Re: [313] no one should be afraid of detroit

2001-02-06 Thread DJT1000
Another person scared of Detroit. Wow, that's new. I have never heard that 
before.

=P

a.

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Re: [313] JEFF MILLS-MARCH 1

2001-02-03 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/2/01 9:53:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 err, no i don't.

see, that's the whole thing about opinions.  each person's is as valid as
the next, be they innovator, inventor, or first-time listener.  

Ever been to a movie you didn't like?  Better yet, ever seen a movie
billed as innovative or a classic that you didn't like?  I highly
doubt you've directed a feature-length motion picutre which has recieved
national distribution. Yet I bet you'd feel free (as a bird) to voice your
opinion if you thought a movie was crap.  

The whole idea of having to pay some sort of unattainable dues before
you're entitled to voice any sort of criticism is ridiculous. You may be
ALAN OLDHAM, but your position as a figure of some importance in the
detroit scene doesn't place your opinion above any of ours.  if you'd like
to start a dialogue where we discuss Jeff Mills's current performances in
relation to his past works, I'll be more than glad to participate.  But
hovering in the background and coming out to tell us all to shut up just
doesn't work.

chris
 

blah blah blah.


Re: [313] JEFF MILLS-MARCH 1

2001-02-03 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/2/01 9:57:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Re: the ongoing debate about Jeff's mixing skills, he is one of the most 
 innovative electronic music talents of the 20th Century. Until you all 
invent 
 an entire sub-genre of techno music (lock-grooved, loop techno) and a host 
of 
 imitators, you need to keep your criticisms to yourselves.

err, no i don't.

That's your right. God Bless America !

see, that's the whole thing about opinions.  each person's is as valid as
the next, be they innovator, inventor, or first-time listener.  

Ever been to a movie you didn't like?  Better yet, ever seen a movie
billed as innovative or a classic that you didn't like?  

Blair Witch filled that bill.

I highly doubt you've directed a feature-length motion picutre which has 
recieved
national distribution. Yet I bet you'd feel free (as a bird) to voice your
opinion if you thought a movie was crap.  

Well, the thing is, not only did I major in Radio-TV-Film at Wayne State, a 
classmate of mine from those days is now a film professor at USC (and had a 
co-writing credit on the film The Wood as well as a cameo) and my best 
friend in LA is a screenwriter and former assistant to John Singleton (Boyz 
N The Hood). That same friend has been telling me for years I should come 
out to LA and storyboard (because *snicker* I can draw too). Plus, I'm a 
published writer (Mixer, Psycomic.com). Not film criticism, granted, but I 
could probably do that too if given the chance. Plus I used to know Elvis 
Mitchell (New York Times or The Voice film critic, can't remember which) when 
he lived in Detroit ! We got our comics from the same place. Great analogy ! 
Next.

The whole idea of having to pay some sort of unattainable dues before
you're entitled to voice any sort of criticism is ridiculous. You may be
ALAN OLDHAM, 

You're damn right I am. HA !

but your position as a figure of some importance in the
detroit scene 

Hmmm, the jury's still out, there ! I think Sean Deason is more important 
than I am. He played DEMF =)

doesn't place your opinion above any of ours.  if you'd like
to start a dialogue where we discuss Jeff Mills's current performances in
relation to his past works, I'll be more than glad to participate.  But
hovering in the background and coming out to tell us all to shut up just
doesn't work.

Sure it does. Are you out here doing better mixes than Jeff ? Making better 
records ? The whole idea of this thing is DIY. Anyway, if folks can get on 
here and criticize, then I can critique the critics. A vicious cycle, but 
then, this is a free country. Supposedly.

Aside: I have been working my a** off in the studio and DJing, and my GF has 
been fwd'ing me posts from 313 and it's been so interesting I decided to 
resub for awhile. Aren't you glad ? Blame her !

AND to the person who asked what lock-groove, loop (aka bangin) techno is, 
the first record ever with lock grooves was Jeff Mills Cycle 30 on Axis. 
This release and others from Mills (Live at the Liquid Room, Waveform 
Transmissions) single-handedly inspired the entire early sound of British 
and Swedish Techno (Surgeon, Regis, Oliver Ho, James Ruskin, Marco Carola, 
Adam Beyer, etc.)

AND, Misstress Barbara banged the living s*** out of Motor tonight. 

AND, I got to hang out briefly with my hero, the genius of modern music, 
Stacey Pullen (who was also off tonight).

a.

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(release TBA). This is Pure Sonik Records. www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: [313] submit designs for list t-shirt

2000-06-06 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 6/5/00 7:20:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I second that idea!!  =)

_g l y p h_


In a message dated 6/5/00 8:58:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 How about asking someone like Alan to design the shirt.  If his art style 
hasn't been synonomously (sp) linked to Detroit I don't know what has?  I 
don't know if he would do it, but we could ask him.

pw  

Yeah, right.

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Re: [313] industrial vs. hip hop and Astrelwerks

2000-05-26 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/25/00 8:40:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 a conversation that started between dave the wave dresden and i @ wmc
 this 
 year centered around how people got into the scene, and i started an 
 informal poll while i was down there.   ratio?  about 60% industrial, 40% 
 hip hop.
  

I don't see how anybody, fan or producer, can come into techno via hip-hop. 
Except for Shake. Techno, at least Detroit Techno, is the antithesis of 
hip-hop to me, Ghettotech notwithstanding =\

The Depeche Mode/Kraftwerk-into-Industrial-into-Techno progression I can see 
though.

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Third Wave was: industrial vs. hip hop and Astrelwerks

2000-05-26 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/25/00 10:37:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I have tried and tried to get it on vinyl and have been told that it isn't
available on vinyl and that it wasn't even pressed. 
 

They lied, vinyl was pressed. Want an autographed copy ? =)

a.

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Re: [313] industrial

2000-05-24 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/24/00 1:24:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

AO, what have you got to say about old industrial stuff from way back
when?


I used to love industrial. Every summer in the mid-80's during the big 
Chicago Comicon (this was when I was a comic artist), we'd drive out to the 
old Wax Trax record shop in Chicago to get the new industrial wax. I was into 
Ministry, Front 242, Revolting Cocks, all of the Jourgensen/Barker side 
projects (Lead Into Gold, 1000 Homo DJs, etc.) My radio station got sent all 
the Wax Trax stuff too, so I kept up with all of it. Nettwerk was big with me 
too, with Skinny Puppy, Severed Heads and Moev (their first album). I 
interviewed Severed Heads. Nerds ! I used to play Single Gun Theory every 
week on my show, that was a fave. Those Stephen R. Gilmore album covers !

Every so often, I'd find the original European/Australian label copies of 
most of this stuff in different record shops. It was exciting because the 
track listings and art differed from territory to territory. For instance, 
the Red Rhino version of Front 242's Official Version was different from 
the Wax Trax pressing, which was different from the final Sony repress. Now 
with the EU and FedEx/DHL/UPS, and the advent of CDs all records are the 
same, everywhere. And with the Net, you can find anything.

