Was just talking with Niko Marks and he advised me that 7 of the songs he worked on made the 12-song cut. http://andrewdukeinthemix.com
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:16 PM Andrew Duke <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone who has followed my posts on here over the decades know that Kevin > Sanderson is my fave Detroit artist with Juan Atkins a close second. Have > finally had a chance to give the new Inner City LP a few focused listens > and it takes me back to that happiness felt when I first heard "Big Fun" in > 1988. Whereas Kevin Saunderson usually does some spoken word, on the title > track to "We All Move Together" that is handled by Idris Elba. There are 11 > vocal songs: 8 with Steffanie Christi'an and 3 with Zebra Octobra. Was > unfamiliar with the latter; found some songs from her from a few years > back: downtempo with focus on socio-political concerns including Flint and > area water crisis. Zebra Octobra def holds her own here. My only > disappointment was that the song I raved about here 2 years ago (that was > "Heavy" and had an incredible remix from Carl Craig) is not here in the > same version. Lyrics and music are tweaked and it becomes "Dance". Perhaps > had to be changed as released originally on KMS and not Armada like > "Believe", "Living In A Dream", "Need Your Love", and "Save Me" have been. > In this interview published in Forbes, Kevin talks about the concerns we > have shared here about "whitewash"ing at music festivals and Black > underrepresentation: > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakocay/2020/07/17/inner-city-we-all-move-together-diversity-in-dance-music/#4609f89eeb5b >
