MT I completely understand your views on the whole detroit techno scene, and the way you feel it has significantly gotten worse over the years. However..I am brand new to this scene...im 23 and i dont live in detroit...im on the east coast. Back in my high school days I was a punk rocker.....digging all the raw and unheard soundz that these bands were showing us. After time...the "mainstream" caught a hold of it...and the end was near. No more respect for Green Day and Rancid. Nofx was no longer a true punk band. Why??? simple. I got older and jaded with the music b/c I knew punk music one way: in my youth. i grew up to a certain sound...and it changed. its the common saying "their first album is their best."
about 6 months ago...i heard the soundz of techno. it amazed me. it enlightened me....and it took me away. but...i cant get into alot of the older detroit stuff why? b/c its not the style i was introduced to. I enjoy the tribal, flowing, banging stuff. marco bailey, andreas kramer, hawtin, mills.......just to name a few. and i gaurentee you that in 5-10 yrs i will feel the same way you do. music..especially tekno = evolution. nothing stays the same..can u imagine if it did? it just progresses and ur not familiar with this sound. i am. and the feeling u got from going 2 a club 10 yrs ago....i get now. i dont wanna leave when i go. and i am as true 2 the music as you seem 2 be. i care about it. and i will most likely feel the same way u do when my style changes. as far white/black music....i dont have any answers 2 that. here on the east coast u have the following: black kids for the most part..listen to black hip-hop (isnt that synonomous?) very few listen to anything else. tekno is not nerely black music anymore. the earlier stuff..yes i can see that. funky..and housy....house = chicago = predominantly black. yes there r some traces in todays techno....but not enough for anyone who isnt into it. the bottom line is this. music to most people is not what it is to you and I. we study and disect everything we hear. to most, it is merely background music. music is changing..and it always has...and always will. that is one fact we all need to xpect. my 2 cents.........mike d.
