A fave of mine, Jon Dixon has a new EP out end of this month on 4EVR 4WRD
called "Times of Change". 4 songs including features from Britt Frappier
and De'Sean Jones. EP certainly an appropriate title for today. For those
not familiar, he is a wiz on the keyboards and has performed live with
Galaxy
Those are good points, I don't really have much perspective on what the
broader American scene is, having lived in Kalamazoo/Detroit/Chicago over
the years, the majority of events that I have attended do feature a lot of
black DJ's, and the three headliners I personally booked as a promoter were
Om
Definitely need promoters putting more Black as well as female and LBGT
artists on bills. Can't remember the name of the most recent European
festival cited, but some artists who perform at other festivals had a
thread on Facebook about certain European festivals booking the same
lineup--and the ma
The thing about solving problems is that you do what you can do. Projects
like House of Altr do what they can: showcase and promote black artists.
Techno - and the wider world of dance music - originates in the music of
Black americans. What black audiences listen to is a separate matter. They
m
You are correct of course, I noticed it just after I posted my first reply.
Still, the idea that you can fix the problem of diversity on the
producer/performer side, without increasing the diversity of the audience
itself, seems super sketchy to me. It's not just the WaPo article, I
noticed that Ke
Ok, I AM AN IDIOT! In case you needed confirmation... ;-)
I thought "MoMa Ready" was a Museum of Modern Art event
I guess it's a weird artist name...
Nevertheless, my bigger point stands: we need to increase the audience of
ordinary working people who like techno, that will organically improve
MOMA Ready is an artist alias, and has nothing to do with the Museum of
Modern Art.
>> If the audience for techno became more diverse, I think it's reasonable
to assume that it would
>> organically increase the diversity of DJ's and producers who decide to
participate
>> in making this type of mus
First of all, I'm sure the artists on here are making cool music. Will
listen later.
But, this article and all similar articles are so out of touch and elitist
it's ridiculous. Let me lay it out very simply
1. Very few black communities in the US have embraced techno, it is not
commonly perceived
Speaking as an "elderly white man from Iowa" - as a certain erstwhile list
member's described me - this is important.
Centering black music producers isn't some sort of undeserved 'affirmative
action.' It brings to the front artists who make essential, lively,
emotionally honest music. If we wait
