Electronic Landscapes: Music, Space and Resistance in Detroit celebrates Detroit’s techno, house and hip-hop musicians who construct home studios, renovate buildings and sustain community despite increasing pressure from land development and speculation. It sheds a fresh light on the city’s cultural significance and provides context on its current resurgence. Photographs and accompanying texts describe rarely seen aspects of Detroit’s electronic music culture, and reflect on historic and contemporary places in Detroit’s landscape related to it. Featured musicians discuss their process and the significant link between race, space and cultural production, a theme expanded upon in essays by scholars Dora Apel, Carla Vecchiola and renowned DJ John Collins.
United Sound Systems Recording Studio, #4
Sterling Toles, #2
Waajeed Studio at Underground Resistance, #1
Rick Wilhite Studio, #4
Peoples Records, #1
Raybone Jones, #1
Underground Hip-Hop Video Shoot, Former Packard Plant, #1
Techno Boulevard, #4
John Collins, #2
Mahogani Music & KDJ Records HQ
The Aadizookaan, #1
Cobo Center
Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale, #1
Amp Fiddler Studio, #4
Nick Speed Studio, Mixer, #4
Ralph Taylor, #1
Northland Roller Rink
Theo Parrish, #1
Movement Festival, #1
