I meant 'now determined'- long day/night, sorry! ---------- >From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) heads-only techno? nah >Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:04 AM >
> You're right to point out the success of Naked. > Yep, Frankie won a Grammy but stopped doing the mixes as he was sick of > dealing with A&R fools who tried to tell him what to do, apparently. Morales > did well to remix Mariah. He got a Grammy too. > But there's heaps of major label payola in US radio too. I guess the point > is the music is not comparable to urban music when you look at the pop > charts. My guess is that explains why in part Armand Van Helden is not > determined to enter the urban market. > > >> Didn't Frankie Knuckles win a Grammy for remixer of the year? >> In the early 90's I remember it wasn't that unusual to see MAW, or >> Tony Humphries hit the Billboard club charts, of course artist like Crystal >> Waters crossed over to the pop charts. >> There are still plenty of DJ's in clubland who play MAW, Naked music that >> type of stuff (Juan Atkins) in comparison to Detroit techno like Robert Hood >> or Jeff Mills. >> I thought KDJ I Cant Kick This Feeling When It Hits, or Octave One >> Blackwater, DJ Rolando Knights Of The Jaguar could have easily been >> played on Top 40 radio. >>