Aside: Does anyone have a copy of Baby Ford Ford Trax 2x12 on Rhythm King 
they wanna sell me ?

I was a big fan of Factory, too, they were known for that. There are like a 
zillion different versions of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. I still 
have Section 25 Looking From a Hilltop (UK pressing), woefully 
out-of-print. A Certain Ratio's back catalogue was repressed a few years back 
by the late Creation label though.

Front 242 was the direct influence for Underground Resistance. I was the 
opening DJ when they came to St. Andrews on their Front by Front tour, and 
Mills was there. They were straight-up terroriSoon after, Riot EP.

Anybody remember Code Industry, the Black industrialists from Detroit who 
were on Antler-Subway back in '90 ? Well, before that, they were Code 
Assault, and they were on my label, Technika. That's how they got that deal. 
It was the first time I got fucked over in the music business, but not the 
last. Jeff did a b-side industrial remix on them for me that was the shit in 
its day. I haven't listened to it in ages.

Blah Blah Blah.

Alan


Re: [313] tune info

2000-05-23 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/23/00 6:41:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 the track is on the RS Records Compilation Order to Dance III.

there it says:


N-Joi malfunction

(Champion - Franklin)

prod. by N-Joi

Publ. by Virgin Music - copyright control


probably just licensed to RS,

but i am sure it was released on there!

 

N-Joi was on RCA/BMG in the UK, which is where the full EP saw release.

Saffron of the group Republica got her start singing for them.

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Emanon

2000-05-20 Thread DJT1000
Dude, I'm sitting here listening to the Biorhythms compilation (Network UK 
1990), specifically Derrick May's track Emanon. This is the banginest, most 
funky shit you could think of ! Pitched to +8, it could still be played out 
today (and will be, starting tomorrow night). If Derrick came back right now 
this minute with new shit that sounded just like this, he'd still be the man.

Where is the new Rhythim is Rhythim album ? And why wasn't this track 
included on Innovator ?

Hope to see some of you at my b-day party tomorrow night.

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Re: SV: [313] Emanon

2000-05-20 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/20/00 1:03:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 it was included on the promo cd release :(

cd 1, track 12: emanon begins

cd 2, track 11: emanon ends

Sounds like it was all cut up anyway. I hate when he does that. He did that 
to Phantom (A Relic).


alan: happy birthday in advance!!

Thank you !


richard wihlmer

stockholm, sweden

Ah, Stockholm. The new home of Detroit Techno =) Say hello to Joel Mull for 
me.

 
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Re: [313] the return of +8?

2000-05-19 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/19/00 1:35:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 p.s. anyone know when the speedy j on plus 8 is coming out (t1000?)
 

I've got a white of it and have been banging it out for almost 2 months. No 
release date on the record. I don't go record shopping very often so I 
assumed it was out already.

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Re: [313] OT: TR-808/Flam

2000-05-17 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/17/00 4:15:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 From: Rhythm Droid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 313@hyperreal.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [313] OT: TR-808/Flam
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 11:37:12 PDT

Sorry if we've gone over this, but can the Electribe-R flam? do you have to
fiddle with thte Scale function to do it, or what?

The best thing to do would be to throw it in the agrbage and go buy an 808.
 

Such hostility ! Back in the day, all that din sync Roland x0x stuff was 
obsolete due to MIDI, that's how the Black and Latin Detroit, Chicago and NY 
guys got hold of that 1st shit so cheap (at that time our white friends were 
down with Krokus and Dokken and chanting disco sucks at ball games). They 
turned it into techno, house, hip-hop. So it ain't what you got it's how you 
use it. Derrick May did more with a DX-100, a 909, a cheap efx box and a 
reel-to-reel than most cats w/ full studios. Go on witcha Korg Electribe and 
rock some shit.

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Re: [313] Wanted: TR-808, an alternative

2000-05-16 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/16/00 11:11:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Just curious, in your opinion, of the drum machines being produced today, 
 which would be a good substitute?   Anybody like alesis machines or the emu 
 orbit? 
  

Let me chime in here real quick: I've been a fan of the Novation Drum Station 
for years now: it's been on all my Pure Sonik records, but don't hold that 
against the machine =) Emulates 808 and 909 kits, sounds just like them, and 
relatively inexpensive. That Looking For The Perfect Beat cowbell ? It's 
there. Mine's old, the latest version can only be better.

The Orbit is sweet. It was earning its keep from the minute I took it out of 
the box. it's all thru Progress.

The next module I get is the Carnaval, Orbit's Latin sister machine.

DJ T-1000 A Pure Sonik Evening is Record Of The Month in Raveline GER this 
month, by the way; the DrumStation hard at work.

Alan
(in a production lull)

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Re: [313] Re: Wanted:TR-808, an alternative

2000-05-16 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/16/00 1:05:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 oh no! now there'll be a run on th ER1's!! :^) I see em on Ebay quite 
often.
thats where I got mine. $275 US is a good deal used. $350 new.
sean 

I'm hooked on eBay now. All my new pieces are off there !

Alans is right about the DrumStation. perfect
reproduction, but I miss the 16 step sequencer and swing and tap recording and
flam and and and...

Yeah, yeah that's for wimps. Funky-ass step-time sequences, random notes then 
quantize, just like Derrick May, baby. R-8 and 909 hi-hats together, panned 
left and right, flying all over the place. I love techno.

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European Tour 2000

2000-05-15 Thread DJT1000
Hello All,

I'm on DJ tour in Europe from 7/5 to 7/15. Unfortunately, my 7/10 (Monday 
night) date in Berlin fell thru. Any promoters out there want to pick up the 
date ? I'm open 7/14 (Friday night) as well. I'll be based in Berlin during 
my stay, which means cheaper flights for you.

Mail me back privately !

Alan

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A Pure Sonik Celebration

2000-05-12 Thread DJT1000
Saturday 5/20/00.
Just Moved from Toronto to Detroit !
A Pure Sonik Celebration/Alan Oldham's Birthday Party.

The bangin' techno sounds of the undeniable DJ T-1000 on three 
decks/EXCLUSIVE Detroit appearance (Pure Sonik Detroit/Tresor Berlin).
The Return of Mike Dearborn (Majesty Recordings Chicago).
And introducing DJ Elektra (Toronto).

Intimate venue. 300 capacity.

If you want to hear trance, stay the fuck home.

For more info: www.puresonikrecords.net

Infoline: 313-788-5718.

Special thanks to Michelle Banks.

Das Ist Alles.


Re: [313] old tresor albums by detroit artists

2000-05-11 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/11/00 12:27:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 But check it out...I'm interested in picking up copies of the other old

school Detroit releases early in the Tresor catalog such as X-101, X-102 and

the Eddie Fowlkes stuff.  Can't find it anywhere though.  I'm assuming it's

probably out of print.

 

www.tresorberlin.de

I think they still have a bunch of that stuff laying around the office =)

Alan

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Re: [313] oliver ho (was Re: [313] rolling?)

