4am in detroit
July 9, 2008
Massive shout goes out to DJ Bwyse at Talking In Stereo for hosting a mix I recently made called 4am in Detroit.
I pulled a stack of records that were in any way related to the Motor City and started in on this with no set direction. I thought it was fitting to charter an unplanned trip through the city’s music back catalogue, a mix with no road map, if you like.
Taking in sounds from Omar S, Rick Wilhite, Carl Craig, Jay Dee, Theo Parrish, a Moodymann or two, including remixes and originals. You’ll hear some Yusef Lateef too, the jazzman who adopted Detroit as his hometown before his playing career kicked off.
It was a fun gig and the original mix was too big to even send to Bwyse so I cut it down in parts and it now runs to a cool 1 hour 30 and some.
Do check the rest of the blog. Bwyse has been a Brother on the Side for some time now and his selections and radio shows are always on point.
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Really, really looking forward to this one Jez. Hope you’re doing well.
I’ve only had a chance to make it just over an hour into this and it really is an absolute killer Jez. Excellent mix. Thanks so much.
Thanks for your comments Matt - glad you liked it. I was following on the Okra tradition. I was conscious of your mix so kept the KDJ content down.
Everyone else - if you want to hear a Moodymann / KDJ mix check I Love Okra blogspot.
Peace.
very nice mix indeed…
a shame that, except for the first track, everything is in mono…
Hey Jez,
Glad that its getting some action. Its almost hit 400 downloads.
Peace
at 5am in Seoul…
this is just the beginning,
this is just the third track in and
I’m very excited…passed
the link on to some friends one of whom
played some detroit techno at 4am on
Sat night…they’ll be having it!
ohhh~ awesome selection! you should come and play 4am in seoul next time ^^ also very nice blog, will keep on checking from time to time for sure… all the best from seoul~~~
Thanks for the comments everyone. South Korea in the hizz-ouse! Welcome to the site Udolee. Hope you enjoy the place.
jez
digging this, my kind of mix
digging this, smoked out 313 grooves, my kind of mix