24.04.2020 | Mike Huckaby (Detroit) Passes Away at 54
Mike Huckaby ( Died: April 24, 2020). He was more than an American DJ, producer and sound recording teacher from Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a true friend who will be missed by many from around the world.
*His legacy continues to grow with passion.
The 29th Annual Detroit Music Awards 2020
Stay At Home streaming edition 19. April 2020.
2020 WINNERS
AMERICANA
Outstanding Americana Artist Group Billy Brandt & The Sugarees
Outstanding Americana Instrumentalist Chris Codish – Multi
Outstanding Americana Recording Billy Brandt & The Sugarees – “Riverside”
Outstanding Americana Songwriter Billy Brandt
Outstanding Americana Vocalist Emily Rose
BLUES
Outstanding Blues Artist / Group Motor City Josh & The Big 3
Outstanding Blues Instrumentalist Laith Al-Saadi – Guitar
Outstanding Blues Recording Brett Lucas – “Soul & Courage”
Outstanding Blues Songwriter Josh “Motor City” Ford
Outstanding Alt/Punk/Indie Artist/Group The Beggars
Outstanding Heavy Rock Artist/Group Dead In 5
Outstanding Rock Instrumentalist Johnny “Bee” Badanjek – Drums
Outstanding Rock Recording The Muggs – “Eye to Eye”
Outstanding Rock Songwriter Dirk Kroll
Outstanding Rock Vocalist Barbara Payton
URBAN
Outstanding Urban Artist/Group Nadir Omowale
Outstanding Urban Instrumentalist Tony “T-Money” Green – Bass
Outstanding Urban Recording Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences Choir – “One Nation: Detroit’s Tribute To The Funk”
Outstanding Urban Songwriter Nadir Omowale
Outstanding Urban Vocalist Nadir Omowale
WORLD
Outstanding World Artist/Group Sean Blackman’s In Transit
Outstanding World Instrumentalist Sean Blackman – Guitar
Outstanding World Recording James Simonson – “Realities”
Outstanding World Songwriter Marbrisa
Outstanding World Vocalist Maggie McCabe
The Drexciyan Empire | Interview with Mrs. Helen Stinson
The Drexciyan Empire had the honor to sit down and interview Mrs. Helen Stinson, the mother of the late James Stinson. Stinson, along with Gerald Donald formed Drexciya, the greatest electro band of all time. The Book of Drexciya, Volume One, will be released early May 2020 https://shop.tresorberlin.com/index.p…
A monthly rendez-vous for vinyl enthusiasts, uniting Austrian independent electronic music labels, second-hand sellers and a distributor. Get a chance to not only buy old & new forward-thinking music without genre limitation, but also get to know Locals, DJs, Labels and/or Producers in person.
afterparty curated by us as well!
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Ein monatliches Treffen für Vinyl-Liebhaber oder Neugierige, dass österreichische unabhängige elektronische Musiklabels, Second-Hand-Verkäufer und einen Vertrieb vereint. Eine Chance, nicht nur alte & neue zukunftsweisende Musik ohne Genrebeschränkung zu kaufen, sondern auch, um Einheimische, DJs, Labelbesitzer und / oder Produzenten persönlich kennenzulernen.
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Kerri Chandler | Reel-To-Reel Session at Resident Advisor London
Kerri Chandler has what you might call a taste for props. 99 percent of the time he may be DJing on a completely standard setup, but every now and then he’ll throw a curveball in the mix. Sometimes it’s something relatively straight-forward, like a keyboard. Sometimes it’s much more exotic. He’s been known to rock a laser harp. On at least one occasion he appeared onstage alongside hologram vocalists.
That in mind, it’s no surprise Chandler is skilled at what might be the most esoteric music player to DJ with: the reel-to-reel tape deck. Unwieldy as they may be, reel-to-reel’s sound good enough to earn themselves a spot in the known canon of DJ equipment. Back in the day, “every major club had at least one tape machine it the booth,” Chandler says. “Unlike turntables, you don’t have to worry about skipping, vibrations or a dirty stylus. In fact at times if I saw the needle was a bit dirty while I was playing out at a club, I would make a quick copy to tape for about a minute, run it back, play the tape, clean the stylus and bring the record back in.”
