> One of the reasons why I am so into the music here though is its great
> diversity. Just look at labels like Transmat, Planet E, Underground
> Resistance, Axis, Pure Sonik, Minus, Red Planet, Direct Beat, 430 West,
> Purpose Maker etc. There are a good 4 or 5 differnt styles of Electronic
> Music right there, but due to the fact that they are all made in Detroit,
> we just call them all "techno." Our music is always evolving and
> constantly changing yet still keeping that soul, that funk that this town
> was built on.
that's an interesting point. a friend of mine is trying to compile a
definitive list of all electronic music subgenres, and asked me a bunch of
questions about techno, like whether such-and-such is a real subgenre, or
which artist would be most representative of that category. i found it
really hard to give definitive answers on what "detroit techno" is, or who
would be an essential "minimal techno" artist. it's encouraging that the
music is diverse enough that it can't easily be boxed into discrete
categories ("i play UK acid-tech-trance, which is infinitely superior to
you UK acid-NU-NRG.")
glyn
