Was just talking with Niko Marks and he advised me that 7 of the songs he
worked on made the 12-song cut.
http://andrewdukeinthemix.com
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 4:16 PM Andrew Duke
wrote:
> Anyone who has followed my posts on here over the decades know that Kevin
> Sanderson is my fave Detroit artist with Juan Atkins a close second. Have
> finally had a chance to give the new Inner City LP a few focused listens
> and it takes me back to that happiness felt when I first heard "Big Fun" in
> 1988. Whereas Kevin Saunderson usually does some spoken word, on the title
> track to "We All Move Together" that is handled by Idris Elba. There are 11
> vocal songs: 8 with Steffanie Christi'an and 3 with Zebra Octobra. Was
> unfamiliar with the latter; found some songs from her from a few years
> back: downtempo with focus on socio-political concerns including Flint and
> area water crisis. Zebra Octobra def holds her own here. My only
> disappointment was that the song I raved about here 2 years ago (that was
> "Heavy" and had an incredible remix from Carl Craig) is not here in the
> same version. Lyrics and music are tweaked and it becomes "Dance". Perhaps
> had to be changed as released originally on KMS and not Armada like
> "Believe", "Living In A Dream", "Need Your Love", and "Save Me" have been.
> In this interview published in Forbes, Kevin talks about the concerns we
> have shared here about "whitewash"ing at music festivals and Black
> underrepresentation:
>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakocay/2020/07/17/inner-city-we-all-move-together-diversity-in-dance-music/#4609f89eeb5b
>
