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Alternate Take/The
Liz Copeland program was heard Monday through Friday nights (Tuesday through Saturday mornings) between the hours of midnight and
5 am (Eastern
time) on WDET-FM
101.9 Detroit (playlists can
be found on the WDET site).
Past interviews (and sometimes performances) have
included, but are not limited to (in alphabetical order):
John Acquaviva
Adult.
Alter Ego
AWOL (artist collective)
Baby Ford
Glenn Barr (visual artist)
Alice Coltrane (with Roy Haynes and Charlie Haden) [live at Rackham Amphitheater]
Carl Craig
Matthew Dear
The Dirtbombs
Drexciya (James
Stinson)
The Dylan Group
Ben Edmonds (author/journalist)
Thomas Fehlmann (The Orb, Sun Electric)
Kim Fowley
Girlee (artist collective)
The Ghoul (television fun guy)
Gold Sparkle Band
Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)
The Hard Lessons
Matthew Hawtin (visual artist)
Richie Hawtin (Plastikman)
Matthew Herbert
His Name Is Alive
Ida
Isolée
Cary Loren (Destroy All Monsters)
Derrick May
Charles
McGee (visual artist)
Mercury Rev
Jeff Mills
NOMO
Neil Ollivierra (Detroit Escalator Co.)
People From Good Homes (the artists
behind the exhibition)
Salvatore Principato (Liquid Liquid)
Pray Harder (the artists
behind the performance project)
Rachel's
Roedelius
Ed Sanders (The
Fugs)
Kevin
Saunderson
John Sinclair
Slapp Happy
Spiritualized
DJ Spooky
Underground Resistance (Mike Banks)
Andrew Weatherall
Claude Young
...and many more
musicians, authors and visual artists.
Regular features included event updates around Detroit,
the Weekly Album
Spotlight and the monthly segment focus (AKA focus:electronic)
(information below). There were also the annual specials for: Valentine's
Day (with a dose of realism), Halloween
Spooktakular, Christmas/Hanukkah, Year in Review, Anniversary Special
(with lots of giveaways). Intermittent specials have also run
on the subjects of cars, moon & stars, rain, elections, upcoming
event previews, Detroit music, tributes - and whatever subject
became appropriate to highlight at any particular moment. A relatively recent
addition has been the Satellite Interview Series - bringing the
artists to the Detroit airwaves when they can't physically get
there themselves, as with the Mutek 2004 Satellite Series.
Visit the
EVENTS page for upcoming
radio features and other events.
Information on some of the regular features during the program:
Monday nights Tuesday mornings) at 1 am
The Weekly Album Spotlight featured a full album, bio information
and related music.
Visit
the EVENTS page for upcoming
Weekly Album Spotlights.
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photo by Chad
Warner
Hosted
by Liz Copeland and guest co-host Clark Warner
Running the third Wednesday evening/Thursday morning of each month
beginning at 1 am and running until the 3 am hour (Eastern
time).
The study of electronic emissions began nearly as early as the advent
of electricity in general. With the turn of a switch, ordinarily
silent objects would be given depth by way of their various hums
and frequencies.
Early electronic resonance has graduated to music through the tape
loop experiments of Steve Reich and the electronic pitch tests of
Leon Theremin, to the more recent groove-oriented sounds of Kraftwerk
and Theorem. That moment, however, has been a long time coming,
developing an entire catalog along the way.
In order to give exclusive attention to electronic music's pioneers
and significant contributors, Liz Copeland and Clark Warner
presented the monthly radio series, focus (AKA focus:electronic). Centering around
Detroit, the two-hour segment also extended outside of our native
city, taking a look (and a listen) to the precursors of what emerged
here in the early ‘80s to what has evolved since.
Liz Copeland was the host of Alternate Take/The Liz Copeland Program
on WDET-FM 101.9 from 1995 to 2007, Monday through Friday nights (technically Tuesday
through Saturday mornings) between the hours of midnight and 5 am.
During her tenure, she has been recognized for her dedication with
'Best Local Radio Music Show' and annual ‘Best Overnight DJ’ awards from Metro Times, as well as ‘Best DJ’ awards from motormouth.org and Real Detroit
Weekly. Along with being featured in several Detroit-area publications,
Copeland has been acknowledged for creating atmospheres on-location
with a nomination for ‘Best Club DJ’ by detroit.citysearch.com.
Copeland has also contributed to several publications on the topic of
music, and has hosted music-related television segments for WTVS-Channel
56’s Backstage Pass and special coverage of the Detroit Electronic
Music Festival for WKBD-Channel 50 and MTV|2’s AMP.
