tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post4399818340663859896..comments2023-10-29T11:23:32.188-04:00Comments on Denise, DJs, and Detroit: Some business.Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471937891826617111noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post-82413119697391289162010-02-01T08:59:53.763-05:002010-02-01T08:59:53.763-05:00recent MA graduate in Middle East studies, and a D...recent MA graduate in Middle East studies, and a DJ of disco / deep house on the side, I bumped onto your blog by looking for an analysis of the recent Detroit techno phenomenon (the whole revival with Theo Parrish, Moodymann, etc).<br /><br />there is indeed a lot to be written about the subject. I was looking for comments on the harmonic construction of the songs; it seems to me that the choiceJB / DJ Anicethttp://virb.com/anicetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post-15147004034909195812009-11-04T15:41:51.719-05:002009-11-04T15:41:51.719-05:00H,mmm - I don't think I argued that Detroit Te...H,mmm - I don't think I argued that Detroit Techno was no longer African-American - the idea of the post-soul formation was that it was a new perspective on what it meant to be African-American in the 1980s - and 'post-soulness' was to be found across African-American cultural production and intellectual interventions at the time. My argument was that Detroit Techno in this period Sean Albiezhttp://www.seanalbiez.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post-18594354927052082412009-11-04T08:57:16.235-05:002009-11-04T08:57:16.235-05:00Hey!
Scott Grooves will be playing in London at Ea...Hey!<br />Scott Grooves will be playing in London at East Village in London on 20th November!<br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=159506287762&ref=ts<br />Check it out!<br />Cheers!Caisa Ederydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825535010597004795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post-28382135114277480582009-10-30T13:22:01.687-04:002009-10-30T13:22:01.687-04:00this also stuck out to me: "I offer new persp...this also stuck out to me: "I offer new perspectives on the concept of Blackness and how this is manifest in the productions of DJs in Detroit."<br /><br />this is something that is very important, as i do not think this has been done. too many people seem to think that "black culture" is something that is limited to whatever is on BET and in the popular culture. what is goingpipecockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092825988675368839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603880239269119870.post-24556600829349634502009-10-30T10:09:07.187-04:002009-10-30T10:09:07.187-04:00I think this is succinct and surprisingly readable...I think this is succinct and surprisingly readable to a non-academic.<br /><br />The interesting question for me is how the requirements of academicity interact with actual meaning to the larger community. I.e. is this primarily you wrestling with the conceptual gods of ethnomusicology, or is this something that e.g. Mad Mike could read and see something new about the artistic community in whichkent williamshttp://music.cornwarning.comnoreply@blogger.com