Hey Dimitri, how've you been? Its been ages since my last email to you via myspace. I've been so busy, but now a few slow days has resulted in time to write endless hyperreal books... lol Thanks for the info about who the makers of the video are, I will follow up. As for the info about the meaning of high tech, its agreed and understood that "high tech" is associated with the music they create, but in the context of what he was referring to, I believe you have misunderstood his meaning. "High tech" has been used so often in association with records, that I can understand why you may have understood his statement differently than I. My understanding of it was that he used the term to describe a lifestyle that UR lives by. From my experiences with Mike, and as it said in the video, he's an avid supporter of his neighborhood, and he really makes an effort to work with the kids. Mike typically wont talk music without bringing the conversation to talk of contributing to the neighborhood. He finds the two, music and contribution, completely linked, which is probably why he uses the term "high tech" to describe both. At least that is my understanding of it. I realise that talk of contributing to the neighborhoods is not necessarily a hyperreal list related topic. I was inspired by the UR video, figured I should respect the ethos Mike lives by and try to bring the conversation to talk of contributing to neighborhoods. Especially since so many people on this list are avid researchers and music enthusiasts of Detroit, I was wondering if anyone has ever found interesting ways to contribute to the cities neighborhoods. A bit of an open-ended question, I know, and if someone asked me the same thing, I'm not sure how would I respond. Speaking of what I have done and am trying to do would contradict my humble beliefs for wanting to contribute. I personally prefer to be an unrecognized soldier in the mix of helping the movement. I have quite a few stories I'd love to share about interesting ways other people have contributed to the city, but since I've already written a book, I figure I'll leave the stories for another time. If anyone else has any interesting stories of ways people have contributed to the city, I'd love to hear, it may bring a bit of a smile to this dreary rainy holiday season. lol Out for now... Jodie
________________________________ From: Wildtek Concept / DJ Dimitri Pike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 17/12/2006 18:53 To: Svagr, Jodie Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) mad mike interview > Makes me want to ask a curious question to all of the 313ers, has anyone from > this list ever brought any of the "high-tec" that Mike's talking about to > Detroit? Yes, this interview is definitely great, it's done by Slice DVD, correct me if I'm wrong ... http://www.eb-slices.net/ For 'High Tech' correct me again if I'm wrong but : High Tech is defining most of the UR and others Submerge distributions, a way to separate UR from the all techno/electro music available on the market. All Interstellar Fugitives tracks, a lot of Metroplex releases, I would say all tracks not 4/4 techno rythm are 'High Tech'. There is a 'High Tech Funk' logo on a lot of releases, if you own some cd's/vinyls from Submerge, there is a lot of chances that you'll find it somewhere on the packaging. Hope this help, Peace. -- Dimitri Pike http://wildtek.free.fr <http://wildtek.free.fr/> http://www.myspace.com/wildtek
