>I'd have to agree with Andy here. Some early techno records might have raw >production, mixing and muddy pressings, but these records are also full of >the kind of raw expression (soul) that's so hard to find in 'modern' techno.
I also have to agree. You had some raw sparse minimal tracks that came out of Chicago and Detroit that were truly amazing even by today's standards. The other day i was listening to Jeanette Thomas "Shake Your body (house shaker version)" and was amazed how good this track really is. The gated reverb on the 707 kick, the seductive bassline, the use of the one shot sample. Also "Steve Silk Hurley - Jack your Body", this is 100% drum machine funk that will still blow peoples minds. >When you get outside of the 313 dogma and learn a bit of music theory you might judge >those records a little differently. Juan was good, but he wasn't Bach or Miles Davis. Juan Atkins was a dance producer, a visionary that created a new type of futurist electronic dance music called techno. >They were made in low budget studios, and they sound like they were made in low >budget studios. bad gated reverb kicks, poorly recorded vocals, they sound old and >primitive by modern standards Thats what makes some of Kevin Saundersons early productions such masterpiecess. "Electronic Dance" is probably one of my favorite tracks of all time. stephen.
