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Posted By mattreep 3 months, 1 week ago in Arts & EntertainmentEvery seemingly insurmountable black cloud has its silver lining, and in the case of Detroit, Mich.'s descent into post-industrial Hell, most of those have been musical. Before everything went to ****, Motown Records used the assembly line concept to make pitch-perfect pop; in the years leading up to the 12th Street riot, the members of The Stooges and The MC5 were among a generation that saw a future beyond a factory; you may go as far to say that the Belleville Three developed techno to show that, at the end of the day (and deep, deep into the night), it was still the humans who were in charge of the machines. And in a much more literal way, Detroit's mass decommissioning meant that former temples of mechanization like the Russell Industrial Center could be re-commissioned into living quarters, rehearsal spaces, and recording studios for Motor City musicians. The RIC became all three for the six weeks Zoos Of Berlin put together its debut full-length, Taxis .
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