Like a good Asian I played the piano as a kid, and that experience has since evolved into synthesizer love. Using a Nord Lead keyboard and Ableton Live, I fooled around and made these six songs for the Minimal/Maximal Festival in Grenoble, France and the Destroy All Cars event in NYC in 2007. They fall somewhere under synthpop, booty bass, disco house and minimal techno. Named after various Detroit locations, the songs pay homage to the city of automobiles, vacant buildings and good techno, and the city where I spent many late nights in my late teens and early twenties. I paired it with a slideshow about Detroit’s metropolitan growth to make for urban planning + music + dancing good times.
Track List
1 . Outer Drive
2 . Highland Park
3 . Greektown
4 . Cobo Hall
5 . Woodward Ave
6 . Hart Plaza
“With tracks named ‘Cobo Hall’ and ‘Highland Park’, the inspiration for the Detroit, Detroit EP is obvious: dramatic urban landscapes that are noble, sometimes failed, and very legendary. Aside from the track titles, there are direct nods towards some of Detroit’s other landmarks: the nervous sounds of Ersatz electro ca. 1999, Plastikman’s Muzik melodies, and a touch of Moodymann’s loopy retro-house. There are even a few plain-out dirty Dj Assault moments (see ‘Greektown’). The overall sound, however, is not so obvious: disco crashes into minimal techno, which is fuzzed over with brash synths and firecracker drums and a few skittering high-hats. I’ll lay off the adjectives now, except to say it’s big and raw and very much Detroit.” - KinoSport
