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| VIEW EVENT INFORMATION: Seth Troxler |
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Speaking Out About Police Brutality |
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About the person Seth Troxler:
Art: Music
Genres: Electronic, House, Tech House, Deep House, Techno, Minimal, Minimal Techno, Minimal House, Turntablism, Detroit Techno, Detroit Electro, Electronica, Electro, Club, Dance, Hardtechno, Hard House, Hardstyle, Rave |
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Notable Organizations: Mixmag
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| Seth Troxler has spoken out against recent acts of police brutality in America.
The DJ, who grew up in Michigan and spent his formative years working and throwing parties in Detroit, has also questioned Barack Obama's apparent inaction in regards to riots that gripped the town of Ferguson in Missouri after a white policeman was cleared of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Troxler told the Independent: "I think [Obama is] easier with Hispanic issues like immigration rather than acting on black issues in the fear of being put in this box, of playing the race card or being accused of favouritism towards people of his own race.
"That is a funny place to be in. With the recent situation in Ferguson, it's fucked, it's so bad, he could have stepped in and launched a government investigation – which there probably will be anyway – but he can’t because people will be like… He's going against the Blue Code of Silence.
"With police brutality, at what point does the government really intervene and really stand up for something? In government at the moment, no one is really standing up for anything. Everyone is just trying to keep their political head above water rather than standing for something they believe in."
The interview has been published days after it was announced that a New York police officer would not be put on trial for the death of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a chokehold while being arrested.
Away from social media, it's rare that DJs make comments that are so politically charged. But Troxler has always spoken his mind and its refreshing to hear an artist speak so vociferously on topics outside of music.
Of course, he did take time to chat to the Independent about tunes, with the paper dedicating a feature to his new label with The Martinez Brothers, Tuskegee, which is dedicated to creating "a platform to release music of people of ethnicity."
Troxler said: "I'm from Detroit, I'm black and they're [the Martinez Brothers] Hispanic kids from the Bronx. So it's mostly urban neighbourhoods, they listen to rap and they're kind of thrown into the world of self identification through negative music. I think that is just generally negative for society and it's been used as a tool to keep lower socio-economic and ethnic people down. If you popularise music that only paints a negative social picture of yourself then that stereotype grows rather than diminishes. If you look before, with old black music and soul, it was about becoming better, it was a much more positive and much more musical side of life, and much more engaging."
"It's about ideas. I want to create a place where kids can see that there’s a different lifestyle that they can live; that they can look at us and say, 'These guys are cool and I want to be like those guys. They're hanging out, having a good time, this music is positive,'" he added.
Back in March, Seth told us that Tuskegee is "about bringing a fresh perspective on what it's like to be young, smart, positive, brown and American." |
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