On Sep 22, 2004, at 5:10 AM, Martin Dust wrote:
The second city P, not the capital - looks like Berlin is out in front...
i've appreciated all sides of the debate, but i concur. After Detroit, it's Berlin. If we are talking kindred TECHNO spirits, who helped get detroit european exposure, collaborations, the whole Hardwax/Basic Channel connection, remember that tresor compilation: Berlin-Detroit: A Techno Alliance ;)
yeah you could argue Neil Rushton was doing similar with licensing stuff for Network UK / Kool Kat though... Biorhythms... etc. etc. and that might have been before UR got in so thick with Mark and Moritz at Basic Channel/Hardwax.
Also i found the Chicago arguments interesting, the cross-pollination was definitely there. For 2nd wave detroit/chicago crossover, DBX personified it, btw. Sold big numbers here. So did the early Metroplex records too. It's also funny, classically, DJs here play Salsa Life here more than they play Strings of Life. Same record sales numbers, but different cut for the different city. That was one of the first things i notices when i started going out after moving here 10 years ago. Salsa Life! It's grown on me immensely though, prior to moving here i never gave it a second thought. But it tears up a house room big time. Used to hear this at Red Dog, upstairs smaller room, hot summer night sweatbox... wooo.
-- Matt MacQueen http://SonicSunset.com
