coincidentally, I got this through this morning if anyone's interested......
teehee, Johnny Abstract : ) "Hi everyone, I'm sending out the invites to the launch party of my film for Urbis 'The Sounds Of Two Cities' DJ's on the night will be Richard Sealing and Johnny Abstract. There will be drinks and canapes too. Here's a little background on the film... The Sounds of Two Cities Manchester ? cobbled streets, rain, Manchester United, cotton, Lowry's smoky factories, Coronation Street and music. An outsider's image of Manchester can often be confused by a clichéd caricature that the city is increasingly getting away from. Although one thing that does remain constant in Manchester is an element of the city which is constantly developing itself without need for a 'regeneration program' or a makeover from Urban Splash, and that's the city's music. Manchester has always been synonymous with great music, from the sixties beat groups, The Hollies, Herman's Hermits, The Bee Gees, through to Stone Roses, The Happy Mondays, Badly Drawn Boy, 808 State, Oasis, The Smiths, Elbow, New Order? It doesn't take a genius to see Manchester's uncanny knack of producing the constant gift of musical talent. In 1964, Manchester had more bars and clubs per capita than anywhere else in the world and in 1991 Manchester had the largest student population in the UK, the reason? Music. Mention the word 'Detroit' to anyone with even a slight interest in popular culture, and the first thing they think about is music (perhaps also cars). Manchester and Detroit have more than passing similarities, both have been triumphant world leaders in industry, both have an image of gritty 'real' places, cities with passion, with a heart, exporting heartfelt music such as The Smiths, The Motown strings' life-affirming sadness, both born of pride, frustration, hope and despair. You could hardly say the same for Peterborough and Little Rock, Arkansas could you? Tony Wilson thinks the cities should be twinned, hmmnn. As a fan of the sounds of the two cities I wanted to find out exactly what it is about these places that spawn such awesome musical talent - surely it couldn't be a happy accident? Does creativity breed creativity through influence? Hopefully the documentary gives us further insight and answers some of these questions, whilst providing a celebratory reminder of something both places have to be incredibly proud of. In 'The Sounds of Two Cities' I wanted to show and explore the endless similarities between the two Cities, focussing on the impact Detroit music has had on Manchester's music performers past and present. One thing was prevalent whoever I spoke to, and that was a total admiration for the pioneering producers and artists from Detroit, George Clinton's P-Funk sound, Diana Ross, boy genius Stevie Wonder, Iggy Pop's proto punk music, Holland and Holland, Lamont, Dozier, the creators of the Motown sound, Derrick May, Juan Atkins, the inventor's of Detroit Techno. If you're looking for a City with serious credentials musically then Detroit HAS to be first on the list. Also in the film, I wanted to look at how and weather the surroundings of the cities in question affected the music of these performers, to which one of the subject's in the Documentary replied 'Have you heard Detroit Techno? It SOUNDS like Detroit' "Oh Manchester, so much to answer for" (The Smiths 'Suffer Little Children' 1984) "There are a lot of reasons we feel proud of our City, there are no jobs, but we stay strong" (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 'I Care About Detroit' 1967) Elliot Eastwick" _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
