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.
Stay At Home streaming edition 19. April 2020.
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
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 Blues Vocalist
Tosha Owens
Outstanding Classical Composer
Patrick Prouty
Outstanding Classical Instrumentalist
Bugs Beddow – Trombone
Outstanding Classical Recording
Tosha Owens – “We’ve Got Hate On The Run”
Outstanding Classical Small Ensemble
Motor City Brass
Outstanding Classical Vocalist
Jill Fitzgerald
Outstanding Community Orchestra
Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra
Outstanding Country Artist/Group
Julianne Ankley & The Rogues
Outstanding Country Instrumentalist
Larry Labeck – Pedal Steel
Outstanding Country Recording
Julianne Ankley – “Why”
Outstanding Country Songwriter
Julianne Ankley
Outstanding Country Vocalist
Julianne Ankley
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Artist/Group
Detroit Bureau of Sound
Outstanding Electronic/Dance DJ
DJ Linda Lexy
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Recording
Various Artists – “Pure Sounds Of Michigan”
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Writer/Producer
Liz Larin
Outstanding Anthology/Compilation/Reissue
Dennis Coffey – “Live At Baker’s 2006”
Outstanding Children’s/Family Music
Mr. Bob’s Rubber Band
Outstanding Live Performance
Motor City Josh & The Big 3
Outstanding Live Sound Technician
Kelly Tucker
Outstanding Local Record Label
Detroit Music Factory
Outstanding National Major Label Recording
Alice Cooper – “Breadcrumbs”
Outstanding National Single
Greta Van Fleet – “Lover, Leaver”
Outstanding National Small/Independent Label Recording
Iggy Pop – “Free”
Outstanding Record Producer
Chuck Alkazian
Outstanding Recording Studio
Tempermill
Outstanding Tribute Band
Major Dudes – A Steely Dan Tribute
Outstanding Video / Limited Budget
Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences Choir – “One Nation: Detroit’s Tribute To The Funk”
Outstanding Video / Major Budget
The Raconteurs – “Help Me Stranger”
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Artist or Group
Sweet Crystal
Outstanding Gospel Choir
David Whitfield & Whitfield Productions
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Instrumentalist
Marq Speck – Keyboards
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Recording
Tosha Owens – “Build A Bridge”
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Songwriter
Marq Speck
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Vocalist
David Winans II
Outstanding Modern Jazz Artist/Group
Ralphe Armstrong
Outstanding Traditional Jazz Artist/Group
Sky Covington
Outstanding Jazz Composer
Scott Gwinnell
Outstanding Jazz Instrumentalist
Takashi Iio – Bass
Outstanding Jazz Recording
Dennis Coffey – “Down By The River”
Outstanding Jazz Vocalist
Thornetta Davis
Outstanding Rap Artist or Group
Trick Trick
Outstanding Rap Composer
REDD
Outstanding Rap MC
Leaf Erikson
Outstanding Rap Producer
Tony “T-Money” Green
Outstanding Rap Recording
REDD – “Drip 2 Clean”
Outstanding Rock/Pop Artist/Group
Gasoline Gypsies
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
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
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
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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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Theater Museum : Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria
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