easy now. I haven't heard Seth Troxler's music yet, nor Seoul's. But how many people show up is not a valid yardstick for musical validity. And I'm not dissing Seoul or DTM -- Angie and Tom have been wonderful to me over the years.
I'm just saying you shouldn't take Tristan's comments as a blanket condemnation of everyone's tracks he HASN'T heard, 2000 miles away in London... On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM, U&I Design <uandidesigndetr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hmmm... taking the bait here Tristan.... > > you think Seth Troxler is the best out of Detroit...? I'd never heard > of him so I asked around and just heard some interesting comments > about him... and besides the comments about him starting out as a > trance DJ... from what I hear of his recent local influence... he > threw a party the same night DJ Seoul from Detroit Techno Militia had > his birthday party, and from what I hear no one showed to Troxler's > event, but over 300 people were at Seoul's... so, I'm surprised you > think S.T.'s the best music being produced in the city, there's a > whole world of music being produced here thats amazing. You should do > a bit more research about whats being produced here... > > > > ~JoD > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Tristan Watkins > <phonop...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> On 23/04/2009 20:53, kent williams wrote: >>> >>> NPR's Morning Edition asks Why Can't Detroit Cash In On It's Music >>> Scene. (ironic note, the one Detroit Music phenomenon, techno, that >>> has a major annual festival in Detroit with international reach, only >>> rates one sentence) >> >> I'm picking holes in language, but I wish people would recognise the >> nearly-as-old and equally important legacy of Detroit house in the same >> breath, if they're only going to utter one sentence. It's not all about the >> fact that techno started in Detroit and that a large part of the techno >> canon is from there. Detroit techno has largely been replaying itself but >> Detroit house continues to remain fresh. See: Reggie Dokes, 3rd Ear, etc. >> I'd say the best techno coming from Detroit today comes from Seth Troxler, >> and that's arguably more house than techno. There's still good Detroit >> techno out there, but not much of it is coming from Detroit. Or that's my >> antagination towards getting some discussion going here again anyway. >> >> Tristan >> ======= >> phonop...@phonopsia.co.uk >> http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >> > > > > -- > 313-915-1164 > Events & Promotions Director > Russell Industrial Center | www.RICDetroit.com > Russell Bazaar | www.RussellBazaar.com > Russell Gallery | www.Gallery.RussellBazaar.com > Exhibition Center Showplace | > 5 and 10 | myspace.com/nikislocos5and10bar >
