MGUN: By Kevin Reynolds. Photo: by Amy Hubbarth Q: When you google our names the first thing that pops up for you is a Major League Baseball Umpire. I get a Canadian Figure skater. Sport and athletic mentality seem to go hand in hand with Detroit Techno since the beginning with Saunderson, May, Banks, and the…
DJ Godfather, Words by Tara Phillips, Photo by Jeremy Deputat from DEQ #2 (Jeremy Ellis Cover) For the past decade, Brian Jefferies, a.k.a. DJGodfather, has been making a name for himself. Actually, he’s many names: producer, pioneer, CEO, club DJ, etc. Between running four record labels during the day to playing club gigs at…
Issue 9: http://detroiteq.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DEQ-No.9_Interactive.pdf Issue 10: http://detroiteq.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DEQ-No.10_Interactive.pdf Distribution: Local Detroit: Hello Records, Peoples Records, Detroit Threads, Paramita Sound, Found Sound, Street Corner Music, Detroit Mercantile, MOCAD, Melodies and Memories, Detroit Mercantile, Nora and more!! Out of Michigan & overseas: Amoeba Music, Juno Records (U.K.), Hard Wax (Germany), Pacific Beach, Clone (NL), Bent Crayon (Cleveland), Gramaphone (Chicago), Redeye…
Alton Miller: 2017 is here and I am reflecting on not only 2016, but also how I have spent the last twenty-five years of my life. My story is very similar to most DJs who decided at a very young age to pursue their dreams and play records as if their life depended on it.…