Editor's Note: The following is an unpublished excerpt from our January 2012 interview with Detroit Deep House producer Rick Wade - an interesting outtake on his seldom-mentioned Ghetto Tech releases which have been issued under the alias "Big Daddy Rick". You can read the complete interview with Rick Wade in the current issue of 5 Magazine - subscription information here.
This is something that anyone can look up on Wikipedia if they want, but as you released quite a few Ghetto Tech records, I'd like to get your opinion on the difference between Ghetto House from Chicago and Ghetto Tech from Detroit. Is it a regional variation of the same thing? Or something wholly different?
They have similar elements. Ghetto House and Ghetto Tech are played together here in Detroit - any place that plays Ghetto House plays Ghetto Tech as well. They're intertwined.
Do you ever plan to revisit that style as a DJ?
The only way I could is if I went digital. I sold all of my old Ghetto Tech vinyl years ago, back around 2005. One of the years I played DEMF, the organizers told me that they wanted to feature a set from me in that style. I actually had to borrow DJ Godfather's laptop for it, and thank God he had a folder of my tracks on there. I'd never played Serato before that gig. But if you're a DJ that knows how to mix, you can find your way using Serrato.
What about as a producer?
I actually still make Ghetto Tech. I have a few that I've been meaning to get over to DJ Godfather. I've released six or seven EPs in the last few years but the last 3 or 4 have been digital-only. They're released on a site called electrobounce.com, which is DJ Godfather's site.
DJ Godfather & Big Daddy Rick: Fuck Bitch (from Players Club Vol 1, 1997)
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