Detroit

JGM 57 - 4 My Peepz

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | Podcast | 2 Comments

Artist - Track (Label)

1. Soul 223 - Q (Soul Jazz) Info

2. Ribn - Lum Lum (Mule) Info

3. BE - Whogotthefloor (Stilove4music) Info

4. Marvin Belton - Bleed To Be Free (Ferrispark) Info

5. Matias Aguayo - Uno (Soul Jazz) Info

6. Nick Chacona - Be Like Olive (Mood Music) Info

7. Rhythm & Sound - Ruff Way (Burial Mix) Info

8. Soul Phiction - Ghana Wadada (Sonar Kollektiv) Info

9. Theo Parrish - Reaction To Plastic (Ubiquity) Info

10. Claro Intelecto - Post (Modern Love) Info

11. NWAQ - Lovin’ U (Peacefrog) Info

12. Nitro Deluxe - Let’s Get Brutal (Cutting Records) Info

13. Paperclip People - My Peepz (Planet E) Info

14. Shed - IHTAW (Ostgut Ton) Info

Direct download: >Just_Good_Music_3_23_10_-_4_My_Peepz.mp3

Tags: Deep House, Detroit, Techno

Interview - Reggie Dokes (Psychostasia Recordings)

Sunday, August 16th, 2009 | Sounds | 5 Comments

Reggie Dokes has produced some of the deepest music to come out of Detroit in the past decade. Reggie’s output on his Psychostasia Recordings, as well as a host of other labels, has stretched the limits of house music and has helped define the Beatdown sound. In this interview Reggie tells us about his early influences and what he’s currently up to.

Q: What was your earliest musical memory?

A: My earliest musical memory would have to be Earth Wind and Fire. I have this cousin from Arkansas, that showed up on our front door step one morning. He had a bag of clothes and a stack of records. My cousin, Kenneth Que Williams introduced me to soul music. As far as house music goes, my first musical experience has to be Martin Circus on Prelude. That track officially introduced me to some different kind of music. Read more and listen…..

Tags: Detroit, Detroit house, Detroit techno, Interview, Reggie Dokes

Interview - Stephen Hitchell (Echospace)

Friday, June 26th, 2009 | Sounds | 4 Comments

Chicago based Stephen Hitchell dons many guises, producing as Soultek, Phase90 and Variant, as well as collaborating with Rod Modell as echospace and cv313. Hitchell (along with Modell) also runs the echospace [detroit] label, which earlier this year released his first solo album ‘The Seduction Of Silence’ under the Intrusion moniker. In this interview, Stephen tells us about the finer details of running a label, as well as what’s coming up for him and echospace [detroit].

The Scene vs. The Tube

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Vision | 4 Comments

Detroit’s The Scene was a TV dance show that ran daily from 1975 to 1987. With Mojo and The Wizard on the radio and The Scene on TV - no wonder Detroit spawned so much great music in that time period. Check the hair, fashion, mic and guitar miming!

Meanwhile on the other side of the pond, England’s The Tube was less about the dancers and more about contemporary rock and pop, being instrumental in launching the careers of many artists. In this clip Greg Wilson is the first UK dj to mix live on national TV. Check the hair, fashion, mic and headphones!