{"id":1135,"date":"2021-04-14T05:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T05:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/derrick-may-archives-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T05:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T05:59:15","slug":"derrick-may-archives-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/derrick-may-archives-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick May Archives &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2011-11-27T19:38:10+0000\">November 27, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: Strings of Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2817\" title=\"Derrick May\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg\" alt=\"Derrick May\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/dmay-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/> Ahead of this week&#8217;s panel discussion <a href=\"http:\/\/berlinstories.org\/2011\/11\/21\/the-detroit-berlin-connection-dec-1st-at-the-us-embassy\/\">The Detroit-Berlin Connection<\/a> I wanted to post the best track ever to come out of Motor City. Easier said than done, with friends suggesting everything from Motown to the MC5, J Dilla to detroit techno. Struggling with what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RichardKovitch\">@RichardKovitch<\/a> called an &#8220;impossible task&#8221; (&#8220;Difficult to think of any City in the 20th C with a musical legacy quite as immense as Detroit&#8221;), I went with the obvious &#8211; techno anthem <em>Strings of Life<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2r7MjUDgZ0I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rather than trying to describe the track and its impact, I&#8217;ll leave that to creator Derrick May and fans Doves and Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yt3QvoF8eK4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Strings of Life<\/em> has been reinterpreted many times, but the closest I could get to a Berlin version was this take, from Munich producer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/christianprommer\">Christian Prommer&#8217;s<\/a> Drumlesson. I know, not very close at all (sorry Germans!), but still &#8211; shuffling jazzy goodness:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ok7a0UM8ttA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But my absolute favourite version of <em>Strings<\/em> is this solo piano version from Francesco Tristano Schlim\u00e9, who has also covered Jeff Mill&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=laL0E2vBuKw\">The Bells<\/a><\/em> and recorded at Planet E Communications, the studio owned by current king of Detroit techno Carl Craig:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X41JIuU7P4Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you want less plink-plonk and more donk-donk, check out this &#8220;Detroit Berlin Mix&#8221; from Nat Alexander, which features tracks from Motor City maestros Mills, German counterparts like Basic Channel, and cross-pollinations between the two cities:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"650\" height=\"26\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowfullscreen\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"\/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"\/><param value=\"true\" name=\"cachebusting\"\/><param value=\"#000000\" name=\"bgcolor\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/files\/includes\/tag-derrick-may-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\" \/><param value=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'DetroitBerlinMix_64kb.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':''},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'\/files\/includes\/tag-derrick-may-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\" name=\"flashvars\"\/><embed src=\"\/files\/includes\/tag-derrick-may-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"650\" height=\"26\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" cachebusting=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'DetroitBerlinMix_64kb.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':''},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'\/files\/includes\/tag-derrick-may-http-www.archive.org-flow-flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit-Berlin Connection is a panel discussion on urban renewal in post-industrial cities. RSVP <a href=\"http:\/\/berlinstories.org\/2011\/11\/21\/the-detroit-berlin-connection-dec-1st-at-the-us-embassy\/\">here<\/a> and join us.<\/p>\n<div class='ssb-share ssb-share-2815 defualt' post_id='2815' >\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\">  <iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>  \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\">  \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/\">Tweet<\/a>    \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/christian-prommer\/\" rel=\"tag\">Christian Prommer<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/derrick-may\/\" rel=\"tag\">Derrick May<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/detroit\/\" rel=\"tag\">Detroit<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/drumlesson\/\" rel=\"tag\">Drumlesson<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/francesco-tristano-schlime\/\" rel=\"tag\">Francesco Tristano Schlim\u00e9<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/rhythm-is-rhythm\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rhythm is Rhythm<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                              <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                    <a href=\"\/music-montag-strings-of-life\/#respond\">leave a comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 27, 2011 Music Montag: Strings of Life by James Glazebrook Ahead of this week&#8217;s panel discussion The Detroit-Berlin Connection I wanted to post the best track ever to come out of Motor City. Easier said than done, with friends suggesting everything from Motown to the MC5, J Dilla to detroit techno. 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