Yeah, agreed, I think the Randolph joint is hot--especially the Quote Me On
That track. The interview stuff is OK but gets old after awhile. I hope KDJ
puts these tracks out on vinyl and adds some length soon.
Just saw that DJ Genesis has a new record ready to pop--with mixes by Amp
Fiddler and
Norm Talley spins with Mike Clark and Beatdown Sounds at Agave on Sunday
night. I think he's sometimes a guest at the Bat Lounge in the Greektown
area on Friday night--Delano Smith is the resident there I think. Also I
think he sometimes spins with Eddie Fowlkes at Vivo's in Eastern Market on
Don't know if folks have gotten the 3 records on Mixmode yet. I just got #2
#3 this week. Haven't gotten #1 yet. I think they're really excellent.
Delano's cut on #2, Back in the Day, is a cold KDJ-inspired disco-loop.
Tony Foster's #3 record has a spacey after-hours feel to it--but still some
Nice! If folks can get cheap tickets to Detroit this weekend it will be well
worth the money--the Jazz Festival will feature Aretha, Lou Rawls, Marcus
Belgrave and a bunch of other Detroit cats--not the least of whom will be
the James Carter. Also Tortured Soul will be playing in Royal Oak on
Interesting. KDJ did a Prince Party at OSLO (Detroit) last weekend. He put
up a translucent screen in front of the booth to obscure his identity. The
set was excellent. Most memorable was the a very long edit of JAN with a
much longer excerpt of the Prince/Mojo interview. Great night.
This
Interesting comments. I too think about this kind of stuff alot. A few
thoughts:
I ended up in Detroit (city) 10 years ago this summer--coming from rural
Indiana--when I got a job in Detroit rather than Chicago, my first choice.
At the time I knew next-to-nothing about Detroit techno, except
Thanks for the post. Nice to see Amp getting the critical respect he
deserves.
Scott
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From: diana potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:38 PM
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) Amp Fiddler on NPR
Was like New Year's or Beirut near my house, with guns and firecrackers
going off all around. Awesome night for Detroit tho. Those guys were
playing so well I almost wish it weren't over. There's a parade from Chene
Park to Hart Plaza tomorrow at noon. Should be a blast as long as it doesn't
Got the new 3 Chairs LP last night at their party here in Detroit. Really
great stuff taking off from the EP last year--but 3 plates long.
Scott
No it's not. Try www.pthf.net
Scott
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From: theREALmxyzptlk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:23 PM
To: 313-hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) Pontiac Housefest - ?
Anyone know where that's at these days? I know it was supposed to be July
10-11th, but
Hello All,
The UR party was one of my top 5 events of all time--number 1 as I write
this. Timeline far exceded my very high expecations--not merely playing live
instruments/efx machines over the top of UR classics, but completely
reworking the orginals to the point it sometimes took several
Just got a flier for a 3 Chairs Album release party at the Majestic in
Detroit on June 5, 2004. Sounds good. Still digging the last release.
Scott
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From: Greg Earle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 1:51 PM
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) OT:
Yeh, I picked up that DJ Genesis Tonight-Tribute to Betty over the weekend.
Very nice. The Omar S 2.5 on the back is strange though--Basic Channel edit
w/ muted vocal.
Also found a nice mix of all of these records (2, 2.5, 3 Tonight by DJ
Genesis) at Spirit of House today. See the WMC 2004 -
If I'm not mistaken the 2500 Club is on the corner of Park and Henry--used
to the Park Henry Bar--in the South end of the Cass Corridor, what the
yuppies like to call Mid-Town. Defintely a colorful location on the order of
last year's Gree Light Go party. Except the place is brick, so hopefully
Yeh, Omar S 002 is wonderful, but I personally like 003 even more. It's
incredible. Hard to categorize this music, sorta basic channel meets deep
moody house. If you see 003 I would not pass it up. I picked it up last week
and have been listening to it daily ever since. 003 is also cool because
Got this e-mail from John Patterson Thanks John.