2000-05-10 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/10/00 1:19:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 new oliver ho album? is it on meta? can anyone give me info on this one?


thanx

 

I just got a hold of the EP on Sequential. Hot, very tribal, I'm diggin' it.

Also got a copy of Karl O'Connor/Peter Sutton album on Tresor. A couple of 
good tracks on it, but by and large this is the kind of stuff people refer to 
when they say they don't like techno.

a.

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Re: (313) marco corola and whistle 3

2000-05-09 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/9/00 9:34:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 why would you goto philly when you can goto DEMF??? 

Freedom of Choice, man ! Plus Ishkabibble's cheese steaks. And finally 
meeting Marco is a definite plus for me.

and you forgot to mention that our beloved T-1000 will
be at whistle 3.

Well, not that beloved amongst my peers, but the kids are a different story. 
Thanks for the thought. =)

jeff 

a.
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Re: (313) New Purpose Maker

2000-05-03 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/3/00 2:53:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I'm surpised no one else has mentioned this yet, is it cause everyone just

buys these without listening?  Or does no one talk about them cause they

all sound the same now ;)

 

For a long time on this list it was Jeff Mills overload ! I guess people 
figure that everything that could be discussed about Jeff *has* been 
discussed. 

He was cool enough to send me a package, though, Circus included. I'm all 
off into rocking doubles of Call of the Wild, though. The absolute shit.

a.


Calling K-Hand !

2000-05-02 Thread DJT1000
Kelli,

I thought I knew your e-mail address  Mail me back.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: (313) D.E.M.F.:question

2000-05-02 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 5/2/00 6:07:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Don't feel bad, there's a lot of people who've been in Detroit from day 
one that aren't being included in this event. It's just another weekend.
 

Hear, hear.

a.


Re: (313) Women in electronic music...

2000-04-26 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/26/00 12:33:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 ...oh I've just remebered Miss DJax, head of the all the DJax labels, 
former record shop owner 
and DJ in her own right.  Again I think you're best to check the DJax website 
to get more 
info...sorry can't remember the address, but it's on all the most recent 
DJax-Up-Beats 
releases.
 

www.djax.nl

Also there's an ongoing discussion about women in electronic music on Jeff's 
website, www.axisrecords.com

Gotta run, plane to catch.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net (where there are links to both)


www.puresonikrecords.net

2000-04-22 Thread DJT1000
After a short hiatus, we're back up and running with a few new features. If 
you're curious where I'm playing next, check out the tourdates page. 

As always, (good) feedback is appreciated. =)

Thanks,

a.


Re: (313) a DAN BELL celebration NYC/db cd

2000-04-19 Thread DJT1000
Dan Bell's mix CD is far from boring. I thought it was very swinging and very 
deep. He manages to mix lowtempo, experimental techno and vocal house 
together. This one vocal track on there by The Problem Kids is the absolute 
shit...I'd tell you the title but the CD is in my truck (where it's been 
since I got it). Also, the end track by Shake is very funky.

The Button Down Mind of Daniel Bell is on my top 10 list...as soon as we 
get our site back up. =)

Later,

a.


Romeo Must Die (was: replace barbie with ken)

2000-04-19 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/19/00 8:09:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I've been wanting to see Romeo Must Die for a while now, but the reviews 
are so

mixed I don't know what to do. How many of you saw it and thought it was The

Shit' (©2000 Sean Deason/Matrix records) 

I saw it and whoever didn't like it is *full* of shit (neatly avoiding 
trademark hassles by not using the 'the' prefix). Jet's fight scenes were a 
little Jackie Chan/found- objects-as-weapons-esque, but the film overall was 
noirish and very stylized and Aaliyah was incredible. The plot became 
transparent in the third act of the film but it looked so good, it didn't 
matter. Its Romeo and Juliet subtext was a bit of a stretch, too; in this 
movie, they weren't lovers (I still like the visually tricked-out Baz 
Luhrmann alternate-Earth version with Leo and Claire Danes though). The film 
was set in San Fran and why am I talking about this movie on 313 ?

Alan
(woken up by upstairs neighbor's mini-revival meeting; wait till I start 
working on my album)


Re: (313) New album/Romeo

2000-04-19 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/19/00 9:42:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Okay Alan, on your recommendation alone 

As you should =) 

I'm gonna check out Romeo Must Die it

sounds pretty cool (even if it's not a fictional film on the bombing of Kid

Rocks trailer park). I've been a huge fan of Jet Next Best Thing to Bruce Li

ever since he kicked Mel and Danny's asses in LW4 (the only good thing about

that entire movie). The Black Mask was a bit too Green Hornet/Batman for me

(even had a cute reference to Kato) but Jet still shined like a star.

sean

 

I'll grant that Jet's HK movies I've seen are better than his Hollywood stuff 
so far (we rented Fist of Legend and really dug it), but yeah, I really 
liked Romeo Must Die. 

BTW Jet will be in The Matrix (the hottest movie of 1999) 2 and 3.

Oh, and Cyclone will like Black  White (the flick about 
wiggers--oops--wiggas--imitating rap culture), though it'll be a while before 
that makes it down under. Judging from the ten or so people at the theatre 
when we went, it might be more sooner than later.

The only reason I'm even talking about this on 313 is revenge for sitting 
thru/deleting that inane Barbie as-capitalist-tool/commodification of DJ 
culture thread.

How about a new list: 313 Cinema ? Discussion on the movies on Jeff's website 
?

OK, I'm done now.

=)

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Terrence Dixon (was: Mixer US reviews in advance)

2000-04-13 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/12/00 9:42:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 (Dixon's co-production on Juan Atkins' 1998 Skynet album, 
for various reasons, went uncredited, which led to this project on
Tresor). 

This doesn't surprise me. Skynet was the first thing that came to mind when
I listened to Far Future on Cognition. What's the deal with Terrence not
getting his credit? 

I don't have any particular insight into that one to be honest, I just know 
that Terrence worked on Skynet.

Also, this had led me to think: Considering the
(perceived) similarity between the two albums, did Terrence have more input
into Skynet than we are to believe or did he manage to come away from that
project with a new view on making music thanks to Juan? Reading your first
sentence in the review, I take it, Alan, that you'd agree with the latter?

Well, it's still the same Terrence Dixon who did the records on Dow, just 
with better gear. And after all this time, you can't help but get good. Look 
at me ! It's only taken me 10 years to learn to make good tracks. 

More likely, Terrence was working on these tracks at the same time as the
Skynet album. Anyone know more?
  
 
water torture beats (KDJ, Theo, Alton Miller, etc.) 

I guess this makes me a masochist ;-)

Don't get me wrong. I like KDJ and those cats. I loved Silent Introduction. 
It's just more listening-oriented to me. When I am off from DJing and want to 
hear some good, bumpin' house music at a club, I look no further than Stacey 
Pullen's residency at Motor. His nights always seem to coincide with a) me 
being home and b) my girlfriend being in town.

