Yep, Jeff lived in Ann Arbor and had residency at the Nectarine. Tim Baker also had a residency there and he graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsi in 1990, same year I started at EMU. A buddy of mine from back then named Craig Turczak (sp?) also had a residency in the basement of the nectarine spinning hip hop, house, and techno.
-----Original Message----- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:46 AM To: Alexandres Lugo Cc: logic7; Denise Dalphond; <[email protected]> Subject: Re: (313) Looking busy: Rephlex in Chicago and Ypsilanti Didn't Jeff Mills have a residency at the Nectarine Ballroom in the late 80s? I had my first clubbing experience at a teen night there, although it was a different night than the one he did. On 31 August 2011 06:22, Alexandres Lugo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bangtech 12 was fabulous this year. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2011, at 10:50 PM, "logic7" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The explanation could have been a bit simpler: > > > > Prior to 1997, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor (along with Belleville) were > > a part of the 313 area code. (hahahahahahaha) > > > > Other than that, crews like Bangtech12 and the like brought Detroit > > Techno to the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area in the 90's and early in the > > millenium (myself included for the years I lived in Ypsi). Even the > > much maligned (on this list anyways) Unsel Brown did his part to > > attract attention to the area. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Denise Dalphond [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) Looking busy: Rephlex in Chicago and Ypsilanti > > > > Hey all, I've been asked why Ypsilanti is 313 related, and I thought > > it would be super fun to explain that publicly. > > > > In my experience, Detroit techno is much bigger than Detroit, and > > much bigger than one strictly defined genre of music. Obviously the > > influence is global, so that is one way that it reaches beyond > > Detroit. But the whole region of southeast Michigan is central to > > the history of techno, and electronic dance music in general. The > > Electrifying Mojo started his radio program in Ann Arbor on AM radio > > in the mid 1970s. Detroit techno founders, Juan, Derrick, Kevin, and > > Eddie, all spent significant parts of their youth in Belleville. > > WCBN, out of Ann Arbor, had a significant impact on listeners who > > are now totally awesome electronic music producers and/or DJs in > > this area like Tadd Mullinix, Todd Osborn, and Carlos Souffront. > > Brendan Gillen transformed Crush Collision on WCBN from a primarily > > jazz program to a dope electronic music program. Erika Sherman (of > > Ectomorph with > > Brendan) also spent some years in Ann Arbor and DJing on WCBN. Lots > > of Detroit DJs, during the 1970s - 1990s played in Ann Arbor. > > > > I'm still not addressing Ypsilanti directly, I know. I just want to > > emphasize that I think Detroit techno is part of a much larger, and > > diverse, regional culture and history. Ypsilanti of 10, or even 5 > > years ago, probably wasn't super connected to Detroit in terms of > > electronic music. However, it is becoming one stop along the > > regional techno circuit. There are a number of people who live in > > Ypsi, or spend time and energy in Ypsi, who are significant to the > > contemporary state of Detroit electronic music. Todd Osborn is one in particular. > > He is the reason why this Rephlex event is happening at Woodruff's in Ypsi. > > Todd hosts a regular Sunday night at Woodruff's and DJs other parties there. > > Plus Woodruff's is becoming a really great musical and cultural > > space, in general. > > > > I'd love to hear others thoughts on this! > > > > Denise > > > > > > > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Denise Dalphond > >> <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >>> Ypsilanti makes it 313 related!!! Plus, Todd Osborn and Tadd > >>> Mullinix round out the Detroit nicely. > >>> > >>> A little post I put up about Rephlex 20th anniversary events > >>> happening in the midwest this weekend: > >>> > >>> http://schoolcraftwax.com/2011/08/30/rephlex-is-twenty/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Denise Dalphond > >>> Ph.D. Candidate > >>> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology Indiana University > >>> http://schoolcraftwax.com/ > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Denise Dalphond > > Ph.D. Candidate > > Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology Indiana University > > http://schoolcraftwax.com/ > >