Hey just emailed Huck and he gave me this address for Eddies fest...
http://www.pthf.net/
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From: Scott K Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 4:02 PM
To: 'KiDDy*RaVeR'; 'ThReE-oNe-ThReE
On Friday I think it was Eddie Fawlkes was on WDTR here in Detroit
announcing his first annual House Festival in Pontiac for some time in July.
He said it was to raise money for Shake's MS treatment. Anyone else heard
about this?
Scott
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From: Drew Daugherty
Pirahna Head has a newish record out on DJ Minx's label--Women on
Wax--that's a very successful broken-beat meets Detroit record. Also
Moods Grooves is set to release a new Pirahna Head record that I've
been told is fantastic. WOW also has a very sought after white label by
Divina (I think)
.
I would bet its at the Phoenix Center.
Cheers!
From: Scott K Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Drew Daugherty' [EMAIL PROTECTED],'313 List'
313@hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) Eddie Fawlkes - Pontiac House Festival - Mid-July
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 21:23:35 -0400
On Friday I think it was Eddie Fawlkes
Wow, seems that releasing in Japan has become a theme--first Theo. Nice to
see Shades of Jae will be on there. Also, it appears that the long-awaited
Funky Chocolate NJB/KDJ is also out in Japan.
Scott
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From: Maarten Baute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday,
Think I saw it at Hot Grooves for less than $10. Sure hope Record Time
isn't jacking up the price that much.
Scott
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From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 12:51 PM
To: 'J. T.'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: (313) Re:
Maybe this is some kind of ploy to cash in on the ebay resale market. If
you don't flood the market with a bunch of represses then most people will
still be looking to ebay for the think in a couple of months or so. Seems
like undue stress on the consumer who just wants to hear the music on
This story about the Stacy Pullen show at the Necto last Thursday said that
the schedule was still a couple of weeks away.
http://www.detroitmovementguide.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=ar
ticlesid=21
Scott
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From: ani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday,
Agreed, there are many many great gospel house records, and many not so good
ones. A few of my favorites are:
Kenny Bobien, Why We Sing I Shall Not Be Moved
Su Su Bobien, I Can't Keep It To Myself
Vernessa Mitchell, Higher
Kerri Chandler, Hallelujah
For a release with the gospel house sound but
TP has a semi-regular gig on Detroit Public Schools' radio (90.9) Monday
gospel house show and it's always very fun and entertaining. I love that
garage-gospel house that he plays even though I can't relate to all of it.
And his ability to work a mixer and efx...incredible!
Scott
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As I heard on the Detroit public schools radio station here this
morning--the cuts are the result of two things: a state-wide 55 cent per
pupil reduction, and a federal reduction due to the fact that other cities
(like the D.C. public schools) are getting a bigger share of previously
allocated
Relating this to music, I personally fear that the DPS radio station will be
forced to make drastic cuts in staff and programming. This is probably one
of the few stations in the country to have a daily house show from 4-6p with
guest DJs 3 days a week--folks like T. Parker, Rick Wilhite, Minx, Al
I think the more obvious answer to this puzzle lies in who will benefit from
the 35 million. Suburban law-makers are willing to help Detroit if they get
something out of it in terms of contracts and a big urban playground for
sports, clubs, condos, etc. If it's just money for helping city kids
Last weekend I grabbed this new Prescription Record (PRI 001A) titled ABYEE
by Armon Bazile, with tracks Deepblak'd on A and You In Love on B. Ron
Trent doing AR. I really like this record, although it has a kinda slick
and airy production. However, the beats on both tracks are open and sparse,
Check out the link for playlist. Looks good except don't think there's
anything new here from the usual suspects. Would like to hear the others
though.
http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/8310.html
Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Anyone have this record from 2000? Sound's enticing.
http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/theo_parrish.html
You can't get Ethiopian in Detroit any longer, have to go to Windsor (via
Tunnel Bus) to Marathon, but the price is right and the food is great.