Respect
JasonB 

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net
np: terrence dixon untitled


Re: (313) movies that were filmed in Tha D

2000-04-13 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/13/00 2:30:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 in dan sicko's book he mentions that robocop was one of many films which 
were set in detroit but not filmed in the city. what films were actually 
filmed in the city?

blair 

There was this made-for-cable movie with Bonnie Bedelia (Bruce Willis' wife 
in the Die Hard flicks) about five years ago that was actually filmed on 
location here. The old Hudson's building (RIP) and Old County Building were 
used (Bedelia's character was a judge).

Parts of Out of Sight (Clooney and Lopez) were filmed here, not just 
exteriors.

Exteriors and establishing shots for the now-defunct CBS TV series EZ 
Streets (Ken Olin) were filmed here.

The opening sequence of Beverly Hills Cop was shot here, the bit that ran 
under the credits. None of the actual narrative, though.

Polish Wedding (Liam Neeson and Claire Danes) was actually filmed in 
Hamtramck.

I didn't see Grosse Pointe Blank but I heard most of it was filmed here.

Ice Cube's character in Three Kings was a Detroiter.

Weren't parts of True Romance (Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper) actually 
filmed on location here ? I doubt it. I know the story takes place here 
though.

I'd bet that the insurance companies that cover film shoots are scared 
shitless to come here and do films. Even cats like Sam Raimi (A Simple 
Plan) who's from here, never come back to shoot films.

Also, they tear shit down like nothing in this city. The Temptations TV 
biopic was actually shot in Pittsburgh because 1960s Detroit doesn't exist 
anymore, either demolished or bombed-out ghetto or a freeway. There was a big 
fuss in the local press over it. They actually rebuilt Hitsville USA in 
Pittsburgh ! It was pretty accurate though, down to the funeral home next 
door. In contrast, the old Crime Story TV series, set in 1963 Chicago, was 
filmed on location there, and still looked like the 60s.

My friend was in from LA shooting a low-budget movie here back in 1998, but 
they ran out of money.

a.
watches too many movies.


Re: (313) Techno Rebels

2000-04-12 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/12/00 6:32:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 It's interesting that UK dance mags seem to have
now all gone into Ghetto Bass...
 

Not just UK. Spin, Details and Rolling Stone US all got on the bandwagon last 
year. Thank God the hype is over now. 

I think that white, middle-class prurient interest in stereotypical Black 
salaciousness is part of what fuels ghettotech (as well as driving 
mainstream rap and rb sales into the millions), along with the sense it 
makes: Detroit is a ghetto city right ? So here we have ghetto music. Now 
THAT'S a journalistic hook. What could be simpler than Ass  Titties ? None 
of the contradictory preppy Black world-travelled educated romantic 
electronic futurism (and in UR's case, cultural terrorism) of Detroit Techno. 
Intelligent brothers ? Perish the thought. Sicko was telling me during the 
course of his writing Techno Rebels that his editor couldn't believe that 
all these preppy, college-bound, Italo disco-listening, standard-English 
speaking Black kids from well-off families were in Detroit in the 80s. Fuck 
Charivari: where were the guns and drugs ?

Say Nice Things About Detroit.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net



Fwd: Mixer US reviews in advance

2000-04-12 Thread DJT1000
 
---BeginMessage---


Shawn Rudiman
Evidence of Life EP
7th City US

A deep four-tracker from Dan DBX Bell's label. The Pittsburgh-based Rudiman 
shows his jazzy, tribal side here (a much better, more focused and overall 
better-produced effort than his previous Blue Empire EP on his own 
Hypervinyl imprint), with John Tejada-esque moments of chords and depth. A 
more uptempo release from the usually-more experimental 7th City, this one 
brings soul and maturity to your basic, banging techno set. Or maybe I'm just 
getting old. Recommended.

***1/2

--Alan Oldham

Jochem Paap
Electric Deluxe
Plus 8 CAN white label

This one was handed to me by Richie Hawtin right-hand man Clark Warner during 
my recent post-Miami set at Detroit's Motor club. Since the Rotterdam-based 
Paap's current noise/industrial/electro output as Speedy J on NovaMute is 
incomprehensible to me, I fully expected this to be more of the same, and was 
prepared to dismiss it. WRONG ! Electric Deluxe is slow-building, flat-out 
banging, peak-time 4/4 techno and guaranteed to rock your floor. Three tracks 
here (untitled on this white label), all stompin'. A solid dancefloor hit for 
the newly-resurgent Plus 8 and one more sign (along with Hawtin's Orange 
12 and DE9 mix CD on M_nus) that sub-minimal, Basic Channel-ish techno, at 
least in the Hawtin camp, has run its course. A cryptic note in the run-out 
groove completes the packagebut alluding to what ?



--Alan Oldham

Bryan Zentz
Skufftones 1.0
In-Tec UK white label

No, it isn't a ska record. After Zentz's brilliant hard techno manifesto 
Kingdom of the Selfish on Primate and his deeper Loving Them Is Dangerous. 
Hating Them Is Futile EP on Jericho, the prolific track machine returns on 
Carl Cox's London-based imprint. Good stuff as usual, but I'm not feeling the 
lead track, Algebra. It works that Giorgio Moroder I Feel Love bassline 
one too many times. Too many people in both the house and techno worlds have 
all bitten that groove. Doesn't Felix Da Housecat have a track like that on 
his album ? Enough already. But the next track, Matador, returns Zentz to 
familiar funky house/techno crossover territory. Metric is the one I'd most 
likely play out: cool, tribal and very Purpose Maker circa Steampit EP. 
Bravador continues in that vein with clean production, nice Latin horn 
stabs and deft sample work. Three out of four this time for Zentz, but still 
better than most people's averages.

***

--Alan Oldham
 
Mike Dearborn vs. The Advent
Battle Remixes
Majesty US

Well, you know, it's Mike Dearborn and The Advent. You know what it sounds 
like. What can I say that you don't already know other than it's taken from 
Dearborn's Ready For War album from last year ?

***1/2

--Alan Oldham


Cristian Varela
Generator Feelings EP
Primate UK white label

Four tracks' worth of driving, pumping, but ultimately-average post-Mills 
dancefloor techno from Madrid, but Goddamn, too much midrange in the final 
mix ! Maybe okay for younger ears, but too much for these road-damaged 
cauliflowers. Hey Nilz (of UK mastering lab The Exchange), quit leaning on 
the EQ so hard, we get the message.

**1/2

--Alan Oldham

G-Flame and Mr. G
Give 'N' Take EP
Moods and Grooves US white label

More funky, compressed house madness as Colin McBean meets Detroit for his 
latest G-Flame side on Mike Grant's up-and-coming MG imprint. Swing Crewz 
II is your basic, late night G-Flame groove that we know so well; straddling 
that fine line between house and techno. G's D. Sound Dub and Pulsez are 
more of the same. A refreshing, uptempo change from the current trend of 
pitched-down, water torture beats (KDJ, Theo, Alton Miller, etc.) in Detroit 
house music. If it got any slower, it'd be hip-hop.



