the middle of the pandemic. “I seen this nigga Chops’ dick and I was like, ‘Man, we gotta tap in,’” Milo chortles. “Nigga, I see what you’re workin’ with, and it’s got potential.” Chops adds, “They hit me up later like, ‘Shit, nigga, I see you everywhere. How is we in the same spaces?’” Shortly after, they threw a party of their own where Chops DJ’d while Milo and Melly got the crowd hype, solidifying their bond. Even with the pandemic raging, they couldn’t let this energy go to waste.

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