----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 list" <313@hyperreal.org>; "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:48 PM Subject: Re: (313) Tortured Soul!?!
> > BTW - I think this is totally topical for [313], since Detroit house seems > > to be the lifeblood of Detroit club culture (from what I can see), and loads > > of this stuff feeds it in varying degrees. > > You had me up until here Tristan. I kinda fail to see how Detroit house is > any sort of lifeblood. More like on life support. Don't get me wrong- I > love me some Mike Clark, but that's hardly the scene pushing Detroit. > > I wonder- when did you last live in Detroit (honest question, don't think > we ever met until after you had moved to DC). Never actually, but lived in A2 in Jr. High (know that doesn't count) - quite some time before I got into this music. > I only bring this up because > I guess you ge this impression of Detroit house as a driving force because > you're only around for Festival Weekend. It also makes me wonder what > other misconceptions people have about Detroit, if their only exposure is > that weekend. > > or i could be reaching. I'm sure there's some truth to that, but I'm also speaking from the perspective of seeing lots of Detroit DJs spinning in England, and also talking about the productions, which for me have made up at least 70% of the best musical output from Detroit in the last four or five years. But I have spent a number of non-festival weekends in Detroit a few years ago when I was seeing Jenn, and there seemed to be quite a bit of good stuff going on then, like @ Porter Street, TP's weeklies, etc. I know things have changed a lot since then, but I guess it's what matters most to me in the Detroit scene today. I think we could've averted this discussion though if I hadn't used the term 'club culture' and talked more about the stuff above? Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
