Change & Transformation / 1994
SIDE 1
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SIDE 2
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Back in 1993, before the world knew of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival and Movement, there was World Party; a mega-event at the Joe Lewis arena in downtown Detroit in which we the Atmospheric Audio Chair collective were most lucky and honored to participate. It featured possibly the best Detroit line-up one could ever hope and pray for: Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Inner City live, Claude Young… and was to be a showcase event and official party for the World Cup soccer tournament. Unfortunately it was not well organized, well equipped or well attended. But whatever energy World Party lacked, the very local after-party certainly made up for it (to this day I laud and praise D Wynn for his masterful work at that loft). And this entire experience, beginning to end, was then resuscitated and resurrected, becoming this very mix I present before you (unfortunately I did not assemble the playlist for this when it was created, so any help with the gaping holes would be greatly appreciated).
For your listening pleasure, as side 1 begins with the haunting blips and bleeps of Model 500, just imagine standing in the arena lobby at the ‘ambient stage’ (two tables in front of some vinyl covered booths), right next to the soda and popcorn dispensers, with Richie Hawtin hanging out on one side, Mike Huckabee on the other, and you will be instantly transported to the original Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Enjoy!
Change & Transformation
SIDE 1
1. Model 500 – The Passage
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3. …….
4. Fugue – Interlagos
5. Tomas – Mind Song
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7. The Higher Intelligence Agency – Selenite
8. GAK – GAK 1
9. Speedy J – The FUN Equations
10. The Black Dog – Tactile
11. Kenny Larkin – Colonize
12. Paperclip People – Remake
SIDE 2
1. Kenny Larkin – Track
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3. …….
4. …….
5. Richard H. Kirk
6. …….
7. Esser’ay – Forces (Carl Craig’s Mix)
8. …….
9. Robert Hood – Rhythm
10. …….
11. The Black Dog – Erb
THANK YOU SO MUCH! CHANGES AND TRANSFORMATIONS IS FOR REAL!
I’ve played two cassettes of this recording into dust (literally hundreds of times) and didn’t know what I was going to do to replace it.
This music is medicine to me. It showed me the existence of love and goodness in the world and was one of the main elements that brought me to a spiritual place. You couldn’t have picked a better name for this masterpiece. It has been working for the last 16 years.
Hope to hear you again in CHI this summer,
JG
Beautiful!!!
Never heard this one before. Lost No.33 a while back and cant wait till that’s posted, but what a surprise this is!
You’re doing a real service in providing this site and preserving these original mixes as all our cassettes are now worn out.
Thanks Miles!
Finally! I got this when it can out at gramaphone back in 94 on that infamous wall of tapes. I never caught the name just that it was one of yours was enough to buy it. I still have my copy and never got around converting it to mp3. Thank you for sharing these classic’s with us!
Cheers!
Hey Miles, long time… had this for a while but now only have “Everyday life” left, which I still love too.
I have some hints about track IDs, only one definite one though:
Side 1:
I’m pretty sure #2 is by Future Sound of London, sounds like a remix of Omnipresence or something else of the Lifeforms period.
#3 sounds Orb-ish but they were highly imitated so…
#4 sounds like something off the Likemind label like Nuron or Kirk DeGiorgio or some other early 90s UK IDM
Side 2:
# 3 Sounds like an old UR track, but it UR was highly imitated so…
The Black Dog track is “Erb” from Parallel
follow up — Side 2, #2 def sounds like early St. Germain, maybe off of Nuages EP.
LOVE THIS!
just checked and Side 1 #4 is off Likemind — and it’s by Nuron (under the name Fugue)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_o69b1BOw&feature=player_embedded#!
Thanks for the Erb and Fugue!