--Alan Oldham 
  
  

Terrence Dixon
From The Far Future 2x12
Tresor GER white label

Frankly, this album is better than I thought it would be, going by Dixon's 
past solo work (Dixon's co-production on Juan Atkins' 1998 Skynet album, 
for various reasons, went uncredited, which led to this project on Tresor). 
Very deep, repetitive and melodic, the tracks on From The Far Future are 
simple at first listen, but tracks like Running Time and Untitled (my 
favorite) are compelling enough to take you deeper, and with more swing, 
warmth and sense of melody than the usual stark, minimal German techno. Track 
titles like Early Space Pioneers evoke the paintings of Black art savant 
Jean-Michel Basquiat while sharing the painter's willful primitivism. More 
suited for home listening than the dancefloor, this is more the art gallery 
background music of the present than the sounds of the far future. Get the CD 
version and press repeat.



--Alan Oldham
www.puresonikrecords.net

  
 

Re: (313) last angel of history - derrick may?

2000-04-11 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/11/00 12:55:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 notice how kodwo eshun and derrick may are in it? anyone seen this movie? 


I stumbled across a copy of More Brilliant Than the Sun and found it to be 
unreadable; I've never read such crap in my life. All these made-up 
submicrocategories (and smashed-together words) for music. The worst cliches 
of Brit music journalism all collided together in one volume. Eshun makes 
Neil Ollivierra (back when he was a writer) look like the soul of brevity. 
Time to read Techno Rebels for the 20th time. Some folks took Dan 
(congratulations !) to task for its relatively short length, but at least you 
didn't come away feeling like you just slogged through a field of mud with 
heavy boots on.

Maybe it's because I know the cats personally, but Goddamn, it's not like 
Drexciya is actually saying anything even if they do have lyrics. Can we 
navel-gaze some more please ? In the words of Chris Rock, whatever happened 
to crazy ?

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: (313) 808 usage in mainstream music

2000-04-07 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/7/00 4:33:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 i know that the 808 was used a lot in mainstream music in the 80's and 
whatnot. does anyone know how widely used it is today in hiphop/rnb/etc?
 

One word: Timbaland.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: (313) a spastic, plastic dream...

2000-04-06 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/5/00 10:06:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 1. an E-Dancer 'Heavenly' on Planet E sticker 

... my eyes are _still_spinning from trying to see this movie this 
afternoon...
all the while spottin' records, adverts and the myriad of stickers decorating
the walls of Championship Vinyl - the best record shoppee on film since...
um, since... well, hell- since Pretty In Pink!
 

There was a pretty cool vinyl record shop in The Talented Mr. Ripley. It 
was a jazz shop in Rome stacked to the brim with vintage Blue Note wax. The 
producers obviously had a product placement deal with the label. But all that 
wax and old Dexter Gordon and Miles posters on the walls...and need I mention 
Jude Law's wardrobe ? Incredibly cool flick.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: (313) Fwd: How To Rock a Show 101

2000-04-03 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 4/3/00 1:29:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Carl Cox came into Detroit and rocked shit, 'nuff said


I thought Detroit DJs didn't like Carl Cox...



What gives you that impression ? 

a.


Fwd: How To Rock a Show 101

2000-03-31 Thread DJT1000
 
---BeginMessage---
There is no doubt, the cat brought the noise the way it should be brought. 
One Brit that lives up to the hype. Driving, banging, European techno evil on 
three decks. The shit was enough to make you wanna slap your mama. The crowd 
was off the hook. I damn near lost my mind. How can ANYBODY not like techno ?

Carl Cox came into Detroit and rocked shit, 'nuff said.

The kung-fu/hip-hop movie Romeo Must Die rocked, too. A great night for 
entertainment.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net

---End Message---


Re: (313) soulless?

2000-03-22 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/22/00 11:58:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 If house is the dance music that celebrates humans, techno is the genre 
that praises machines -- banging, soulless or relentless are words 
that techno DJs might be proud to have associated with their sets.
-nytimes

h
 

Given the source...a mainstream NYC newspaper...I'm not a bit surprised. Hard 
Techno in NY is more of a rave thing, not a club thing anyway.

Alan Oldham
Banging, Relentless (but never Soulless) Techno DJ
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: RE: (313) Killabite/User Series/Regis

2000-03-22 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/22/00 11:09:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hey Alan, maybe you know this; Karl did a rework on one of your releases

didn't he? I believe it was a 10 inch, but I can't remember the title. If

I'm not mistaken there was a remix by the Advent as well on that one. Just

to play that 10inch a lot. 

 

John,

Glad you liked it. It was a normal 12 with Regis and The Advent remixing an 
older tune of mine, plus this cat from Zurich named Miklos Kovari, who did a 
mix of an even older track.  In retrospect, the mixes really didn't have much 
to do with the original. I don't even remember the series number; I'm on my 
2nd cup of coffee for the day.

a.
www.puresonikrecords.net


Re: (313) Dave Clarke in Lansing

2000-03-21 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/20/00 5:32:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I personally think that while he's the best electro dj I've ever heard, 
the part of his sets where he spins techno tend to bore me.  A little too
bangin.
 

No such thing as too bangin'. Unless it's gabber.

;-)

a.



Re: (313) Ben Sims kicks ass???

2000-03-17 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/16/00 8:41:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 damn 2 mailing lists now with threads about name spelling..well this isn't 
as 
bad as the other...derek may from canada and derrick may from detroit heh go 
figure
 

How about Ritchie Hawtin ?

a.


Re: T-1000 in indiana [was Re: (313) Mix Cd's Dj T1000]

2000-03-15 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/14/00 3:09:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

  Get your ass over
 
 here Alan!!   :-)
  
 What can I tell you, Europe doesn't want me !

but bloomington, indiana certainly did! :)

gotta say, alan tore it up for us this past weekend...

special moments included
- alan killing the sound and telling it like it is, fuck the bullshit!...
- a complete 180 from a deep mull track into dearborn's voice of god
(which turned into a techno sing along with a bunch of crazy techno nuts
singing acapella: the voice...of god)
- a comment to delta nine (who was following alan) to take his hardcore
elsewhere
- the octave one jaguar remix
- and getting an oddly-timed and unexpected free peep show while chilling at
the back of the venue (i won't forget the look on your face alan...) :)

damn. thank god for good music.

bom shankar!
--varsha

: varsha - psychedelic techno:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
: PTLF : SUBterror : Scarab Records  :
: Nokturnal Netwerks :
: http://beam.to/varsha  :
: AOL AIM: varshaPTLF:
 

One last thing about the Bloomington/Indianapolis gig, I was very very 
gratified by the crowd's response. They *really* knew their music ! I'd say 
80% of my set is white labels, but the hardcore trainspotters IDed the tunes 
no problem, while the rest of the room danced their asses off. I haven't had 
that much crowd response since God knows when. Everything was perfect, 
sound-wise, and they even had the new Pioneer DJM-600 mixer with filter 
effects added to the arsenal. Sweet ! With all the hype on the US rave scene 
going all commercial trance on us, my faith in the Midwest (where it all 
began) is renewed ! I'm even using exclamation points ! Just last week Mills 
was asking me the hot spots to play in the US; add Indy to the list. Thanks 
to everyone involved with Technophoria, and the kids who came out despite a 
big snowstorm. 

a.

on now: Bowery Electric - Lushlife 

PS: John Digweed had a blurb in last week's Entertainment Weekly (due to the 
rave movie, Groove, that he has a cameo in), another reason to shoot myself.


