For someone who wasn't born there, Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann might be the most Detroit guy to ever exist. Moving to the motor city from LA at only three weeks old, he has never "truly" left since. His music channels the musical legacy of Black Detroit – transplanted Delta blues, gospel, Motown and Fortune, Stevie Wonder, the Electrifying Mojo and the Belleville Three – with an unassailable verve. His dust-spackled opus "Silentintroduction" has hummed continously in the background of house music since its release in 1997, inspiring generations of producers.
Two hours of Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann, selected and mixed by LDLDN.
Photo: Donavan Glover
Author Sasha Geffen tracks 50 years of vocal manipulations, technological rebellions, and musical futurisms. This decades-long dialogue between the body and its cybernetic surroundings feeds the kinetic, chaotic array of digital sounds contemporarily grouped together as "hyperpop."
Author Sasha Geffen tracks 50 years of vocal manipulations, technological rebellions, and musical futurisms. This decades-long dialogue between the body and its cybernetic surroundings feeds the kinetic, chaotic array of digital sounds contemporarily grouped together as "hyperpop."