Okay, here's some controversy. In my (quite serious) opinion, THE most INFLUENTIAL and IMPORTANT Detroit techno artist is
... wait for it... MOODYMANN. I'm not joking, it may be considered house, but I think that the way Moodymann records are mixed and structured is quite forward thinking, and maybe the blueprint for things a lot of producers all over the world now are doing, but certainly were not doing when moodymann started doing his thing. Jeff Mills also has done some really forward thinking things with arrangements and mixing, but that aspect of his output hasn't really been that influential in comparison to Jeff's DJ style and his trackier side. The greatest Moodymann record of all time for me is actually recent by the way... "it's 2 late 4 u and me"!!! Discuss... ;-) ~David
