And here's a nice picture of a poster for this exhibition, that I took in Manchester :) http://www.soundoflj.com/tmp/fsonic/pages/DSC00006-1.html
Jernej www.soundoflj.com/octex > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12. maj 2004 11:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) DTroit vs. Madchester > > > > 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 > > > >
