andyman Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 BERLIN – Shabiza Shazri, owner of the popular laundromat Das Soap Maschine located in central Berlin, says she is disappointed that her son shows no interest in pursuing a career in techno; the lifeblood of the German city.Despite her constant prodding, Samir, the youngest of her two sons, seems reticent to follow his older brother Omar in a career as a DJ.Shazri says she advises her son that he should have a career producing minimal techno, but he wants to run the family laundromat instead.“There’s no future in laundromats,” says Shazri.“Techno is our industry and we need to be proud.”The hard-working mother of two even went so far as to find Samir a vintage Roland 909 on eBay like the one played by Robert Hood when he was in seminal Detroit trio Underground Resistance.“It is still sitting on his desk in his bedroom untouched,” Shazri mourns.While Samir’s friends spend their nights at warehouse parties dancing, taking drugs, and staying up until sunrise, Samir spends his time at home making spreadsheets to improve the efficiency of the family business.“He has always been the black sheep of the family,” she adds, raising her voice.“He hasn’t once been to Berghain and he can’t even point to Detroit on a map.”http://equalizermag.com/news/berlin-lau ... ce-techno/ Quote
Mitch Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Read that last week and had a good laugh. I'd also take the 909 Quote
mattus123 Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 i cant tell if its a joke or notsurely it is Quote
russell Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 to be fair Berlin is a town built on House/Techno. Producers/DJ's there are treated like pop stars are everywhere else. Quote
mattus123 Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 to be fair Berlin is a town built on House/Techno. Producers/DJ's there are treated like pop stars are everywhere else.exactly^but even over here 'becoming a pop star, super star DJ' is not something that you can just do with the click of your fingers Quote
russell Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 to be fair Berlin is a town built on House/Techno. Producers/DJ's there are treated like pop stars are everywhere else.exactly^but even over here 'becoming a pop star, super star DJ' is not something that you can just do with the click of your fingersno, but it would certainly never happen if you didn't try... Quote
eggssell Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 to be fair Berlin is a town built on House/Techno. Producers/DJ's there are treated like pop stars are everywhere else.exactly^but even over here 'becoming a pop star, super star DJ' is not something that you can just do with the click of your fingersof course it can be done by a few clicks!http://www.producerfactory.com/ Quote
yizzle Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 ^ LOL& let the kid do whatever he wants.nothing worse than a parent pushing on their ambitions & dreams onto an offspring. never know what he might do. Quote
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