y'all can check the interview with Mike on Flatplastic (http://www.flatplastic.com)
as well as a chat with Jordan Fields and Rick Wade. -Giles. Andrew Duke wrote: > a piece from a feature on Detroit's Mike Grant > from Cognition (http://techno.ca/cognition) re: the use > of "Technicolor": > > 1985 looked to be Grant's year in Detroit, but before things had started to > fall > into place in his DJ > career, he had already made the decision to join the military. > While in > the forces, Grant DJed as > often as he could wherever he was stationed, and while in Seattle > inadvertently managed to work a > little bit of Detroit into a certain rumpshaker from the city's > Sir Mix > A Lot. "I wanted to remain > involved in the music while I was in the army, so I told Juan > (Atkins) I > was in Seattle and I knew of > some people who were playing music in the area. He sent me some > records, > one of which was > 'Technicolor' [a 1996 Metroplex single from Channel One--Atkins > and Doug > Craig]," Grant > remembers. "At the time the radio station was called KFOX and > Nasty Ness > was the DJ on there, > so I went down to the station, took some Metroplex releases to > Ness, and > wanted to see if he > could get them some airplay. A few months later, all of sudden you > turn > on MTV and you see Sir > Mix A Lot with 'Baby Got Back' and listening [to the background > rhythm] > you say, 'hey, that's > "Technicolor"! I didn't really think anything of it at the time, > but > eventually that record really blew up > and Juan mentioned something to me about it. He was like, 'Didn't > I give > you some records?' And I > was thinking, 'Damn, you know what? You did!' Consequently, a > lawsuit > resulted." Atkins got his > deserved royalties, and Grant can laugh now at his involvement in > this > now infamous footnote in > electro history. > > Lester Kenyatta Spence wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 4/12/00 11:31:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > << What's interesting to me is not so much the cultural angle.....but the > > > fact that they jumped on Ghetto Tech (which is just a more sped up > > > version > > > of miami bass music) oh about.......14 years after the fact as far as i > > > can reckon. >> > > > Who jumped on it? Music magazines(doing their job to stay hip) that have > > > had > > > dj's, labels, and good promoters pushing it to them and the suburban > > > buying > > > masses of club kids(white and black)for years-- whether it is worthy of a > > > grain of salt or not. I haven't heard any musicians talkin' about it, > > > other > > > than to dismiss it as the Brittney Spears of synthesis. Who cares > > > anyways, if > > > people are buyin' sell it- that's capitalism. Isn't it? > > > > What I find interesting is the argument that this music is NEW. There's > > an interesting racial angle in there.....it doesn't exist until large > > groups of whites listen to it. So the first article I read about the > > music deals with a white DJ who happened to go to school here at Michigan, > > then left after he blew up I think. The first article I read about house > > IN THE CHICAGO PAPERS was in 1991....over ten years at LEAST after it'd > > been created. > > > > This is not a new phenomenon, but interesting nonetheless. > > > > > Re: Bass and Booty--- apples and oranges--- very different in ways other > > > than > > > pitch. Some bass patters were actually complicated and certainly explored > > > tonal quality and lo-end frequencies ways that were never done before. > > > > Give me an example....it seems to me that BOTH grew out of Detroit > > techno....I recall TECHNICOLOR being used for the backdrop of one of 2 > > Live Crew's early songs. Ghetto tech is more of a fusion between Miami > > and Techno....but this makes them different types of APPLES, rather than > > apples on the one hand and oranges on the other. > > > > > I'll take Davis and Coltrane with Evans in a smoke-filled lounge over > > > either > > > anytime, but that's just a matter of taste. > > > > I'm the same way....but I don't know too many house heads that can roll > > with either subgenre...... > > > > peace > > lks > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://techno.ca/cognition > 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