Reel-to-reels run in Chandler’s family—he’s dedicated this set to the memory of his father, whose birthday was February 27th. They also loom large in his musical education. Seeing Frankie Knuckles and David Morales mix on them was one of his formative experiences. Most DJs would only use one alongside their other gear, but Chandler likes using a few—”one for loops and effects and the other sets for songs and content.” Mixing on them isn’t easy, but if you feel so inclined you can do a set completely on reel-to-reels. In this 70-minute recording at our London office, Chandler does precisely that.
Credits: Director – Patrick Nation Producer – Guy Clarke Camera – Patrick Nation, Sophie Misrahi, Jono Canning, Guy Clarke Editor – Jono Canning Sound Engineer – Flynn McBurney
27.03.2020 | CANCELED!!! | A Party Called Jack / *1 Year Anniversary
06.03.2020 | How the love of vinyl is lived in Vienna
Die Presse : by (Eva Walisch) | The vinyl festival will take place in Ottakring from Saturday. In the city, this is not the only meeting place for friends of vinyl records. A selection for March.
Vienna. The records are stacked in boxes and the sales tables are leaning against the wall: “There is still a lot to do,” says Till Philippi, while he shows his colleagues where to unload the delivered boxes. Around 4,000 visitors are expected here on Saturday and Sunday in the Ottakringer Brewery: Philippi is organizing the Vinyl & Music Festival for the fourth time.
A new, small vinyl scene has emerged in Vienna since the record boom. But who would have thought that Mistelbach is also an international center for vinyl: Pro-Ject is based in Lower Austria, the world market leader for turntables in the hi-fi sector. “It pays to go there and take a look at the company,” says Philippi. “But of course there are also many in Vienna who swim with the wave.”
The Austrian market share of vinyl is currently leveling between eleven and twelve percent. “It will always remain a niche product,” Philippi estimates. “But the record has been making an incredible comeback, especially among young people, for years.” By the way, Philippi got the first record player himself from his grandmother as a child, he says. “That was where my passion began.”
The Vinyl & Music Festival takes place in the Ottakringer brewery at the weekend. Till Philippi brought the mix of music festival and record exchange to Vienna. Clemens Fabry / The Press
festival
This passion turned Philippi, who originally worked in advertising, into a profession with the festival. “We wanted to do something that covered several areas of music – just making a record exchange was too boring for us,” says Philippi. At the Vinyl & Music Festival , which takes place in the Ottakringer brewery every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m., you can buy records, attend workshops and attend concerts (the festival pass for both days costs twelve euros). A warm-up party is already on the program on Friday.
This year there is a focus on smaller indie labels at the festival. And in addition to live concerts, there are also record presentations: “We are trying to rediscover unknowns from the 1970s.” For example, a record by the Austrian artists’ collective Ixthuluh, which was not previously available on vinyl, can be heard for the first time on Saturday.
Last year around 4000 came to the Vinyl & Music Festival, which takes place again at the weekend. Saturday night there is an after party in the Elektro Gönner vinyl market. Esther Crapelle Photography
Coffee shop
One of the exhibitors at the festival is Kay Burki. A year and a half ago, he closed his small LP caféon Erdbergstrasse. Burki sells records on the lower floor, and if you climb the steep stairs you can drink coffee or beer in cozy retro armchairs. There Burki stirs in his cup: “You can take your time to browse through the records and talk shop with other music lovers,” explains the independent sound engineer, explaining his concept. Burki had been haunted by the idea since the 1990s – but then the record was replaced by the CD. When vinyl was revived about five years ago, he decided to put the concept into practice. And how does he explain the new enthusiasm for the record? “I think it’s like books: it feels more valuable to have something in your hand.”
By the way, Burki deliberately wanted to go to the third district: “It didn’t make sense to me to compete with the other shops in the 7th or 8th district. Even if each of these record stores has a specialization. ”Burki has become a trusted repairer for many residents of Grätzel when the turntable is causing problems. “It wasn’t originally planned, but that’s how it developed,” says the Dutchman.
