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Theo Parrish
is worshipped in some certain circles like a messiah. Be it his releases on his own Sound Signature label, his productions together with Moodyman or his legendary DJ gigs, the Detroiter works up the history of the Motor City like no one before. A visionary mind with a traditional conscience. The reserrectur of Detroit Techno.
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first record you remember
Stevie Wonder - I Wish. I was 5 years old when I first heard it.
a record you fell in love to
Floetry - Say Yes

your ultimate heartbreak song
Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft

a record that evokes the greatest summer of your life
It's so funny. The time I was having my best summer so so far, music was in a very, very distant place. Maybe a bit of Public Enemy?... No! There was another good summer. And there was music! When the first album by the Wu-Tang Clan ("Enter The 36 Chambers") came out. That whole summer was great!

your boozedup anthem
Ol Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo. That track gets me excited. It's the one for me to get fucked up to and wildin' out to.

a song you wish you wrote yourself
That's a crazy question. Because if there ever was a song that I wish I'd made myself I just would've made it. I'd just do a cover. So this is a very strange question to me. There is a song I wish I was in the recording session though: James Brown - Ain't It Funky.

record it took you the longest time to find
Well, I was looking for this one record for about 16 years, acrually since I was 18. It's Atmosfear's first 12", called "Motivation". That's just one of them. There are too many I was and still am looking for. I try to go record digging everywhere I am. It's definitely an obsession with me.

a song that makes everybody dance
That's an easy quetion. The song that works over and over and over again: Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It. No matter what, you play that at any party anywhere in the world – except Chicago – and people go crazy! But actually I don't bring those type of songs anymore with me. Cuz I'm quite tired of playing them.

best Stevie Wonder Song
There is no! It's impossible to narrow it down to just one song. There is no such thing as a best Stevie tune! There are plenty that do it for different moods. For me, Stevie Wonder is the most complete artist ever. There are a lot of genius in the history of music but nobody comes close to Stevie in his completeness as an artist. His album "Songs In The Key Of Life" is absolute essential listen to anybody who loves muic. It's everything music is all about!

the perfect anthem for Chicago
James Brown - Body Heat

the perfect anthem for Detroit
P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Pump

the song to be played at your funeral
I don't like that question. I leave that to my loved ones.

Annie
Anni Rossi
Au Revoir Simone
Bosque Brown
C.Gibbs
Cherrystones
Chris & Cosey
Chromeo
Cornelius
Daniel Wang
DJ Mehdi
Eagles Of Death Metal
Efterklang
The Emperor Machine
Empire Of The Sun
Erol Alkan
Gang Of Four
George Duke
Gilbert Cohen
The Gossip
Heidi
Holger Czukay
Interpol
Invisible
James Jarvis
James Murphy
Jay-Jay Johanson
Jimmy Edgar
Joakim
Kalabrese
Lindstrom
Manuel Goetsching
Morningwood
My Morning Jacket
Ora Cogan
Polly Scattergood
Shawn Lee
Steve Mason
Suzanne Vega
Theo Parrish
Tracey Thorn
Trus'me
Uwe Schmidt
Wolfmother
Wolf People
Wooden Shjips
Young Knives


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