Last week's Wild Kingdom show featured a tiny sample of the music I presented during a massive multi-part Detroit retrospective presented in May of 1995., with tunes from Model 500, Derrick May/Rhythim is Rhythim, Blake Baxter, Eddie Fowlkes, Carl Craig, UR, Kenny Larkin, and others. It was a nice opportunity to retrace my initiation into techno, and spin some wicked music in the process. The playlist resides at http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=33951 . Tonight, I'm doing a second set of classic Detroit Techno, since last week's set barely scratched the surface. Artists to expect: Octave One, DJT-1000/Alan Oldham, Sean Deason/Freq, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Eddie Fowlkes, and more. Next week, I'll be dealing with the music I encountered in 1996. Back then, I presented special features on Fax, Atom Heart, Reflective Records, (the SF label, not Dego's.), and Irdial Discs. I have the playlists for those specials, so I'll be trying to put the music together in some way that makes sense. More on that later....

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If you miss a show, or want to sample other aspects of KFJC, limited time archives for KFJC programming are available at http://www.kfjc.org/broadcast_archives/ . Send comments and suggestions to [email protected] .

"The Wild Kingdom" airs on KFJC-FM 89.7, Saturday night/Sunday Morning, 12A-3A (8A-10A GMT). Potential listeners outside the San Francisco Bay area can find a webcast at http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/index.php . Present and past Wild Kingdom playlists are also archived at kfjc.org. You can also check out archived playlists from my first KFJC show "Just Desserts" that was on Fridays 10P-2A from 1992 through 1999. Archived playlists exist for that show starting from Fall 1995 to New Year's Eve 1999/2000, so you can see what what I'm up to these days is pretty much consistent with what I was up to all along.

If you do tune in (especially via the web), please take a little time to let me know your locale. I'm also interested in promo music from all over and in promoting local (San Francisco Bay area) techno-type events. If you want to do some promotion for an event, contact the KFJC promotions department at [email protected] to arrange ticket giveaways and/or to send information for inclusion in our concert outlook. Thanks to those who have sent promo music so far.

Regards,

Richard Hester
"Mr. Goodwrench"
"The Wild Kingdom"
SU 12A-3A
KFJC-FM 89.7,
Los Altos Hills, California

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