DJ MIX #548 - Norm Talley- Detroit Legends at #StayHomeFestival by DanceTelevision

DT Presents: DJ MIX #548 - Norm Talley (Detroit, Michigan) - a vinyl only exclusive set for the Detroit Legends series at StayHomeFestival by Dance Television. Watch the full video set on DanceTelevision website: https://www.dancetelevision.net/watch/creators/399/norm-talley-house-dj-set-detroit-legends-usa-community https://soundcloud.com/normtalley One of the foundation DJs of Detroit’s deep house scene, since 1982 Norm Talley helped to establish and cement the deep end of Detroit’s dance culture. An early understudy of deceased legend Ken Collier, Norm also early associated closely with Delano Smith, a bond that stands the test of time. Detroit’s house scene was slow to receive wider recognition, but this funky underbelly thrived throughout the ‘80s and helped birth later developments, techno included. Dubbed ‘progressive’ at the time, the fusion of P-Funk, Motown, soul, disco, electronic music like Kraftwerk, industrial and synth pop, and New Wave had, by the early 90s, separated into various distinct threads, the nascent house community amongst them. Talley dropped his first releases in the late ‘90s on respected labels like Track Mode and Eddie Fowlkes’ City Boy, early signs of what was to come as Detroit house emerged from the shadows to worldwide renown following the accomplishments of Moodymann, Theo Parrish, and others. Detroit Beatdown, the DJ trio formed by Talley, Delano Smith, and Mike ‘Agent X’ Clark circa 2000, became instrumental in this rise. Showcasing the slowed down, raw, low-slung take on house that could only come from Detroit, these three artists who helped pioneer the sound presented their own personal vision to eager audiences, capped by their three-hour, three part contribution to RA’s esteemed podcast in 2010. By 2009 the reevaluation of early Detroit underground figures reached full swing, and Talley took the opportunity to strike, releasing a still- unbroken string of singles on reputed labels - Third Ear, Sushitech, Mixmode, Landed, Dockside, Thema, and more – as well as Omar