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Rick Wade to be featured on The Sunday Sessions, Sunday, October 7
Sundays Sessions is the place where outstanding Detroit-connected DJs display their talents with an hour-long non-stop mix every Sunday from 11pm - 12midnight (EST) on 101.9 FM WDET and wdet.org. This week's SUNDAY SESSIONS features producer/artist/DJ/record label head RICK WADE.
Wade was born in small-town western Michigan, less than an hour from Chicago's South Side. In the mid '80s, while studying at the University of Michigan, Wade gained his first gigs spinning deep underground house at the Nectarine Ballroom, the venue where Jeff "The Wizard" Mills was also making his name, for techno rather than for house.
Simultaneously, Wade maintained a successful mix show on WCBN named "Journey To The Land of House." It was a huge success, as were his subsequent gigs at clubs in and around Detroit. So much so that, by '93, Wade was able to build his own studio and form a label, Harmonie Park. Wade has released his textured brand of house not only on his own label but also on the likes of Trackmode, Moods and Grooves, ATC, M3, Elevate, Chord 44/Container, and Out Of The Box.
Wade's mix is titled, "Deep Transportation," which takes listeners on a multi-textured and cinematic-sounding journey into the denser realms of deep house/techno.
ALSO, catch an EXCLUSIVE interview with Wade on The Progressive Underground w/Chris Campbell (8-11 pm - EST).
