This is  a series of  tracks or songs i made in the early 2002-2005 of House, Techno, disco italo style, Detroit Electro  different  styles of  tracks  etc etc ..  My influence are my old friends i worked with over the last 20 years and City of Detroit. 

01  Thin Mints

Part of a  Collection i made  years ago.. What cha think ?

UNRELEASED. 

Gillespie-Sugarcane

I made this back in April 2002, I had Scott at Audio Magic help me with the Engineering,Mix
there a vocal Mix with Paris from Detroit Grand Pubahs  also (on record Throw 1010)

I love John Carpenter movies & Soundtracks so i based idea music,  watching Escape from NY and Blade Runner.  It has that early 1980tys feel to the track very RAW Sound to it.  
i have a series of this style of tracks i made years ago.   

this track has been released under my THROW label 
http://www.discogs.com/Starski-Love-Camera/master/279557   I have copies for sale on Record if any one is interested.

Starski & The Mental Machine  Love Camera Instr

Some Detroit style Electro tracks i made years ago.. 

Detroit Electro Bass Capital - Support the Undergound  Real Electro!!!!  
Lets bring back some Funk!!!  

You have to teach kids what good music is all about.. (holding a Drexciya record

Starski-Cylons Retrobution (Gillespie)

Sweet butter was written few years back, with a live Sax by John Cunningham, 
Song was influenced by Jack MCduff -Ju Ju 

Bcp-Gillespie-Sweet Butter Hot Sauce

Brian Gillespie is a music aficionado and has used his passion and knowledge in various arenas in the music industry. His love of music moved him in the dj realm where he began to open for such acts as A Tribe Called Quest, Souls of Mischief, De La Soul, George Clinton, Jamiroquai, Public Enemy, Dave Clarke and Advent.. [Soft Break]Here, he brought in such acts as: Slum Village, Jay Dilla, Tricky, Galactic, Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf and others. In the Mid 90's he took the plunge into the after hours and Rave Scene being responsible for the famous 'Poor Boy' parties at Detroit's historical Packard Plant. He was one of the top resident Djs at the famous Motor Lounge for over 6 years.   He is responsible for the formation and the business operation of many record labels including: Blue Collar Projects Records, Chairman of the Board, D.E.T. Only, Twilight 76, Databass, Throw and Rewind Records. He was also responsible for the signing of 'The Detroit Grand Pubahs' to Jive Records and the famous hit 'Sandwiches'. He is respected as a collector of music with his personal tastes ranging from Detroit Funk, Spiritual  Jazz to Boogie, Hip Hop to Electro, Techno, Bass.   

He started to DJ in the early nineties out of WPHS in Warren and was instrumental in bringing hip hop and electronic music communities together. His musical palate encompasses Detroit Jazz, rare groove, funk, hip hop, house, electro, and techno. Brian’s greatest influences have been hip hop and techno artists from Detroit and his friends around him. He acquired a great amount of knowledge from artists and Djs he met while working at Record Time’s Dance room in Roseville, MI from 1992- 1999. In 1993 he began promoting warehouse parties throughout the Midwest under the name Poorboy at places like the Packard with longtime friends Dat Duong and Jon Santos. They brought in acts such as Claude Young, Carl Craig (paperclip people live), and Theo Parrish, Jeff Mills & first one to have Funk, & Hip Hop, Ghetto tech Booty room.    Brian had the Vision and Golden Ear for Detroit talent early on. His contribution to the hip hop scene included running one of Detroit's first all  Funk, Soul, Hip Hop  music nights called Family Funktion- at the now legendary Alvin's nightclub.  Gillespie & (Cousin)  D.L. Jones  was instrumental in bringing live bands and DJs together playing jazz, funk, soul and hip hop. They booked acts like Phat Kat, Eminem, J Dilla and Slum Village, Theo Parrish, Galactic, and Tricky Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf, Moodymann. Family Funktion celebrated a 15 year reunion at Alvin’s in Detroit last year with Dennis Coffey & Recloose , Detroit Motown funk brother.  

Aside from DJing, another important influence of Brian’s career came from working at Record Time as the buyer for the dance room from 1992 - 1999. It was here that he came to know many renowned Detroit musicians including Mike Huckaby, Rick Wade, Will Web, Patrick Scott Grooves,  Dan Bell and Claude Young.  From 2000 – 2005 he was Manager/Buyer for Hearwax Records in three DJ Supply stores. He has also worked with Ron Murphy of National Sound Corporation. He has conducted lectures at the legendary submerge building. One of his most lucrative projects is being DJ Starski of Starski and Clutch. He and Todd Osborn played live and put out the popular mix CD “Don’t stop til you JIT enough” and ghetto tech album “Detroit Hustle”. (Databass records)   Gillespie, with Rick Sadlowski and DJ Godfather distributed Detroit records for about 16 years and still operate electrobounce.com, an online MP3 store and distributor dedicated to pushing and promoting underground dance music such as Detroit Ghetto Tech, Chicago Ghetto House, Juke, Electro, Baltimore Club, and Techno.  

As a member of Detroit Red Bull Music Academy for the last 7 years, he has interviewed Dennis Coffey, Claude Von Stroke, Mike Huckaby, Anthony “Shake” Shakir, DJ Houseshoes, Clark Warner, D.L. Jones, DJ Dick, Todd Osborn,  Ectomorph and other legendary musicians, as well as conducted lectures. He is currently promoting and recruiting for the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy to be held in Tokyo.    

 This is  just the short version of my Bio. My love and passion Music come from my friends and people (djs & producers ) I worked with over the 20 years in the Detroit Music Scene that inspire me.      

Any comments or questions please contact Brian Gillespie - throw76@hotmail.com 

 

 

 

Gillespie- Starski&Clutch

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