take us with you!if you haven’t heard mayer hawthorne‘s modern soul cuts, STOP! what you’re doing and go do so now, for your own good. having grown up just outside of detroit (ann arbor, michigan), mayer grew up surrounded by some of the best music ever made, including gems by isaac hayes, smokey robinson, and curtis mayfield, to [...]
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stussy + j dilla = 3 part documentary!
recently, clothing brand stussy produced a 3 part documentary on the life of beat-master extraordinaire j dilla. the short film focuses on dilla’s life during his later years in los angeles. born on february 7, 1974, james dewitt yancey emerged from the mid 90′s detroit underground hip-hop scene. he is most known for his productions [...]
version: carl craig @ cité de la musique, paris = classic!al
on this past october 18th, legendary detroit techno producer carl craig joined forces with pianist francesco tristanto and les siècles orchestra for an instant-classic, one-off presentation at cité de la musique in paris, france. much in the style of jeff mills’ “blue potential”, this performance delivers a solid interpretation of original detroit classics re-arranged for [...]
