agreed- if you mean the output of "Detroit" records and traveling Detroit DJ (at least the one's favored by this list) than yeah. But believe me- Detroit house has pretty much zero bearing on the Detroit club scene.
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Phonopsia wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "313 list" <[email protected]>; "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: (313) Tortured Soul!?! > > > > > BTW - I think this is totally topical for [313], since Detroit house > seems > > > to be the lifeblood of Detroit club culture (from what I can see), and > loads > > > of this stuff feeds it in varying degrees. > > > > You had me up until here Tristan. I kinda fail to see how Detroit house is > > any sort of lifeblood. More like on life support. Don't get me wrong- I > > love me some Mike Clark, but that's hardly the scene pushing Detroit. > > > > I wonder- when did you last live in Detroit (honest question, don't think > > we ever met until after you had moved to DC). > > Never actually, but lived in A2 in Jr. High (know that doesn't count) - > quite some time before I got into this music. > > > I only bring this up because > > I guess you ge this impression of Detroit house as a driving force because > > you're only around for Festival Weekend. It also makes me wonder what > > other misconceptions people have about Detroit, if their only exposure is > > that weekend. > > > > or i could be reaching. > > I'm sure there's some truth to that, but I'm also speaking from the > perspective of seeing lots of Detroit DJs spinning in England, and also > talking about the productions, which for me have made up at least 70% of the > best musical output from Detroit in the last four or five years. But I have > spent a number of non-festival weekends in Detroit a few years ago when I > was seeing Jenn, and there seemed to be quite a bit of good stuff going on > then, like @ Porter Street, TP's weeklies, etc. I know things have changed a > lot since then, but I guess it's what matters most to me in the Detroit > scene today. I think we could've averted this discussion though if I hadn't > used the term 'club culture' and talked more about the stuff above? > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
