Listening to the audio now -- very enjoyable. I would point out that the origins of house -have- been the subject of academic writing. My friend Gonnie -- er Dr Hillegonda Rietveld -- published her Ph.D. dissertation in 1998 as "This Is Our House: House Music, Cultural Spaces and Technologies." And there are others too, although I have to say they vary in quality....
fh ----------------- >---------- 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 >