Burki has been in Vienna for six years, and since then the number of vinyl stores has grown noticeably. In his homeland, however, the scene is much larger – the largest vinyl exchange in Europe is located in Utrecht.
Market & party
If you want to expand your record collection, you can also do this at the GÖnyl vinyl market in Elektro Gönner. The market starts on Saturday at 7 p.m. – for the third time. The meeting has been taking place monthly since January, where you can also get to know label owners and DJs. After the market there is also an after party in the Elektro Gönner , curated by the label MSR Distro. Another vinyl flea market will take place on March 29th in Chelsea: Hobby collectors sell vinyl for an afternoon.
library
For three months there has also been a vinyl corner in the main library . “We noticed that there is simply a great need,” it says there. Visitors can listen to an inventory of 260 discs on turntables (with headphones). “But just setting up a turntable would be a thing of the past.” That is why there is a compromise between nostalgia and modernity: the records can be digitized on site and thus also heard on the go.
A declaration of love to the record
(c) Clemens Fabry, press
The magic of the record remains undamaged even in the digital age. It is precisely the imperfect that makes their appeal to the equally imperfect person.
The Teuchtlers: cult – only without a listening cabin
The Teuchtlers: Leonard, Eva, Christoph, Philipp, Jean-Marc and Elisabeth (from left). (c) Mirjam Reither
Die Presse: by (Samir H. Köck) | The Teuchtler record store is a secret symbol of the city. It has attracted collectors and novices since 1948. Recently also Asian women.
Rummage, dig, bull, groan – what happens at Alt & Neu, the Teuchtler family’s sound record store, has many names. Last but not least, all seekers have black fingertips, no matter what they call their actions. Where there’s vinyl, there’s dust. It is a natural law.
Andrew Weatherall | Rest In Peace: 1963-2020
Andrew James Weatherall British DJ, producer and remixer Born: 6th April 1963 in Windsor, England Died: 17. February 2020, London, England from a pulmonary embolism, aged 56. He worked in and showed enthusiasm for a wide variety of genres.
Andrew Weatherall talks Primal Scream, Remixing, and the Internet | Red Bull Music Academy
Anthony “Shake” Shakir & Claude Young Interview for DEQ 15
Getting two Detroit legendary producers, DJs Anthony “Shake” Shakir and Claude Young, together in Shake’s dining room to talk about the seminal label they started in 1994 together called Frictional was a surreal experience to say the least. There was a schoolboy type giddiness and enthusiasm alive in the room and laughter ricocheting off the walls. The energy from their synergy was truly a driving force, making the label large in the underground globally.
It was truly a hang on to your hat type experience with two global titans of Detroit electronic music going off on wild tangents about the who’s who of world’s electronic music producers, humming the basslines of tracks, talking about where samples came from, tour stories, shit talking and the like.
As our discussions progressed I could not help but think that our fun session at the dinner table was peek into how the music on this label began, except it was at Shake’s mom’s house on the Westside instead and there were a lot more people around.
The living room, in essence, was a lounge of sorts for nerd out sessions. Shake’s mom would make food and friends would kick it. The guys from the group Strand also known as T.H.D (Brian Bonds, Brian Boyer and Kenneth “Kech” Harrington, Martin Bonds) were frequent visitors. There were lots of others. DJ extraordinaire Terrence Parker, Lenio Purry (who went on to produce tracks for Mary J Blige, Queen Latifah, Paulina Rubio), Kenneth “Kenny Flav” Dickerson (who produced tracks for the r&b groups Link, Silk. also Queen Latifah, Babyface and more), Marc (MK) and Scott Kinchen (to name a few) would also come by. All went on to do great things musically.
It wasn’t all lounging though. Track work was done in the back room studio. Gear, from instruments, drum machines and synthesizers to samplers and digital audio tape players (DAT) were back there. Almost always the setup would be different as they brought over new toys to experiment with. It was a great time in a young, Detroit underground scene.
