---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marlon Bishop <marloniousth...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:55 PM Subject: New Public Radio Documentary Explores the Black Roots of Chicago House and Detroit Techno! (for posting) To:
Hello electronic music press - I'm writing to share with you a new, hour-long radio documentary being released this week about the history of Chicago House and Detroit Techno, focusing on the music's role in African-American music history. We hope you consider posting the program in your blog or webzines (or simply your twitters!) and help get this under-reported story out there. Here is the link to the podcast on Soundcloud, easy to embed: http://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/midwest-electric-the-story-of The show was produced by Afropop Worldwide, a public radio program dedicated to music and stories from the African diaspora, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. To make the program, producers Marlon Bishop (myself) and Wills Glasspiegel travelled to Chicago and Detroit to interview great names from the past and present of electronic music, including: Paul Johnson, Vince Lawrence, Robert Johnson (original owner of the Warehouse), Lady D, Maurice Joshua, Ghetto Division, DJ Deon, DJ Gantman, RP Boo, Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Cornelius Harris, Carl Craig, Brendan Gillen, Anthony "Shake" Shakir, and many others, as well as scholars, bloggers, footwork kids, city employees, and house music lovers. We look at the disco era, the classic house and techno days, and also, the ways in which those styles transformed into juke, footwork, and ghetto-tech by later generations. All together, we like to think we've painted a rich portrait of the history of House and Techno music in a way that's never been done before on a national level by a US media organization. NPR Music has already picked this up, so we feel like we're on the right track. We would be honored if you chose to post our documentary and help spread the story. To stream the show on the Afropop.org website, as well as check out interviews, pictures and other supplemental web materials, click here. http://www.afropop.org/radio/radio_program/ID/826 Best, Marlon Bishop Associate Producer, Afropop Worldwide
