I agree Kyle Hall is good. Also, I do know some younger aged people in Chicago who are making pretty good music. One of them is from Chicago now but grew up in Detroit (around 4 years Chicago, 18 years Detroit).
But don't expect to have heard of this stuff as getting any notice amongst the zillion color-by-numbers track of the month stuff on Beatport is nearly impossible. Another interesting point: around here, amongst the few that still care, house has pretty much won the upper hand. The vibe is much more Omar S and Rick Wade than any kind of Detroit electro or Rob Hood. You can find kids making deep house Detroit inspired tracks but not banging techno type tracks. As far as I'm concerned, that's not so bad... ~David On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Kevin Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > The popularity of this music somehow got farmed out to other cities, > states and other continents. > > The 'sound of detroit' is ubiquitous...and many outside of the 313 > proper have taken that sound to be their own. Sadly, the younger > crowd-especially those who aren't effected by the digital > divide-usually find this music from something overground. just > remember that this music has been farmed out to the world and now is > looping back. But I am from the midwest so I guess I'll ask-are there > any midwest producers that are pushing this music? > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Denise Dalphond <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Thor Teague <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Does Detroit need new blood? Who is producing/DJ'ing that is under the >>> age of 25? >> >> Really important question! I was just transcribing an interview I did >> with Terrance Parker last night and he was talking about this exact >> issue in relation to reaching out to young people in Detroit and >> exposing them to different kinds of music. He was also lamenting the >> lack of a thriving rave scene in Detroit for this same reason - as I'm >> sure you all know or can imagine, raves drew crowds of thousands of >> mostly young people in Detroit in the 90s, like elsewhere. >> >> Kyle Hall comes to mind. Certainly an important producer who seems >> like he will be doing plenty of fabulous things well into the future. >> He plays out in Detroit somewhat regularly, too. He's playing this >> Thursday at a club called Pulse as a special guest for a weekly house >> music night. Marcellus Pittman and Mike Huckaby were special guests in >> recent weeks. Both excellent sets! And Kyle is like a freaking gem in >> this sometimes closed minded, old scene. Somehow he knew/knows the >> right people, like Raybone (local DJ), Alvin Hill (local electronic >> music composer), Omar S, Theo Parrish, Mike Huckaby, and Terri McQueen >> (Whodat, local DJ, record store owner, and budding producer). And >> somehow, he was/is fortunate enough to enter into mentoring >> relationships with all of these people to one degree or another. So >> far, he is maintaining a strong connection with Detroit as well. >> >> Josh Dalberg and Drew Pompa of Blank Artists are both in their early >> 20s. Not sure how old Jared Wilson is. >> >> I'm sure I'm missing someone... >> >> Denise >> >> -- >> Denise Dalphond >> Ph.D. Candidate >> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology >> Indiana University >> http://denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com/ >> > > > > -- > fbk > > sleepengineering/absoloop US >
