the fact is- the sound of Detroit right now (disregarding the obvious mainstream dance contingent) still has little to do with Detroit techno in the traditional sense.
And i don't read this list for 12" reviews/discussions/announcments I read it for the occasional live review and some spirited and often humorous conversation. On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While Alex sleeps I'm posting like crazy... oh well I am really trying to say > on topic things. > > I think Grovskopa is good too, I have some friends that are into that whole > circle of stuff, seems like the only good harder techno is coming from that > school of techno these days. Since the other stuff seems to have gotten > quite clubby and cheesy... Reeko is another that puts out pretty decent > tracks in that style, I think Martin Dust probably could inform us more on > records in this style.... maybe??? > > Also, on the harder tip, and 313 techno: when Regis came to Chicago, the > ATTACK PEOPLE from Detroit did a super hot hard techno live PA, I definitely > recommend checking them if anyone gets a chance. > > I do think the list loses a certain flavor because Detroit peeps no longer > seem to participate. I'm considering hanging out on Detroitluv as a > substitute... Cus I really don't want to just talk ABOUT Detroit, I need to > stay up on what's going down there, as I live in Chicago which I consider to > be a sort of sister city. I'm hoping to take a trip to the D over xmas too - > anyone reading this from the D, it would be nice if you could give me a holla > holla. > > And yeah, really CURIOUS about movement. > > ~David > > ---------- Original Message ------------- > Subject: (313) Re: On Topic: Movement 2005? > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:20:41 -0800 > From: Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > > > On Dec 10, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Kent Williams wrote: > > Here's something that's stunningly relevant to this mailing list. > > > > While there are a lot of people from all over the world on 313, there > > are still a bunch of people in the Detroit metro area on 313. Some of > > them are even somewhat in the know about what's going on, or are on > > good speaking relations with people at KMS and Transmat. > > Heh. Actually, it's kinda funny - I had this proto-posting in > my head in response to the OT thread, and one of the things I > was going to mention was how *few* people in the Detroit metro area > were still on the list. (No more Rob Theakston, no more Bryan > Bickell - R.I.P., no more Steve Lammers, no more Dave Walker, ...) > Some of the others still here don't post anywhere near as often as > they used to (Jeff Klein, Dan Sicko, ...). > > That's definitely colored things differently around here - part > of Detroit Techno Culture to me is the Culture part, and hearing > about goings-on in Detroit. > > Mailing lists always have an ebb and flow to them, and are > defined by the characteristics of the posts of the members. > I can't really contribute to the list in terms of records > anymore, because I don't buy any records. (I do appreciate all > the references though, as I can find a few things on SoulSeek.) > > A lot of stuff on this list is pretty obscure - I see artists > and labels fly by me a lot of the time that I've never even > heard of. (Garrett just turned me on to DJ Grovskopa, for > example - I'd never heard of him. Vaguely Surgeon/Regis-like > goodness - check http://www.psnz.net/grovskopa.com/mixes.html out. > I love it - just had never heard of it before.) > > Part of what a mailing list does is act as a Commons - > if people post about that hot new 12" of Grybbnik by Mystipikl > but no one else has it, there won't be many responses, will there? > And the original poster will think "Sod it, no one wants to talk > about Mystipikl, I won't post anymore". Self-defeating, really ... > > - Greg > > > >
