No one is dismissing the legacy of New Order or Depeche Mode, et al. I wasn't a fan but of course New Order were important. If you read the NME and those Brit rock rags in the 80s NO were deified. Yet the NME and Melbody Maker, which set up the tradition for rock (and later dance journalism), privilege white usually heterosexual males making punk/rock-inspired music (albeit they embraced Morrissey) at the expense of others and Joy Division/NO came from that, so they were appropriated in that context. NME pretends to be so left wing yet it's bullocks, taking the piss out of the Wu-Tang and Drexciya and jumping on dance and hip-hop just because it's a novelty to them. NO dominated that Dancing In The Streets series and had more coverage than Prince!
>I don't mean to butt in on this one, but being a long time >fan of New Order, I have to comment that any kind of >media coverage that they've recieved througout the years >relative to techno concerns has almost been secondary >and at times dismissive. When they have talked about their >influcences, the early 80's NYC electro scene is often mentioned >Their dance "sensibility" is very much derived from an >African-American-centric viewpoint/influence.
