Blair French, for those who don’t know is a jack of all trades and a master of them as well! He’s producing and editing videos, visual art (he is the designer of DEQ Magazine), DJing along with making and mastering tracks! His ravenous appetite for learning all these technologies fueled by passion helped him to…
DEQ Catch Up #15 With DEQ’s Founder Vincent Patricola on his Paxahau Twitch Stream Weds (Mar 24th) and DJ’ing Experiences. Riding the wave like most of us out here in the music world, Detroit Electronic Quarterly (DEQ) Music Magazine’s founder, DJ Vince Patricola has been making the most of it. With a limited…
DEQ: We here at DEQ are excited about this collaboration between you both! How & when did the idea come about? Dru & Dezi: Thanks, we are too. A few years ago Dezi and Moppy had invited me to do pop-up shop vending at the Monthly 7 INCHES IN HEAVEN event at Marble Bar. I…
Writing and photos by Vince Patricola (grainy photo of Daryl Stewart digging the sounds of DJ Craig Huckaby) This is a story of life. Daryl Stewart is a percussionist, an entertainer, an embodiment of Detroit funk, a dreamer, a promoter, a fighter, a Bohemian, an uncontainable spirit. The rhythm of drums run so coarsely…
DEQ Quick Catch Up #13 with Michael Hanlon: Common and Normal: The beat of a community, written by Mike Himes In the Summer of 2018, Detroit native Michael Hanlon (Chef Mike) decided to start up a new record label called Common and Normal. Michael made electronic music years prior with some success, making mostly…
by Vince Patricola. What a treat to catch up with Brian Bonds, a truly talented veteran of the electronic music scene. He is a member of the group Strand and the trio is putting out techno heat. Pay attention. Photos Brian Bonds, “Kech” Harrington, Brian Boyer of Strand DEQ: Congrats on the new EP! Would…
THE DETROIT TELEVISION SHOW THAT CHANGED THE WORLD By Mike Himes, photos from the internet 🙂 (originally published for DEQ issue 5 in 2006) In 2006, I had the honor of coordinating some interviews with Nat Morris, RJ Watkins and Henry Tyler for DEQ magazine (digital edition issue 5.) Vince Patricola and I visited these…
Quick Catch Up #11: Norm Talley, photos by Marie Staggat I caught up with Detroit staple producer, remixer DJ Norm Talley, of all places, the (Corktown) Post Office a few weeks back. When you say Detroit, Norm’s name so often comes to the forefront with those trippy, pummeling, journey laced DJ sets and tracks…
DJ Moppy’s Journey to Detroit: Written by Donna Gardner and Photos by Lizz Wilkinson For decades Detroit has beckoned to the musically inclined and Christopher Thomopoulos aka Moppy was one of the individuals that heard its call. Like most music creatives, his journey is constantly evolving across genres. Moppy creates music he calls organic. He also maintains…
Techmarine Bottom Feeders I think you’ll agree that getting into the music business is a true labor of love. It’s living on the edge, hours and hours of trial and error, listening, learning, promoting, hoping, praying, practicing on repeat. I think you’ll also agree that for most of us, the breakthrough can only take you…