Quick Catch Up #2 With Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale on Sheometry Festival

I caught up with DJ/Producer/teacher/promoter Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale as she is getting ready for her Sheometry festival happening at Marble Bar on Saturday, August 10th (2019) at Marble Bar. Hale, if you did not already know, has been in the electronic music scene since the very beginning and has played events all over the world.…

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DEQ Quick Catch Up with Todd Johnson of the Charivari Festival!!

With the excitement for this year’s Charivari Festival building, we caught up with one of the founders Todd Johnson! Read up!! (photo by Brent Scudder) What set the Charivari parties of the past apart from other parties being given at that time? What set the original high school social club Charivari of the 80s apart…

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DEQ 11 Interview with Rebecca Goldberg

REBECCA GOLDBERG article for DEQ 11 May 2017 by Catherine Diggs. Photos by Zlatan Sadikovic.   “I would always burn CDs for my friends or be the person who would do the music in the car. I guess that counts for something”, she said laughing, “Or finding these obscure things. It wasn’t like I was…

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Scott Zacharias Cover Story for DEQ Issue 15: 2019

Scott Zacharias Interview: written by Falco EQ’s and photos by Suki Gershenhorn The music gods blessed DJ Scott Zacharias with a pair of golden ears. He’s humble and shy, but he’s a monster on the decks and is known for rocking the funkiest, eclectic sets you’ve ever heard wee into the early mornings. He’s also…

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Theresa Hill Article for DEQ 15

 Theresa Hill article written by Todd Johnson ::: You’ve heard the cliché. Every story starts with a beginning, middle and end. This one starts at the middle. Late summer. 1980. I was at work sitting at my desk and in walked my friend Danny Lee. He was picking up some cash and flyers on something…

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DEQ Interview with Badriyyah Wazeerud-Din for Issue 15

Written by Vince Patricola, photos by Zlatan Sadikovic There’s a shining star on the rise and her name is Badriyyah Wazeerud-Din. I chose the words shining star because not only is she a black belt vocalist and songwriter, but the song “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire is one of her favorite songs of…

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DEQ Interview with Boog Brown for DEQ Issue 15

Boog Brown Interview.: Photos by Lance Bashi. Written by DJ Bet. ::: Boog: Hello one and all. My name is Boog Brown, not to be confused with Book Brown, which people often say. Bet: How did you come up with that? Boog: I didn’t. My real name is Elsie. In college, my roommate and best friend…

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DEQ Magazine Purchase Points & Sample PDF Files Up!

DEQ Magazine (LP and print) are available while supplies last at: Detroit Threads (Hamtramck), Peoples Records (Detroit),Well Done Goods (Detroit), Found Sound (Ferndale), Dirt Tech Wreck (Detroit), Submerge (Detroit), Dirt Tech Reck (Detroit), Spectacles (Detroit), Wheelhouse Detroit (Hamtramck) Stay Pressed Records (Rust Belt Market Ferndale) and more soon.   Limited edition T-shirts for sale: Memorial…

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2019 Memorial Day Week Event Guide On-line Planner (pdf)

  Use this online guide (link below) to find afterparty listings, places to eat and shop, and read informative articles! Listings prepared by www.thedetroitilove.com (they do great listings year round) and DEQ!! Print versions (4X4) can be found at your favorite Detroit record stores, hotels, parties and more!!! 2019 Guide Online  

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Movement Events: Where to Find DEQ over Memorial Day Week/Weekend!!!

Follow DEQ May 20-27, 2019 for DEQ Release Parties and more! ::: Monday, May 20: www.thedetroitilove.com and DEQ present: Late Night Crates & Event Guide Print (and digital) release party @Offworld Arcade, 8pm-12am, 139 Cadillac Square, Detroit::: First place to get your free, 100 page guide with afterparty listings, DJ set from Brent Scudder of…

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