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Subject: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Original Message Date: 09-Apr-00 @ 03:34 PM - Dynamics, dynamics,dynamics.....
Message 11/19 13-Apr-00 @ 10:21 PM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
As for Detroit, well...
The scene that everyone worships is of the past, unfortunately. I am too young to have know it. One advantage, however, is that I've seen all the Detroit greats in some very intimate settings.
Carl Craig, Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills, Kenny Larkin...at least one of the above is around every month (cept for Mills...he had a big concert-type show that was cancelled recently for lack of ticket sales, can you believe it! everyone in Detroit pays at the door, I guess, because there definately was NOT a lack of INTEREST!)
Nowadays Detroit's scene is probably above average as far as the talent we get in, but that's most likely due to the size of the market. In a metro area of 5 Million (Detroit of course is ALL metro area and NO city because the city proper is like hell on earth...you have to have been there to know! It looks like post-apocalyptic ruin at 4am) there are plenty of rave kids to draw in. I'm not saying there are no rising stars, but only that it's not the wealth of innovation that it used to be. Finally, the RACE ISSUE fucks things up pretty bad on many levels.. Suburban whites (of which I am one) are probably far more racist than average...Oakland county is the 3rd richest county in the country but Wayne (Detroit) is probably among the poorest. And it all goes back to slavery...alas...
I ramble...
My tracks? I'm working on it. My biggest deficiency is in my incessant perfectionism. I so harsh a critic of others that I want my own work to be as good as possible before I ever post... I'm a big talker but a weasly little bastard!
BTW I do straight up techno that leans towards trance for some reason...I really hate trance proper but I think I lean trancy because of my previous musical background in indie rock...hmmm...who knows...I like pretty music...
ttyl
Message 12/19 13-Apr-00 @ 11:43 PM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Message 13/19 14-Apr-00 @ 05:40 AM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Compress the shit out of this beat to get generic hard techno
(low threshold, high ratio)
I like about a -30db threshold and infinity to one ratio for the most obnoxious effect
yay
big deal
Message 14/19 14-Apr-00 @ 05:41 AM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Message 15/19 21-Apr-00 @ 07:22 PM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Ape
Message 16/19 24-Apr-00 @ 10:20 PM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
I've seen Rolando but I don't remember him at all...
The locals that stick out in my mind are Derek Plaslaiko and Kieth Kemp...they always impress me with totally solid REAL TECHNO sets...
Wilhelm K isn't bad for straight up house
Punisher used to do BAD ASS swedish sets
But the thing is...the scene is SOOOOO SCHETCHY that I don't even go anymore...it's not worth it...fuckin' junkies everywhere askin "you got pills? who's got pills????" (FUCK OFF!) and fucking shootings and cops and
eck...
I'm moving to Cleveland! CLEANER!!! (no, that's not like the MAIN reason I'm moving...but it's in the top five)
Oh and as far as production goes...well I'm not a DJ so I don't know a LOT of names...
However, the Innerzone Orchestra and Time/Space (the later seem to be Derrick May's proteges) are doing some wicked Jazz/Techno fusion...maybe that will spread...
I just bought this CD... "Comin From the D (troit)" of Detroit Ghetto tek and it totally didn't impress me...Punisher layed down this track that was probably just a sample ripped from HERE and repeated over and OVER and OVER and OVER again...
But she's as CUTE as they come, so she gets a record out, I guess.
Message 17/19 26-Apr-00 @ 08:59 AM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
so you're from the detroit area... i recently have been exposed to some really great detroit stuff at this party in new york on saturdays called tru skul. they sorta specialize in bringing in djs from detroit and chicago, or at least with that "sound." heard some great sets from anthony shakir, robert hood, theo parrish, boo williams and TRAXX, who is just fucking insane (in a good way). it's a really intimate space with a pretty good vibe. no candy ravers, k-holers, etc. anyway, i'm glad i've been properly exposed to the detroit sound because i'm really feeling it. i particularly like stuff with that really minimalist, filtered percussion loopy kinda sound. i'm eager to hear/learn more. i'd like to incorporate this sound into music that i make. and i'd love to hear your stuff whenever you have something you'd want to share. sorry this post is sorta pointless. just wanted to share my enthusiasm. and hey, i come from a more indie-rockish background as well. still trying to find the link between heavenly and derrick may ;-)
ps. have you read that 'techno rebels' book by dan sicko? i thought it was pretty interesting
Message 18/19 26-Apr-00 @ 10:25 PM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Dude, that's tight as fuck. See, we don't even get that shit around here anymore...
I can't believe you saw TRAXX! I saw him once in my initial raver phase when it was all about taking as many pills as you could in a night. Then I bought a couple of his mix tapes and I LOVE that old-school rare-groove house shit he spins.
The last time I saw Derrick May he was spinning this very different shit...way more percussive than the normal "detroit" style...and very minimal but evolving. A lot of times its hard for me time find good "techno" CDs in music shops because of what my limited DETROIT perception of what techno is...
I can't really explain it...I have certain expectiations that are disappointed by guys like Luke Slater and Carl Cox.
ANyway...hey man, Brooklyn's gotta be pretty tight. I saw Adam X twicce in a span of a couple months and I really liked what he was doing...he has a mix CD on Wax Trax that's pretty decent but very unlike what he played when I saw him live (copyright clearance problems?)
Anyway, if you wanna talk techno...
modasblu@tir.com
Message 19/19 29-Apr-00 @ 11:13 AM - RE: Get rid of the lame stuff.......
Ape
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