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is the melding of emcee sounds from
DaRuckus, Paradime and members of
D-12. Intuit-Solar's four-track selec-
tion from DJ Godfather, Via Satellite
from Detroit, and Japanese Telecom's
self-titled LP were recently released as
was Comin From Tha D, the third
such album containing work from a
number of Detroit ghetto-tech artists.
"I love this," says Layne. "I wake
up every morning to see what is new in
the industry, what new concerts are
being scheduled, what new artists are
doing."

meeting people and hearing a number
of acts at clubs around town.
"It is a healthy scene and yet it is
accessible," he says. "I have been able
to meet lots and lots of people."
But it wasn't until 1998, when his
own band, Galicja, turned to him to
help put out its first release, 10"
Blocking Your View, that he ventured
into the world of recording.
His releases by other Spectator
Records artists like Detroit's Richard
Panic and 57 Waltz, as well as
California band the Calculators, have
cemented his feeling that the music
business is where he is supposed to be.
"[Recording] is something that I
For more information, go to the
have always been interested [in]. But
Web site at www.Intuit-Solar.com .
I have become much, much more
excited in realizing that there is this
relatively untapped underground
AARON WARSHAW
scene not only in Detroit [but] all
Aaron Warshaw has signed just six
across the country," he says.
acts and put out only nine records for
Warshaw said he enjoys the feed-
his label, Spectator Records. But then
back from fans who have listened to
he's barely old enough to get into the
the work and then relayed messages
bars to see the musicians on those
via the label's web site, www.specta-
records perform.
torrecords.com .
Warshaw is 23.
He was even
He also is a full-
more pleased
time English major
when a friend
at Wayne State
returned from a
University. In addi-
trip to Japan and
tion to a boatload of
reported that one
schoolwork, he puts
of the music
in 15 hours a week
stores there fea-
at the university's
tured a display of
undergraduate
Galicja's release.
library for an
"It is amazing
internship.
that you could be
When he isn't
in Detroit and put
doing school-related
out something
stuff, he's perform-
that clicks some-
ing in a band and
where like Japan,"
scouting talent in
he says.
Detroit venues, the
These days,
same ones that con- Aaron Warshw: Spectator Records.
Warshaw, creep-
sistently card him.
ing ever closer to
Warshaw's interest in music
his summer graduation date, also is
began when he was a child, growing
putting the last touches on three
up in St. Louis and later relocating
albums, all due for release in June:
to Birmingham, Mich., where he
Richard Panic's Wake Up Panic,
attended Seaholm High School. His
Wake Up and yet to be titled releas-
interest really blossomed while
es by the Kicks and . the Sights.
working as a disc jockey and pro-
"My whole take on the record
gram director during his early colle-
label now is that I am trying to
giate days at Kenyon College in
establish myself," he says. "If I can
Ohio.
break even on the releases, that
"There is nothing in the area but
would be my goal, but I am really
the college, so there really wasn't a
working toward establishing rela-
whole lot to do except listen to
tionships with distributors." ❑
music," he says.
Warshaw revived this interest when
For more information,
he returned from Ohio to attend Wayne
go to the Web site at
State. While working at the Harmony
www.spectatorrecords.com
.
House music store in Berkley, he was
able to connect to Detroit's music scene,

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