Re: (313) Mix Cd's Dj T1000

2000-03-14 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/14/00 10:14:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 One of my friends buys cd's (I stick to vinyl) and he had a copy of the 
Live

Sabotage, live in Belgium. Very decent mix-cd, very decent! It's really a

shame that was about the only time Alan played in Belgium. Get your ass over

here Alan!!   :-)

 

What can I tell you, Europe doesn't want me ! 

=)

a.


Re: T-1000 in indiana [was Re: (313) Mix Cd's Dj T1000]

2000-03-14 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/14/00 3:09:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 - a comment to delta nine (who was following alan) to take his hardcore
elsewhere 

Why do people always wanna start controversy...it was a joke, Dave and I are 
good friends. He left that part out.

a.


Re: (313) Ben Sims kicks ass???

2000-03-09 Thread DJT1000
Before I get going, I'd like to ask for any recommendations on the best 
tribal techno records/producers out there right now, things that are deep, 
dark, and danceable...

Oliver Ho, Christian Smith, G-Flame, Joel Mull (his b-sides), Marco Carola, 
Chris McCormack, The new Hardgroove double-pack, etc. I like the 
supercompressed European house/techno thing that's happening right now. 
Detroit is completely finished making good techno aside from Jaguar. 

I don't think that the Rave Scene is necessarily a great place for 
techno, although at the same time I do hope that techno DJs continue to 
infiltrate the rave scene and bring their own sounds to those who will 
listen--which is exactly why I play parties.

The rave scene is what's keeping techno alive in the US, strangely enough. I 
hardly ever get booked at clubs. All the clubs want to hear is commercial 
Oakenfold bullshit or Eiffel 65 eurotrash pop (aside from Motor and Science 
of course *wink*). The funny thing about these candy kids is that they *say* 
they don't like techno until you light their asses up and rock some shit, 
then they're all over you...what kind of music is that ??? Then you leave 
the room and they're right back on that happy hardcore cartoon shit...weird. 

Just my 02.

a. 


(313) Reply

2000-03-09 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/9/00 2:12:04 PM, Minimaltek writes:

 Alan, your opinions are your opinions if you just want to throw stuff on 
the list and insult people for asking you to go further with your ideas and 
clarify, be my guest---but interaction and conversation seems like a better 
platform. Unless you can't back your statements up... 

First of all, I tried to take this private but you dragged me onto the list. 
Unlike you, I understand points when people make them. Yes there are great 
releases from Detroit labels, unfortunately most of the artists with the hits 
themselves aren't from Detroit and the Detroit artists are not making 
dancefloor techno. Wild Planet and Aril are from Stockholm (this year's 
techno capital), Rich is Canadian (who just at the end of 1999 went back to 
dancefloor material), Shake made one bad-ass hard techno record like two 
years ago (the NSC one that I did the artwork for), Planet E doesn't make 
techno anymore, the Detroit Grand Pubahs are on the cover of the Metro Times 
this week and Aux 88 won *two* Metro Times Music Awards last year. Not to 
mention last year's big hype on ghettotech in Mixer, Details, Rolling Stone, 
etc. IT's From Beyond was one of the 90s' best discs according to Spin. So 
was Innovator, but I don't have to point out that those tracks are all 10+ 
years old. I haven't heard the new DBX stuff on Elevate, but he seems to be 
moving in a more abstract direction as well.

According to Submerge, they are having big success with these instrumental 
hip-hop EPs plus their prior success w/ hi-tech funk and booty. Jaguar 
was out of the blue. Need I go on ? Detroit Techno as it was is over. Times 
change. No sour grapes, just facts. It's no accident that hard techno guys 
like Denham and Young have moved to Europe and Mills keeps a crib there. 
Stewart Walker tells me he's spending most of this summer there because he 
can barely get booked in the US. New talent like Punisher switch between 
techno and db. But life goes on. Techno was voted best musical form of 1999 
by a Raveline (GER) reader's poll, beating out all other styles of dance 
music. And that as they say is that.

a.

PS. I did enjoy RNG's Existence of Echelon on 430 West last year.


Re: (313) I Am AfroGermanic!!!

2000-03-08 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/8/00 3:08:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Does anyone have any info on Chaos, aka Marc Floyd?? I know he did a

really awesome track called AfroGermanic. I have one of his releases on

Metroplex but I haven't seen anything else around.




-1nFØrm3r 

 

He's got a new one on white label: UR043 Condition Red EP. I'm not really 
into the electro side of things, but Floyd takes it into Aphex Twin Come To 
Daddy territory. Weird, dark, abrasive, high-speed type shit. He's got a ton 
of tracks completed, but who knows where they'll all end up (including one he 
did w/ DJ Rolando). I think he's got a piece out on Metroplex under the name 
Mark Flash as well.

a.


Re: (313) Ben Sims kicks ass???

2000-03-08 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/8/00 8:16:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 
Clearly his hiphop past is reflected in his mixing. I saw him do stuff I've 
never seen a dj do before. 

You've obviously never heard of/seen Terrence Parker or Jeff Mills then!
 

Or Dave Clarke or Claude Young.

a.
(who doesn't have a hip-hop past)


Re: (313) Ben Sims kicks ass???

2000-03-08 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/8/00 10:35:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Or Dave Clarke or Claude Young.

a.
(who doesn't have a hip-hop past)


But can work out the doubles like a motherf•cker!!
 

Awww, shucks, anybody can do that. It's so easy I don't even do it anymore.

=)

a.
(www.puresonikrecords.net)


Re: (313) 2 track EP's SUCK!

2000-03-06 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/5/00 7:46:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Good point, but what would You say about records that have only 1 track 
(btw
really a SINGLE by all means ;)  on side A , BUT side B has nothing
on???  I remember myself thinking of this issue when I was considering of
buying a single track record by T-1000's  on Pure Sonic , but was low on
cash (I live in country where most of underground and even some commercial
dj fee is equal to cost of 3-8 records).  Unfortunately I can't tell You
excatly the name of a record because I didn't buy it, although this SINGLE
track was pretty hot.

Visu labo
ix
 

Marketing was mentioned before as a factor in determining the 
configuration/number of tracks on a record. In the case of Track Machine, 
marketing was part of that decision. Well, that and the fact the other tracks 
that were supposed to have gone with it weren't as good so I left them off.

