Hope you all are safe and well. Congratulations to our featured artists for issues 17 and 18!! Artist features (* track on the LP): DEQ 17 Jon Dixon (cover story)*, John Briggs*, Peter Croce*, Viands*,The Bassment, Grey Area(Southwest art gallery), Kaku (Usui) Sushi and Poke, Detroit Techno Militia (DTM), Two Rooms(Joel Peterson of Trinosophes & Sam Hooker of Peoples Records) Record Label…
DetailsIn A Certain Place With Ian Finkelstein Written by Imani Mixon, Photo by Lance Bashi (May, 2019) By Imani Mixon When you think of the listening audience for piano, you might think of well-dressed couples seated in sold-out theatre, sprinkling polite claps and silent laughter between each song. Classic piano is supposed to be for…
DetailsFrictional Recordings written by Vincent Patricola (DEQ issue 15 May 2019) Getting two Detroit legendary producers, DJs Anthony “Shake” Shakir and Claude Young, together in Shake’s dining room to talk about the seminal label they started in 1994 together called Frictional was a surreal experience to say the least. There was a schoolboy…
DetailsQuick Catch Up #6 With DJ Allan Ester by Vince Patricola One of the greatest highlights of the electronic music year is upon us: DJ Allan Ester’s birthday bash on Saturday, January 25, 2019. For those who do not know Ester, he is one of legendary DJ Ken Collier’s A+ students for one thing. From…
DetailsBehind the Scenes with Mike Clark, written by Diviniti, art by Blair French. :::: It’s funny how you think you know someone. You talk with them, party and laugh with them — and you think you know them. Sometimes, if you’re really lucky, you’ll discover that you don’t know a thing. Knowing what makes…
DetailsSteven Reaume, by Vince Patricola. Photos by Robert Guzman:::DEQ9-2016/17 :::: How many of your heroes are musicians or had something to do with music? For me, it’s a majority. As I flipped through the channels on my journey from out east back to Detroit, I heard so many of them. From James Brown to the…
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