In a message dated 31/05/00 11:33:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Did you click through the gallery at the Free Press' site? > > http://www.freep.com/entertainment/music/efest30_20000530.htm# >
"This was uncharted territory, in a city not known for embracing its techno innovators the way other parts of the world have. One of the most disappointing turnouts in my career covering Detroit music was a weekend gig in 1998 from pioneering DJ Kevin Saunderson, with perhaps two dozen fans on hand." (Taken from the article Technotown by Brian Malcolm, 2000.) In the light of the success embodied by this year's DEMF, several questions loomed in my mind as I read this article particularly this paragraph. I remember a discussion sometime last year on how a Mills gig was cancelled because of poor ticket sales in his hometown of the D. 1) Why is it that it would take such a huge festival (DEMF) for people to come out and give respect to the music and innovators (Detroit DJs and Producers)? 2) Would this year's DEMF change certain perceptions about Detroit locals supporting their 'home' DJs, which may have been obviously somewhat lacking in the past and (possibly) driven some of these DJs/Producers to go elsewhere, including Europe? Undoubtedly there would be many people in Detroit who supported the music from Step 1 and believed in the soul of the city and its producers. But at the same time it would be hard to believe (from an outsider's point of view) how such a city of such an important geographical musical nucleus would have a side effect of its population 'supposedly' not giving the techno innovators the recognition they deserve. A_Zed _________________________________________ Program Co-ordinator, Ambient Zone RTRFM 92.1 Sunday Electronic Listening [http://rtrfm.ii.net] Perth, W.Aust (WST) 23.00-01.00 Detroit (EST) 10.00-12.00 Frankfurt (CET)/ London(GMT)16.00-18.00
