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On Mon., 22 Oct. 2018, 10:51 am Aidan O'Doherty, <aidan.b.odohe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bloody hell, what's with all the traffic? You wait ages on a bus, then all > of a sudden loads of 313s arrive! > > Welcome aboard, Matt Deegan. This list has been a desert of discourse for > a very long time, until the last few days. > > My name is Aidan O'Doherty, from Dublin, Ireland. I am simply an > electronic music fan, an erstwhile record collector (used to have an > extensive collection, mostly sold) and hobbyist DJ who loves a lot of > techno/house music that has and still comes out of Detroit or is clearly > inspired by the city. > > I have been on this list for 18 or 19 years and have never unsubscribed > despite the serious drought in content over the last few years. > > I am usually a lurker, therefore not aiding with content, but did inspire > a poll years ago (top five Detroit tracks) that Delsin's Marsel van der > Wielen put on the NoMoreWords site (everyone's individual choices were kept > there), which is gone now, or rather, transformed. > > Most of the communications on the list are civil (not always in the past), > don't remember much in the way of racism, but my memory could be selective. > Denise, feel free to call me a potato-eating, alcoholic Paddy anytime you > want, I won't be offended, because it's all true. > > Glad to see names popping up again that I haven't heard from in ages. > > Yours in music, > Aidan > > > > On Sat 20 Oct 2018, 13:02 , <denisedalph...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Introductions. >> >> I’m Denise Dalphond. I wrote my dissertation on Detroit techno and house >> music in 2014 after spending three years doing research and conducting >> interviews with techno kings and queens in Detroit. I write about music and >> activism at schoolcraftwax.work. I’ve published a lot about Detroit >> electronic music. My CV is on my website. >> >> In 2006, I organized and led the Roots of Techno conference at Indiana >> University. Panelists were Theo Parrish, Terrence Parker, Rick Wilhite, >> Marcellus Pittman, Minx, Mike Clark, Cornelius Harris, and two rad people >> from the Detroit Historical Museum. >> >> The Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University >> is where the video recordings of the conference are housed, as well as my >> research materials and interview recordings. >> >> I was co-founder if the Detroit Sound Conservancy with Carleton Gholz. >> Together, we hosted educational tours of Submerge, created the Dan Sicko >> scholarship for new Detroit journalists, and made plans for cultural >> preservation in Detroit music culture. >> >> I often make sure no one is being racist, but that’s been near impossible >> on this listserv. They think I’ll stop. >> >> I don’t make music because my time is full with my three kids and >> everything else. I’m not a DJ because I would forget and start dancing and >> make the needle jump. I do want to play on a modular synth someday. >> >> Thanks for joining this listserv! >> Denise Dalphond >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 20, 2018, at 07:38, Matt Deegan <matt.i.dee...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> With that in mind I reckon I should introduce myself. >> >> My name is Matt Deegan and I'm an electronic music producer from the UK >> with a focus on techno. I've been involved in music in various forms over >> the years starting as a jazz double bassist and more recently moving to >> techno, using analogue electronic gear to produce on. I specialise in >> improvised electronic music trying hard to tastefully fuse elements of jazz >> into my sound. >> >> I've become interested in the origins of techno and so started reading >> books on and around the subject, and through that reading I found >> Hyperreal. I think there is a large proportion of techno fans who have no >> idea where or how it started, or are misinformed. I was definitely one of >> them, and, although I still have a lot to learn, I now feel I have some >> grounding in how it all began. I'm really interested in learning more and >> this feels like a decent place to do it so. Any resources people can >> recommend will be greatly appreciated! >> >> As I said I am interested in understanding the origins of the music, but >> at the same time I am also interested in supporting musicians trying to >> push the boundaries of the genre. I am a schooled jazz musician and >> composer and, although I am passionate about the music, I'm still trying to >> wrap my head around exactly why I love it so much. There is something >> fundamental within it I can't quite put my finger on which intrigues me. >> Before I started reading about techno's history I though my musical journey >> was unusual, but have since realised it isn't as unusual as I thought. This >> realisation has helped me focus my sound and produce the work I'm most >> proud of, which proves to me understanding the history of the music is >> extremely important. >> >> I could probably ramble on all day on the subject, but I'll leave it >> there. There are links below to my stuff if anyone is interested, otherwise >> I look forward to your reading what you write. >> >> Best wishes, >> Matt >> >> ------------ >> I work under the pseudonym Epistrophe Smith, here's some links to my >> stuff... >> Main site: www.epsmith.net >> An online ambient music project using an algorithm to never be the same >> twice: http://neverendingalbum.myl2mr.com >> >> On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:15 AM kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> For some reason we've had a bunch of new subscribers. I guess that is a >>> challenge to us old timers to, uh, generate some compelling content. >>> >>
