[Still Music] It's always interesting to see how established artists approach their first albums. Some take the opportunity to deviate from what they've become known for; others to further refine it. Structure-wise, some end up favoring mere inflated EPs; others as flow-concerned as Voices From The Lake's. And of course, for a majority of artists, their subsequent albums are rarely as self-conscious or tentative. While making a memorable [...]
[ Still Music ] While it's generally agreed that Chicago is the birthplace of house music, its paternity is widely disputed. With how huge house music became even in the 1980s, it's no surprise many of the artists producing at that time laid claim to the "father of house music" title. The lack of a well-researched history of house music - unlike disco before [...]
[ Still Music ] It's not often that we'll write up a repress here at LWE, especially when the original discs were released less than a decade ago, but then In The Dark is a pretty special collection of music. Helping to illuminate a more current trend of Detroit electronic music and dispel the notion that the Motor City has only ever been about techno, In the Dark was originally minted in 2005 on Jerome Derradji's Still Music [...]
★★★☆☆ From a starter of sprightly funky house and garage flavor, Detroit’s decades-spanning “Godson” is a class act, his opening salvo reworking Michael Jackson with the help of no lesser parties than Osunlade and Theo Parrish. However, “Analog Aquarium” progressively begins to separate itself — though by and large he laces club sounds with degrees [...]
Legendary Detroit house producer Rick “The Godson” Wilhite has been involved in the techno and electronic scene in his local city since its inception in the early 802s. He's produced and released a large number of tracks along side the likes of Kenny Dixon Jnr , Theo Parrish and Malik Pittman as well as carving out a very successful DJ career. Now, he's set to release his first solo album "Analog Aquarium". Crammed full of a myriad of influences from jazz, soul and funk to more experimental electronica, several of the [...]
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