WHERE: Tatler, Sydney
Come join us with for a small intimate party with detroits finest......
Mike Huckaby, Detroit, USA.
Tastemaker, Educator, Sound Designer, and Motor City Proponet. Mike Huckaby has done much for Detroit electronic music. The man behind the once legendary Record Time store has gathered an encyclopedic knowledge of music.
He is one of those guys who knows all the roots and culture of electronic dance music. He is a person who can see beyond the hype and divisions within the scene. Mike knows exactly what t
he music is.
Mike Huckaby has become the busiest remixer from Detroit in the past few years. Mike has been busy producing music on his 2 labels, Deep Transportation, and S Y N T H, which are well known amongst underground djs worldwide.
With highly acclaimed deep house productions and remixes for Deepchord, Juan Atkins, Vladislav Delay, Pole, Loco Dice, LoSoul, and Pacou,
(just to name a few ) Mike sees no end in the near future. Furthermore, Mike Huckaby has been touring, djing, and teaching music production with Native Instruments and Ableton software at Youthville, and around the globe extensively. When the discussion of the Detroit / Berlin connection comes to mind, Tresor or Hardwax is usually discussed. But the Detroit / Berlin connection of the millenium and beyond is taking place at Youthville with the assistance of Ableton and Native Instruments, and the work Mike is doing there.
Mike brings the Detroit sound of deep house and techno with him. He knows the balance between deep house and techno like no other.
Promoters know that they can put Mike Huckaby in any room
http://soundcloud.com/mikehuckaby
http://www.ableton.com/pages/education/user_stories/mike_huckaby
http://www.facebook.com/michael.huckaby
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT RESIDENT ADVISOR
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CO-OP PRESENTS AN EXTENDED SET FROM DELANO SMITH (MIXMODE - DETROIT) AT GOODGOD SMALL CLUB IN SYDNEY ON SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER, AS PART OF HIS DEBUT TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
TICKETS ON SALE NOW FROM http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?399179
We’re heading back to the scene of the CO-OPerative’s original crime (i.e. our first party with The Revenge and Motorcitysoul over 3 years ago…) tooled up with the Sydney debut of a bonafide dancefloor don, fresh outta Detroit. Please welcome DELANO SMITH to the Goodgod
Danceteria for CO-OP’s latest quest for acceptance on Saturday 3rd November. Our DJs will be in support, whether you like it or not, but we’re sure that won’t detract from the impact of a man lauded by Jeff Mills, Derrick May and Chez Damier for his talents. They couldn’t be wrong, surely.
In even more exciting news, a rare curbing of our usual verbal diarrhea has led us to call less talk more action on this one - you know how we does it by now (and our typewriter ribbon is nearly dry). Come, dance, do your thing, depart, done.
Tickets are up and ambling over at Resident Advisor so buy now or pay more later. Hit up co_op_club@hotmail.com for blags, extra deets or digital romance.
CO-OP is dead. Long live CO-OP.
DELANO SMITH (MIXMODE – DETROIT)
Born in Chicago and raised on Detroit's West side, Delano Smith represents one of the last of a rare group of Detroit’s first house DJs. Perhaps it was the juvenile absorption of the sights and sounds around him during his first 5 years in the Windy City coupled with his experience during the new DJ craze of his high school years in Detroit that influenced Delano the most or maybe it is simply that enigmatic link between music people in Chicago and Detroit, known to insiders as the I94 Connection. Regardless of the reason for his natural ear for the deep and groovy, Delano can lay claim to a legacy that most Detroit jocks cannot. When performing outside of his native city, Delano's unique sets highlight the fact that his skills were forged in an era before the rigid lines of house and techno genres appeared.
His attention to programming sets that are kinetic, emotional and educational are met with a delivery of the highest class. Having been one of the original young guns personally mentored by Motown’s 1st DJ, Ken Collier, he displays skills entirely unique to this group. Having cut his teeth in a time when an aspiring DJ had to live off his wits to make the cut, his dynamic skill set has made him the real Detroit head's secret favorite. Smith's extended hiatus later in his DJ years was ended spectacularly when the Detroit Beatdown project again highlighted his talent. Teamed with Mike ‘Agent X' Clark and Norm Talley, the crew began to spread the word of Detroit to fresh audiences, in demand globally and touching down at renowned clubs such as London's Fabric en route.
On the production front, Delano stands head and shoulders above the rest in crafting alluring, forward thinking and highly danceable grooves. His productions on Third Ear, Sushitech and Still Music have taken up crate spaces with jocks looking to add the perfect blend of soul and energy to their sets. With his own imprint Mixmode debuting in 2003, it continues to release selectively soulful dance floor gems. Both behind the decks and in the studio, Delano's genre boundary defying vision of working a floor is a direct link to the beginnings of the DJ in Detroit, maintaining his integrity today, his hunger shows little sign of abating.
What THEY say about Delano…
"Delano - watching you play brings back so many memories! I used to go listen to you long before I ever wanted to become a DJ. At the YWCA, Downstairs Pub with Ken. I'm following you. Keep it comin'!" Jeff Mills
"Without Delano there would be no Derrick." Derrick May
"Delano is the first and last of Detroit." Chez Damier
