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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Shake Benefit
Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 1:55:47 AM
From: DJT1000
To: Glyph1001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ALAN OLDHAM AND TERRENCE PARKER, FIRST TIME ON THE
SAME BILL, HELM BENEFIT FOR ANTHONY SHAKIR: SATURDAY, SEPT 16TH AT MOTOR
DETROIT
DETROIT-- Anthony Shakir just may be the Detroit Techno legend that you've
never heard of. Although his profile and eclectic releases for the German
International Deejay Gigolos label and his own Frictional imprint may be low
key, make no mistake, the man has been around since the beginning. He had a
track on the compilation that started it all: 1988's seminal "Techno: The New
Dance Sound of Detroit", the album that defined a movement and launched the
international careers of many Detroit legends.
Recently, as reported by New York City-based magazine Mixer, Mr. Shakir was
diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Medication for the condition is incredibly
costly, and like most musicians, Shakir, affectionately known to us as
"Shake", doesn't have any insurance.
In his capacity as part-time Techno reviewer for Mixer, Alan Oldham (known
amongst the cognoscenti as DJ T-1000) saw the write-up in Mixer (mentioned as
part of its DEMF coverage) almost before anybody and decided to do something
to help his longtime friend; a benefit party.
"I immediately had the idea to use whatever influence or audience I had to
help Shake. I'm not insured yet either and I'd hope that if anything happened
to me, God forbid, someone would do the same for me one day. The folk music
guys do this kind of thing all the time, why not us ?"
Oldham then enlisted the help of two key friends: Motor booking director Jon
Ozias and another longtime peer, Detroit House Music legend Terrence Parker.
"Jonnie was incredibly helpful in giving us a night at the club, and (Motor
owner) Dan Sorbyl in turn was very generous in pledging all door profits to
Shake's medical fund", Oldham says. "As for TP, I've always counted him as a
true friend and respected him as an incredible DJ and even though we've
shared airplane rides to Germany and Miami together and crossed each other on
the DJ circuit, it dawned on me that we've never played the same bill ! So
it's a first. House and Techno together. The two foundations of electronic
music."
It all comes together on Saturday, September 16th, 2000 at Motor in an event
that Parker named "Can You Handle The Truth ?" (referring to the true,
steadfast nature and outsider status of these Detroit underground legends).
DJ T-1000 (in a rare Detroit club appearance) and TP rock it Detroit-style in
the main room all night long. In the lounge is house music veteran Buzz
"Bangin" Goree.
Needless to say, there will be no guest-list for this event; the admission
price is for a good cause.
"The nature of the music business demands that it be about us, us, us, all
the time; our self-interests, our semi-celebrity status", comments Oldham. "I
get sick of myself ! My own motive for doing this night, besides helping an
old friend, is using the power me and TP have as DJs and producers to help
someone else for a change."
For more information call Motor at 313-369-0080 or visit us on the web at:
motordetroit.com
puresonikrecords.net/tourdates.html
terrenceparker.com
--Achmed El-Gibar for Pure Sonik Records Detroit
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