Mark Pritchard of ambient group Global Communication fame has a serious love for Detroit hip hop. His Harmonic 313 releases sound like the late, great J-Dilla and Robert Hood got locked in a studio together with Richie Hawtin and Dan Bell sitting in on occasion. Pritchard created an album that sounds so much like Detroit hip hop that Guilty Simpson and frequent Dilla collaborator Steve Spacek sound right at home on the tracks they appeared on. I found out about his stuff from GC's Fabric mix CD (Fabric 26 - Global Communication) where I noticed several Detroit hip hop artists in the mix as well as the Harmonic 313 track "Arc Light".
I'll give Pritchard a pass, he does Detroit well. -----Original Message----- From: kent williams [mailto:chaircrus...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:04 AM To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) As I'm sure most of you heard: Real Scenes: Detroit RA I would like you to expand on the idea of Detroit being 'hyped.' Do you mean the stories on US media that come up every few months on slow news days about the 'sorry plight of detroit' with stock footage of ruins? Or... What vexes me is musicians who use Detroit as a touchstone without any real appreciation for the music, or ever having visited. Exhibit A Fedde Le Grand's "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit." And I don't know the guy's music at all but 'Motor City Drum Ensemble' doesn't seem a good name for a german producer. OTOH he is from Stuttgart... On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Fred Heutte <ph...@sunlightdata.com> wrote: > I am more impressed with this Real Scenes piece than I expected to be. > The real story of Detroit is a lot more interesting than the hype, if > you ask me. > > fh > > > ----------------- >>What a wicked, wicked post. >> >>I totally agree. I've sensed the same thing about Mr. Huckaby for a >>few years. But of > course, I've not articulated it as well, even to myself. >> >>Ken >>------Original Message------ >>From: Kent Williams >>To: Jeff Davis >>Cc: 313@Hyperreal. Org >>Subject: Re: (313) As I'm sure most of you heard: Real Scenes: Detroit >>RA >>Sent: 11 Aug 2011 15:43 >> >>Mike Huckabee's educational work is amazing. He's a guy that, unlike >>many of his peers in Detroit, stayed in Detroit and dedicated himself >>to keeping it a vital center for musical innovation. He did it, I >>believe, at a personal cost. If all he cared about was making money >>and becoming famous, he could easily have moved to Berlin, gotten a >>good booking agent, and hooked up with European labels. I don't mean >>to criticize the people who have taken that path -- if it works for >>them it's fine -- but there's no denying that moving away changes >>their music. >> >>Instead he's stayed true to the city, true to his own music, and >>perfected the art of DJing. And he's taken direct action to help the >>young people of Detroit, who face serious obstacles to finding a place >>in the world. >> >>I admire a lot of Detroit musicians, and certainly isn't alone in his >>commitment to Detroit. In particular Underground Resistance and >>Submerge have demonstrated a deep and sustained commitment to the >>people of Detroit. There are others but to list them is to risk >>leaving someone out. >> >>What really makes me return again and again to the music that comes >>out of Detroit isn't a particular style, it's the deep, clear-eyed >>emotion and soul that infuses the best Detroit music. Music can point >>to itself, it can reflect listeners' aspirations back on them, it can >>start a party. Or music can do all that, and point up and out of >>itself. It can make you think about the world in a different way. >> >> >> >>On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Jeff Davis <j...@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote: >>> >>> I left this vid having even more respect for huckabee than I did >>> before >>> >> >>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> > >
