Mu-Ziq, Royal Astronomy (1999)
Mike Paradinas (mu-ziq) is, like his peers, Aphex Twin and Luke Vibert, a tremendous talent. In the brave new world of autistic dance music – which both flirts with and ignores the dance floor – Mike...
View ArticleEverything But the Girl, Temperamental (1999)
What’s with Watt? Confident that they were still songwriters and not beat junkies, singer Tracey Thorn and multi-instrumentalist-arranger Ben Watt let dance floor artists Todd Terry and Spring Heel...
View ArticleThe Search for Heaven (2004)
Originally published 7/14/2004 The search for Heaven How Ken Collier, a gay black DJ, influenced a generation “When the sun goes down they hit the streets, to the bars to try and meet, some other...
View ArticleMatthew Dear, Backstroke (2004)
Review originally published in Earplug online mailer 5-18 August 2004 Matthew Dear Backstroke Spectral Released 13 July 2014 Seven tracks on vinyl — eight on CD — arrive just in time for Dear’s current...
View ArticleFrom Detroit to Tokyo (2007)
Originally published 5/23/2007 From Detroit to Tokyo How DJ Jeff Mills helped shape not just a music scene, but an international culture It’s a brisk winter night in downtown Detroit and Jeff Mills is...
View ArticleThe ‘Close-N-Play’ Interview: DJ Morris Mitchell Reflects On Establishing DJ...
Originally published 28 September 2011 Detroit’s Morris Mitchell remembers a time before mixing records together was the norm. A drummer in local black cover bands like the Black Clergy and Stone as...
View ArticleOctave One
Octave One on twenty-six years of techno They believe Originally published in the Metro Times on 20 May 2015. The origins of Octave One —primarily Lenny and Lawrence Burden, but initially a band of...
View ArticleMovement 2015 Preview
A dozen things not to miss at Movement 2015 Prepare your brain, and your ass will follow Originally published in the Metro Times 20 May 2015 It’s Memorial Day weekend — what are you up to? Perhaps...
View ArticleThe Detroit I Love: Voom Approaches 25th Anniversary
Consider the dolphins. Dolphins have no hands, so they have no works — no weapons, no records, no history, no government, no property, no law, no crime, no punishment. No dolphin is married to any...
View ArticleThe Music of the Comeback
In Detroit, despite the atrophy of some small music venues, an overlapping network of clubs, talent and production crews continues to mix old and new traditions at the margins, reminding its audience...
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