Now it's out of print. Don't you wish you bought it ?

=)

a.


Re: (313) 2 track EP's SUCK!

2000-03-06 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/6/00 9:22:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   I also hate it when somebody puts out a 2x12 and refers to 
 it as an EP. Wrong ! It's a double-pack ! (the only difference between a 
 double-pack and an album is a full album cover).
  
So what's your point?  

Read the above again. Slow.

a.


Re: (313) 2 track EP's SUCK!

2000-03-05 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/5/00 3:23:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 however, I get the feeling that when an artist releases an EP with only 
two tracks on it that a) they don't have any other material or b)they're 
trying to cash in! or both!

Am I right?
 

First of all, I'm annoyed when records with only 2 tracks are referred to by 
anyone as EPs. Wrong ! They're 12s ! Three or more tracks per disc 
constitute an EP. I also hate it when somebody puts out a 2x12 and refers to 
it as an EP. Wrong ! It's a double-pack ! (the only difference between a 
double-pack and an album is a full album cover).

Nomenclature aside, I'd rather buy a 12 w/ 2 loud, fat-ass tracks than a 
4-song EP where only one or two of the tracks are any good. We've all been 
there (and I've probably put a few out).

a.

PS. Assuming anyone on the list actually listens to techno anymore, the new 
Sender Berlin remix EP on Tresor is a motherfucker.


(313) Calling Mr. Deason.

2000-03-03 Thread DJT1000
Sean,

Call me at home when you get this, please.

Thanks,

a.


Re: (313) CONVEXION

2000-03-02 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/1/00 8:23:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hey Izzy, 

Stewart Walker if I am not mistaken. This was one of his early records,
really good stuff!

Take care,
Mike Taylor
 

Nope, Convextion is Texas' own Gerard Hanson. Marina and I met him in Dallas 
over a year ago. He sent me a white label copy of what was to become his own 
label, Vext, but I haven't heard anything since.

Stewart, too, contributed to an all-too-brief string of hits for Matrix.

a.


Re: (313) Detroit Hip-Hop

2000-03-02 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/2/00 12:35:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Oh wait, that's right, Eninem snatched two Grammys. Never mind.   :P

-d 

Hell yeah, and it was Black History Month when he did it ! Something to think 
about...

a.


Re: (313) CONVEXTION

2000-03-02 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 3/2/00 2:10:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 That white label you mention of Alan was very limited. Only like 30 or so
pressed up... 

Can you get that few pressed ?

Oh, and we met Minto in Dallas as well !

What a disaster gig that was !

a.


Re: (313) Hot new Dan Bell mix cd forthcoming...

2000-03-01 Thread DJT1000
What, no Losing Control ? Guess that would have been the obvious move. But 
it's DBX's biggest track !

a.


Re: (313) FW: booty ghetto whadever

2000-02-17 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/17/00 12:01:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 There just doesn't seem to be a market for electro in London like I hear
there is in Manchester or other places.

you mean that article I read in _The Face_ a year or so ago, the Detroit
Ghetto Tech expose, didn't take off on your little island?  ;)
 

The only thing they like in London is cheese trance, that is, if you believe 
what you read in Muzik.

a.

NP: Ol' Dirty Bastard Brooklyn Zoo


(313) Feb/Mar Mixer reviews (in advance)

2000-02-14 Thread DJT1000
TECHNO SINGLE OF THE MONTH
DJ Rolando (The Aztec Mystic)
Revenge of the Jaguar
Underground Resistance 2000

DJ Rolando's original Flight of the Jaguar was the Detroit phenomenon of 
1999 (and--wow--it wasn't ghettotech or electro). Caned incessantly by DJs 
as disparate as Sven Vath and Roger Sanchez, the record went on to sell over 
20, 000 domestic copies worldwide and crossed over into all genres. Sony 
Music Germany touched off a firestorm by illegally releasing its own 
soulless, bootlegged trance version of the hit and overnight the militantly 
underground UR camp was embroiled in a controversy of David and Goliath 
proportions. Now, in the midst of an e-mail bombing/hacking campaign against 
corporate Sony by irate techno fans on behalf of their underground heroes, UR 
strikes back with the remixes. UR co-founder and international techno legend 
Jeff Mills returns to the fold eight years after leaving the group with a 
percussive, string-laden workout far out of character with his usual 
lock-grooved Purpose Maker madness. Octave One checks in with my favorite 
mix; a reduced, minimal take on the original whose strings come in 
triumphantly towards the end. And finally, leader Mad Mike brings up the rear 
with a beatless, spiritual epilogue. The CD version compiles all of DJ 
Rolando's UR output to date in addition to the new mixes. Round two decision: 
UR.

*

--Alan Oldham

Deetron
Alien Entertainment EP
In-Tec/UK

A by-the-numbers release and the first misstep from Carl Cox's techno 
imprint. There's only one hot one here to me, Alien Data, a track that 
combines techno percussion with house overtones (itself nothing new; see G 
Flame). The other tracks are bland and predictable. Now watch, I'm going to 
end up playing out somewhere with this guy who would have read my review, and 
I'll be forced to explain myself in person. I gave Cristian Vogel a bad 
review here in Mixer and almost ended up running into him in Berlin. I 
actually did meet his SuperCollider partner, Jamie Lidell. Luckily I left 
town right before Cristian got in. Whew, that was a close one. 

*

--Alan Oldham

Soulwatcher
Battery EP
Primevil/UK

Another clunker, this time from the usually-dependable Primevil. Soulwatcher 
is Marco Bailey and Redhead, responsible previously for that bangin' 10 on 
Primate, Black Windows. There's no excitement to this one, however. Club 
E (corny name) is long and rigidly programmed, simple and very Euro. Page 
Up has this annoying piano line that runs through it, with no swing to the 
drum parts at all. Only Battery is any good; swinging, funky, hard as 
nails, and even it sounds like it picks up note-for-note right where the Adam 
Beyer remix of Morgan's Flowerchild on Synewave leaves off.

*

--Alan Oldham

Chris McCormack
The Maximalist
Materials/UK

Four tracks of proper, bangin' techno from an artist I've never heard of. The 
label is new as well. The Maximalist is grinding, dark and lowdown, falling 
somewhere between The Advent and Regis. Bad-ass shit, but the track just 
stops dead at the end, like somebody pulled the plug on his mixer or 
something. If you're a decent DJ though, you're not gonna play it through, so 
what do you care. I heard Oakenfold lets his records play all the way 
through, doesn't even mix, and his mix CDs are all done on ProTools. Is this 
true ? E-mail me. Anyway, Day to Day sounds like a cross between me ripping 
off Mills (Codes and Structures Volume One) and McCormack ripping off the 
Advent, if that makes any sense. Sunset to Sunrise is very funky, very 
samba. I wish I had another copy of it to work with (God forbid that my local 
record store order more than one of any techno record). Darkness Prevailing 
in the Night is the long, dark closer to this great EP, which proves that 
all you have to do to make a good techno record is sound like Mills, Regis 
and The Advent all at once.



