Julian Chambliss
RISE podcast host and writerJulian C. Chambliss is host, writer and creator of the podcast RISE: Detroit’s Machine Music. Chambliss is also a professor of English and Val Berryman Curator of History at Michigan State University. His research examines race, space, and community through Popular Culture, Black Digital Humanities, and Critical Afrofuturism frameworks.
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In the final episode of RISE, host Julian Chambliss examines how Detroit-born techno became a global phenomenon while its Black origins were often overlooked. -
Host Julian Chambliss explores the deep connections between techno music and Afrofuturist worldbuilding.
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Episode 4 explores the pivotal role of DJs in shaping Detroit techno.
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Episode 3 explores how affordable electronic instruments like the Roland TB-303 and TR-606 empowered Detroit’s Black youth to invent techno.
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Explore how Detroit’s history, shaped by Black migration, industrial boom, deindustrialization, and grassroots activism, laid the groundwork for techno.
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Techno is more than music—it's Black speculative practice rooted in Detroit's future-forward sound.
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Discover the untold story of Detroit techno—where Black innovation meets the future.
