Thanks a lot Max, always nice to read nice words about a self made work :-)
Sent from Wildtek iPod Touch On 10 oct. 2012, at 14:13, max tanguay <maxb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > good electro/tech ep > thanks for sharing the story that goes with it... > keep it up! > > net label : pertin-nce.ca > me : soundcloud.com/bleupulp > From: Dimitri Piechel <wild...@me.com> > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:12:42 AM > Subject: (313) DTM Digital 05 - Dimitri Pike - Russell EP > > The Story about the EP : > > Back in 2005, I was in Detroit, playing for Detroit Techno Militia and > Electric Avenue for a long weekend I'm not near to forget about. > The Electric Avenue event took place on the East Side of Detroit, just in > front of the Eastern Market. > > After my performance there, I walked around for a few blocks, I was almost > next to Gratiot Avenue but I was not feeling sufficiently confident to go > further. After all, Detroit still had this reputation of one of the murder > capitals of the world. At the same time, my lighter died and I couldn't smoke > my cigarette. > > So, I went back and asked if there was some sort of night shop or a place > where I could buy a lighter.My great friend Mitch Walcott took the keys of > his car and drived me until the next gas station, the only thing open in the > area at that time, around 1 AM, something like that. > > I entered the gas station, asked for a lighter and the man who was there > looked at me with a very strange eye... > > He said me : "A lighter ? Why the fuck are you asking me for that kind of > shit ?" > I told him that mine was dead and that I wanted to smoke, simply. > > He had a smile and told me : "You're not from Detroit man ? Where are you > from ? " > I said : "I'm french but I come from Belgium" > > He said : "Oooh You're from France... You know, I can't give anything that > generate fire here." > I asked : "Why ?" > > He said : "Man, you're in Detroit here, if I give you a lighter or some > mashes, you could burn me and kill me right now, it's a gas station here" > > At this precise moment, I understood that Detroit was definitely "the hard > city". > And that my vision of this city was quite far away from a daily reality > peoples experience there. > > He saw that I had no bad intentions and gave me discretly three boxes of > mashes, for free. He asked me to be very prudent wherever I go, whoever I > meet. > > This moment happened in Russell Street... > > The tracks : > > http://detroittechnomilitia.bandcamp.com/album/russell-ep > > Hope you'll like the music ! > > Peace > >
