I think the Beatportal list reflects an idea of techno as strictly having the 4 to the floor beat. A lot of the early tracks had more of an Electro beat.
I have a friend in Seattle who was an old school raver, was (and is) a good techno producer, and he'd didn't know "Strings Of Life" and dismissed it as a big room hands in the air house anthem. You can't assume everyone agrees about even what techno is, at this point. And while Detroit techno fans think of their definition is the one true techno, you will have a hard time convincing people that it is, in fact, the "real" techno. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Lori Draper<girly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed, No UFOs or at least Cybotron's Techno City should be on this. WTF. > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM, David Powers<cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> While debatable, the list was better than I expected. 25% Detroit is >> pretty good considering it's only one city in the world. >> >> If I was doing the list I would put in "No UFO's" or "Cosmic Cars" and >> something by Derrick May. >> >> ~DP >> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Frank Glazer <cpe1704...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I think we can all agree that the inclusion of several Hawtin or at >>> least Hawtin related (lots of Probe on there!) tracks at the exclusion >>> of anything by any of the Belleville Three is laughable at best, >>> disgusting at worst. Though kudos to UR's inclusion on the list. My >>> top 20 to follow. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:11 PM, kent williams<chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/20-tracks-every-techno-fan-should-know/ >>>> >>>> Let the beatport hating begin ;-) >>>> >>>> Any list like this is subjective, of course. But while Detroit is >>>> represented on this list, it sure tilts towards the european idea of >>>> what comprises techno. Not to put too fine a point on it, it's a lot >>>> whiter that I'd go, and includes some tracks that I think are >>>> reductive and boring. *cough* Swedish *cough* >>>> >>>> I'm sure a lot of you can come up with your own '20 _real_ techno tracks' >>>> list. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> peace, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >>> >> >