Noteworthy downtown spots include: Cafe D' Troit (on Library street) for
good sandwiches, cheap Odawala bars, and free wireless internet; Detroit
Beer
Oh No, It's still there. Bigger than ever. Check out the website:
www.heidelberg.org
Scott
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From: Philip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:37 PM
To: 313
Subject: (313) heidelberg project
Peeps - was the H project destroyed last year ?
p
I posted part of an interview w/ D May on Sat. It was in Motormouth monthly (a
small independent rag here in Detroit) and done by Liz Copeland who is a much
respected NPR DJ and journalist here. Anyway, I don't know if Derrick was
trying to stir up controversy as he seems like to do, but he
I tend to agree--now is the time for Kraftwerk at Movement. I can't believe
GM/Ford/Chrysler couldn't drop the cash for this. It would be the show of
the century. The audience base for KW is massive--you can hear their stuff
on every single radio station in Detroit sometime during the week.
Scott
The closest I could find from Wikipedia.org--
Kling Klang is Kraftwerk's studio in Dusseldorf, Germany. It is named after
an early Kraftwerk song of the same name from Kraftwerk 2. The studio, or at
least an office is located in Mintropstra?e 16, in the middle of Dusseldorf
red light district.
Yeah, I think there must be some frustration going on for Derrick to be so
open about the money problems in his interviews. I'm guessing sporsorship is
a major issue. In Detroit there's always going to be this extra race factor
thrown in when dealing with the major sponsors. While Derrick tries to
I know that Kenny (Dixon Jr.) and probably Jeff give away a bunch of records
to other DJs, friends, promoters, etc. so that they are probably not making
quite as big a profit as it might seem on these limited pressings. I don't
see that as greed but just part of the game; for the people who can
There have been a good many excellent strictly 313 LPs released this year.
My favorites are the following, not in any particular order:
1. Detroit Experiment - Carl Craig et al (Planet e)
2. Amp Fiddler - Waltz of a Ghetto Fly (Genuine)
3. John Arnold - Neighborhood Science (Ubiquity)
4. Silence
Saturday 13th December 2003
Joe Claussell w/Amp Fiddler - An Ensemble Performance
Performances: Mike Huckaby - Michael Geiger - Craig Gonzales
Info: 313-438-3418
Venue: Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom - 715 E. Milwaukee
Tickets: 20 at the door - rsvp to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for reduced
Michael,
Your answers remind me of the Gil Scott-Heron poem used on Moodymann's
Amerika record--Bicentennial Blues. That line kills me when he says: The
blues grew up, but America did not. How true Cornell West has also
discussed the connection between African vocal traditions, slavery,
Sorry to be a purveyor of bad taste ;) Maybe Felix sould've left Nina alone
I can accept that. However, as to a separate point, I personally like
allot of what Felix has been doing over the last couple of years. I think
he has managed to make house music allot more accessible for many
IMHO both the Norma Jean Bell is an essential, all-time classic.
Scott Ellis
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From: Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:20 PM
To: The Music Institute
Subject: (313) Need PF recommendation
I'm taking advantage of the peacefrog.com 3 for 2 CD
I assume you mean 'Choose to Believe'? Excellent song. I totally missed it
on the first (and even second) listen. The vocals really capture the essence
of Detroit/urban-style poetry--deep and reflective with rhythmic phrasing.
And what devastating words:
Even when she protects his good name
Even
As for Stories... I didn't pick it up but have given it a few listens and
couldn't really justifying getting it based on the few songs I really liked.
Subsequently I found a copy of the single and remixes of Shine on Me on
KDJ. I like the keys on that track alot and Moodymann does nice work with
In the liner notes of two recent LPs by Rob Hood and Suburban Knight they
both wax (no pun intended) very religious--I would say evangelical in fact.
For some reason this really surprised me because I always thought about
Detroit techno as kind of atheistic (death of god) type music. Anyway, it
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