--Alan Oldham

Sender Berlin
Spektrum Weltweit Remixes
Tresor/GER

Taken from last year's full-length Spektrum Weltweit, my friends and 
tourmates Sender Berlin return with this very interesting three-tracker. 
Tokyo's DJ Shufflemaster reworks Zeitsignal into a hard techno frenzy; loud 
as hell and filtered through the roof. An epic conclusion to that set of 
bangin' techno that you've been practicing in your room all these months. Go 
get this one, then you'll be ready to rock. Actually, I'm joking because I 
know you're all out buying trance records. Double X (also from Berlin) 
remixes the title track into something way more interesting than the 
original, this one funky, minimal and melodic. Nana 07 becomes a very 
adventurous imaginary soundtrack piece in the hands of Direction Indicator. I 
really like this one; cool and evocative. Part two of this remix series will 
appear on Sender's own label, unGleich.



--Alan Oldham



Re: (313) The instant globalisation of music?

2000-02-11 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/10/00 7:05:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 With any top radio format I just think there's more hoops to jump through 
and also less of a language barrie with techno than hip-hop where alot of 
the phrases and slangs might not translate.
 

You'd be surprised. The biggest mainstream music worldwide (no matter what 
the music business would have you believe) is Rap/RB (note I don't say 
hip-hop). Whenever you have Japanese kids whose only English they know is 
the lyrics of a Method Man record (see the movie The Show) and Japanese 
girls who fry their hair and go to tanning booths to look like Brandy, I'd 
say the language is universal. There are kids from Australia who talk more 
black than I do because of the records.

Back to techno music. Having put out my own records since '92, I'd say its 
globalization has grown right along with faster overnight shipping companies 
like FedEx and DHL, the Internet and Watts Music being the only distributor 
of any real consequence (not to dis Nemesis, Hardwax, et al). Having a 
hot-ass track doesn't hurt either.

a.


Re: (313) re : plus 8 vs ur

2000-02-10 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/9/00 7:33:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 what about mark kinchen? 

Hahahaha, oh my God. I haven't laughed this hard all day...

Mark and his brother Scott are Black.

a.


Re: (313) The instant globalisation of music?

2000-02-10 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/10/00 3:52:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Anyway, about Hot97: I was in NYC from July-September last year and
listened to it quite a bit. One thing that struck me in the last one/two
months or so, is the number of hiphop and rb tunes that are new in the
charts or on the radio here in the Netherlands (and I presume in most of
Europe) that were in heavy rotation on Hot97 three to six *months*
earlier. 

Some examples, some slighty more recent than others:
Donell Jones - U know what's up (v. good rb tune, btw)
Montell Jordan - Get it on tonite (ditto)
ODB - Baby I got your money 
702 - You don't know (313 relevance courtesy of TP: Mark Kinchen
produced this)
Kelis - Caught out there aka 'I hate you so much right now'

This several-month-lag between the US and Europe surprises me.
 

Otto,

With some of the music you just mentioned, it's critical that commercial 
rb/rap like that get sales momentum in the States before a European release 
is justified. This explains the time lag.

When I was in Rotterdam watching MTV and that new Dutch music channel, it was 
like I never left the States. Destiny's Child, Foxy Brown and Jay-Z with the 
occasional Eurotrashdisco track (Alice Deejay's I Want You Back In My Life 
became the unofficial theme song of the whole trip) to remind me I wasn't 
still in Detroit, music-wise. VIVA and VIVA Zwei (GER) are my favorite 
European music channels.

Also consider that the acts you just named would probably be considered 
second or third-tier at best. Puff Daddy's album was available worldwide on 
the same day or within the same week (for all the good it did him). Will 
Smith's Willennium also. 

Kelis is gorgeous, isn't she ? She can hate me all she wants.

a.


Re: (313) freddy fresh

2000-02-08 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/8/00 5:15:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 does anyone know where i could find the freddy fresh mix cd?  
my usual sources seem to be dry.  also, while i probably won't change my
mind, would someone care to post a review?  i was curious if it was more
his hiphop leaning stuff or on the techno side or both.  

ben.
 

I haven't heard his mix CD, but I hear he's gone all Fatboy Slim/cheesy 
breaks/Big Beat on us.

a.


Re: (313) San Fran 2-12-00

2000-02-04 Thread DJT1000

In a message dated 2/4/00 4:19:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Saturday February 12, 2000 
Urban Development is havin a lil Valentines day show with real live actual D
flavored Techno as opposed to the constant suck-ass bombardment of cracker
house and trance you typically get

Thank God. It being SF you'll be lucky to get 150 people for techno. But oh, 
that 150 !

Kikoman (deep fried, Missle, from all sorts of places in Michigan)

Whatever happened to Kiko ? A hot string of 12s on Deepfried, then nothing.

Switching to an all-trance format,

Alan
 




(313) TP

2000-01-24 Thread DJT1000
I was taken to church *and* to school on the same night by the incredible 
Detroit house legend Mr. Terrence Parker at Motor on Saturday.

Rock that shit, homie.

a.


Re: (313) mike grant

2000-01-15 Thread DJT1000
There is a feature article on Grant in the latest issue of XLR8R (US). 
Heather Heart is on the cover.

a.


(313) epic techno

2000-01-07 Thread DJT1000
Mobility (Aquamix) by Moby, the b-side of Go, (1990, Instinct Records). 
Brings tears to my eyes 10 years later. I've been playing it all day. Fuck 
Play, go out and buy Early Underground on Instinct (CD still in print). 
He was the shit back then. Anybody got a copy of Instinct Dance (all Moby 
tracks under Voodoo Child, Barracuda and UHF) they wanna sell me ?

Why hasn't anyone mentioned The Beginning by Rhythim is Rhythim, (also 
1990, Kool Kat Records). It takes the kick 3 1/2 minutes to kick in and when 
it does, the whole house lights up. On a huge system, it's like a symphony. 
Ahead of its time. Still playable at +6.

808 State Pacific State is epic techno. Makes you want to cry and dance at 
the same time. Derrick played it as the last record on the last night of the 
Music Institute. I just played with 808 in Spain, top blokes but the gig was 
a disaster.

The 1st segment of Live at the Liquid Room. Bangin', loud and fucked-up. 
Crowd goes nuts in the background. Beats and hi-hats all on top of each 
other. Reserved and quiet in real life, this is Mills' real self on display 
via the music. So many techno DJs try to bite Mills' style on this record, 
same tracks and everything.

I heard DRC play LFO on New Year's (Los Angeles) to 10,000 people on a 
system the size of Rhode Island. The bass kicked in and it was like Marty 
McFly's atomic guitar in Back To The Future. Surgeon is playing it too. 
Epic and timeless.

If anyone mentions a trance record on 313 as epic, I'm gonna hit the 
computer like Popeye and a big electric fist will come thru the Net and come 
out on your end and knock some sense into you.

=)

This is a one-time-only transmission. Back to radio silence.

a.