Clark Warner has been involved as an instrumental part of the Plus
8/Minus revolution, as well as being an adventurous and diverse
DJ for several years, holding residencies at the Shelter, Zoot's
(r.i.p.) and most recently in New York at Open Air. Exporting his
unique style of intelligent armchair electronic music and minimal-deep-techno,
Warner has played on location at select Plus 8/Minus events, SONAR
(Spain), Tribal Gathering (UK), Detroit Electronic Music Festival
and film festivals globally. As co-host with Copeland for the follow-up
radio special for 2000’s DEMF debut, Warner provided the input
and music selections helpful to completing the whole picture of
what led up to the event.
Together, Copeland and Warner hosted a residency at Motor
Detroit called Departure, featuring talent from around the globe
and a chance to hear typically unheard music in a club setting.
More recently, the duo made a monthly appearance at Buddha Lounge in
Detroit.
Each volume of focus combines the collective perspectives
of Copeland and Warner. Various selections from the featured
artist(s) are shared, with the occasional full-album play and interviews
when possible.
Expect to see (hear) segments in the series on today’s, tomorrow’s
and yesterday’s contributors to electronic music.
Plug in your radio. The electronic revolution continues.
focus (AKA focus:electronic) volumes thus far:
volume 01, August 2000: Juan Atkins
volume 02, September 2000: Kraftwerk
volume 03, October 2000: Basic Channel
volume 04, November 2000: Kevin Saunderson
volume 05, December 2000: Brian Eno
volume 06, January 2001: Carl Craig
volume 07, February 2001: Electronic Soundtrack Composers
volume 08, March 2001: Yellow Magic Orchestra
volume 09, April 2001: The Orb
volume 10, May 2001: Derrick May (with interview)
volume 11, July 2001: Global Communication
volume 12, August 2001: Mike Ink
volume 13, September 2001: Yello
volume 14, October 2001: New Order
volume 15, November 2001: The Art of Noise
volume 16, December 2001: Tangerine Dream
volume 17, January 2002: Manuel Göttsching/Ash Ra Tempel
volume 18, February 2002: Aphex Twin
volume 19, March 2002: Jeff Mills (with interview)
volume 20, April 2002: Atom Heart
volume 21, May 2002: Krautrock
volume 22, June 2002: Bjork
volume 23, July 2002: Chicago House
volume 24, September 2002: Herbert (with interview)
volume 25, October 2002: Industrial (survey edition)
volume 26, November 2002: Mark Van Hoen/Locust (with interview)
volume 27, December 2002: Ambient Detroit (survey edition)
volume 28, January 2003: Massive Attack
volume 29, March 2003: Depeche Mode
volume 30, April 2003: French survey
volume 31, May 2003: 808 State
volume 32, July 2003: Richie Hawtin
volume 33, August 2003: Kompakt (survey edition)
volume 34, October 2003: United Future Organization
volume 35, November 2003: FAX/Pete Namlook
volume 36, December 2003: Swayzak
volume 37, January 2004: Best of Electronic 2003 (survey edition)
volume 38, February 2004: Autechre
volume 39, March 2004: Air
volume 40, April 2004: Orbital
volume 41, May 2004: Ninja Tune (survey edition)
volume 42, July 2004: Kruder & Dorfmeister
volume 43, September 2004: Moby
volume 44,
October 2004: Berlin Today
volume 45, November 2004: Underground Resistance (with Mike Banks interview)
volume 46, December 2004: William Orbit
volume 47, January 2005: Best of Electronic 2004 (survey edition)
volume 48, February 2005: Future Sound of London
volume 49, March 2005: Acid House (survey edition)
volume 50, May 2005: Fuse-In Detroit Electronic Music Festival Artist Preview (survey edition)
volume 51, July 2005: Laurent Garnier
volume 52: August 2005: Brian Eno, part II
volume 53: November 2005: Boards of Canada
volume 54: January 2006: Post-Punk Dance Clash: New York
volume 55: February 2006: The KLF
volume 56: March 2006: Alter Ego
volume 57: April 2006: Saint Etienne
volume 58: May 2006: Movement: Detroit's Electronic Festival preview (survey edition)
volume 59: June 2006: Parliament/Funkadelic
volume 60: October 2006: Warp Records (survey edition)
volume 61: January 2007: Radiohead
volume 62: March 2007: The Best of Detroit Techno (survey edition) **FINAL**
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