Tag: "detroit"

Alex Winston : King Con
0 Comments. 1,000 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2012 @ 10:14am.
  A few years ago, in a piece featured in Mojo Magazine, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer opined that the spirit of Detroit lived on in hip hop artist Eminem. Eminem, Kramer asserted captured the sense of rebellion that epitomised working class Detroit, an attitude that lies latent in the classic Motown sounds of the early '60s, and roars as loud as a V8 Ford in the MC5 and Psychedelic Stooges.... Read More
Danny Daze
0 Comments. 1,189 Views. Posted 21 Feb 2012 @ 10:45am.
  Notorious for claiming that “real DJs don’t have a tan”, Miami-based producer of everything from Detroit techno to Italo disco Danny Daze is a voice that stands out among the babble of DJs out there, in it for the lifestyle and the fame. In an industry where distinctively unique creative endeavours are steadily being superseded by the cult of personality and high-sheen, soulless tracks... Read More
D12
0 Comments. 805 Views. Posted 1 Feb 2012 @ 6:18am.
Sitting in the sweltering heat of Melbourne days after the aptly-named Heatwave Festival, the thought of the rapidly-approaching phone call from Detroit rap legends D12 is one that brings out the most intense of nerves for this little music journalist. The infamous six-piece collective, whose colourful history extends all the way back into 1996, are no strangers to a little controversy, with a... Read More
Animals Dancing New Years Day Party
0 Comments. 2,864 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2011 @ 2:35pm.
Melbourne’s finest party purveyors Animals Dancing are responsible for some of Melbourne’s most debaucherous box socials in recent times, and following all night raves with the likes of Marcellus Pittman, Jacques Renault and Justin Vandervolgen they’re returning on New Year’s Day with their biggest party yet.  Launching 2012 in spectacular fashion will be none other than the 6th Borough... Read More
Strawberry Fields Unveils 2nd Announcement
0 Comments. 2,845 Views. Posted 24 Aug 2011 @ 11:25am.
After an already impressive first announcement, Strawberry Fields have knocked things up a notch with a gargantuan 2nd line up. Leading the 2nd round of acts is none other than Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann. The Detroit don was last in town for the D25 celebrations that took place last December.   Also on the bill will be Protoculture (Retrospective Set), Sun:Monx (Opiou + Albino) Live,... Read More
Yacht : Shangri-La
0 Comments. 2,150 Views. Posted 16 Aug 2011 @ 12:10pm.
Where does utopia end, and dystopia begin? What darkness lurks in the shadows and ignored corners of a Brave New World? Heady questions but YACHT are on the case with their fifth full-length album. Yet another victory for New York dance label DFA, this glistening and darkly slick electro-punk outing screams out loud its concept of perceived perfection in society with a ferocity that at times... Read More
Derrick May Hi Tek Soul: This Is Who We Are
0 Comments. 1,912 Views. Posted 14 Apr 2011 @ 1:48pm.
Derrick May is as necessary to electronic dance music today as he was twenty years ago. When you take into account that he helped create, mould and define techno, such a statement should not be taken lightly. But why is May still relevant? With no solo releases in over ten years and the hyper amphetamine induced life cycles of the electronic music industry (post dubstep, anyone?) taken into... Read More
Guilty Simpson and Phat Kat
0 Comments. 674 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Two of Detroit's finest: Guilty Simpson and Phat Kat. They're coming to tour together in Australia.   They're.... massive. Physically and musically. Heavyweights. Guilty Simpson is one of the most creative MCs of his generation, with lyrics randing from street-inspired tales to side-splitting humour. With a star-studded collaboration list, he was introduced to the amazing Stones Throw... Read More
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