Young, who worked feverishly on music in Shake’s back room as well (including his tracks on Frictional #1) in those early days, became friends with Shake in the early 90s when he was looking for promo vinyl at the Metroplex studio (Juan Atkins’ label.) Young was looking for promotional records to play on his radio show and the two hit it off instantly.
“We started it (the label) as a friendship thing,” Young said. Shake added his famous tagline “I like records more than I like people…” They both were making their own tracks and they needed an outlet, thus Frictional was born.
The Begin EP was released in 1995 with Young taking one side and Shake taking the other. This was a definitive record for both producers. “March Into Darkness” was “quintessential Shake,” Young shouted out. “Your shit resonated.” Young’s tracks on the flip “Changing Factors” and “Second Experience” are also timeless classics.
Shake described Young’s tracks as “grandiose, clean and sci-fi” and Young called Shake’s fondness for redlining his recordings as “Shake levels” and that “people love that kind of dirty saturation.” Shake laughed and added “turn the drum machine on and do your shit.”
All seventeen releases from 1995 to 2007 are true quality and books can be written about the experiences that came with each release. Although they paint a picture of Detroit at that time, the records definitely stand the test of time. In 2009, Rush Hour re-released select tracks on a compilation called Frictionalism.
Most records are Shakir’s production, but many other producers were featured including Strand, Lenio Purry, FBK (Kevin Kennedy), Scarrelly Moe (09) and Splits & Slits.
Shake’s favorite two Frictional tracks are “Like A Dream” and “Simpatico” (both on Songs for my Mother, FRCT 10.) Simpatico is a party rocker while “Like a Dream”, as the name says, is spaced out, trippy and beautiful. Some additional fan favorites (aside from FRCT 01) are “Live For Friction” and “Breathe Deeper” (FRCT 02), “Electron Rider” (FRCT 04), “Frictionalized” (FRCT 013), “Detroit State of Mind” (FRCT 08), and Strand’s “Fourth & Go” (FRCT 012), but listen in and choose for yourselves.
Always appreciative of the support, Shake says “I just learn to say thank you…you like it, I love it… Nobody needs a record. It’s not food. It took me my whole life to learn that.”
Written by Vincent Patricola (DEQ issue 15 May 2019)
24.01.2020 | A party called JACK @ Camera VIENNA!
Everything is dancing / exhibition @ Theater Museum VIENNA!
Until 1938 Vienna was an important center for the development of modern dance. The exhibition explores the “Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne”, which was shaped by dancers and choreographers such as Isadora Duncan, Grete Wiesenthal, Gertrud Bodenwieser and explores the Nazi era, the persecution and displacement of female artists.
Caruso – Souvenirs – deepArtSounds Painted Pictures – Sweet Melody – Minimalsoul Malik Alston Trio – Jazz Files – Minimalsoul Javonntte – Skiptomylou – Ten Lovers Music Painted Pictures – Promise Me Love – Minimalsoul Anthony Nicholson and Mark De Clive-Lowe – Another Story – Local Talk Malik Alston Trio – Woody – Minimalsoul Jose Rico featuring Anthonius – Hola Zulu – Ten Lovers Music
27.11.2019 | DETROIT-BERLIN CONNECTION
UR Mike Banks / Tresor’s Carola Stoiber & Dimitri Hegemann
22.11.2019 | KUBA SOJKA LIVE @ CAMERA v i e n n a !
18.10.2019 | ADJ & Andrea Parker @ WERK Vienna, Austria
Juan Atkins | The Originator
11.OCT.2019 | GÖnyl | Vinylmarkt im Elektro Gönner
Elektro Gönner | Mariahilfer Strasse 101/1 (Schulhofpassage), 1060 Vienna, Austria
A monthly rendez-vous for vinyl enthusiasts, uniting Austrian independent electronic music labels, second-hand sellers and a distributor. Get a chance to not only buy old & new forward-thinking music without genre limitation, but also get to know Locals, DJs, Labels and Producers in person. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
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Spacetime Continuum w/ Cahl Sel live at Chillits 14.Sept.2019
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