Ghettotech
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Ghettotech (also known as Detroit club) is a genre of
Detroit. It combines elements of Chicago's ghetto house with electro, Detroit techno, Miami bass.[1]
Overview
Former Detroit music journalist for the
pornographic. As DJ Godfather puts it, "the beats are really gritty, really raw, nothing polished."[3]
Ghettotech was born as a DJing style in the late 1980s, inspired by the eclecticism of
electro and Detroit techno.[4][3] The music of 2 Live Crew is also cited as influential to the genre.[4]
A Detroit ghettotech style of dancing is called the jit. This dance style relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations. The roots of jit date back to Detroit jitterbugs in the 1970s.[5] Chicago's equivalent dance style is Juke, where the focus is on footwork dating back to the late 1980s.[3][6]
Ghettotech was an integral part of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, an annual event.
Key record labels
- Twilight 76
- Databass
- Electrofunk
- Jefferson Ave
- Motor City Electro Company
- Intuit-Solar
- 666aline
References
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ISBN 9780814341223.
- ^ a b c XLR8R TV Episode 13: Detroit Ghettotech. 14 Aug. 2007. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGFpF6vCV18>.
- ^ a b "Ghettotech: An Oral History". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ "2 Jit 2 Quit: In Search of Detroit's Street Dance Culture Past and Present | NOISEY". NOISEY. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ Mueller, Gavin C. (2007). "Straight Up Detroit Shit": Genre, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Detroit Ghettotech (Thesis). Bowling Green State University.
Further reading
- "Ghettotech, The Bluffer's Guide" Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine article at Stylus Magazine.
- "Ghettotech" article at Global Darkness.
- "Ghetto tech" by Ethan Brown article.
- Inc, CMJ Network (December 2000). CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc.
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External links
- Ghettotech at Curlie
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