So, if we follow this line of reasoning, then you also end up with thinking like this: "I can't think of any good reason for an American record label to name itself after an evil political alliance associated with world war and the Holocaust. Why? This is glorifying the Nazis and fascism, plain and simple." (Axis Records / Jeff Mills)
The idea that one's alias needs to have some kind of 1-to-1 connection is ANTITHETICAL to the whole premise of the kind of experimentation with identity that Detroit techno artists associated with the UR camp pioneered. This argument brings to mind a certain difference in approach between Detroit techno, versus Chicago house. Many techno records have been released with the explicit purpose of hiding the creator's identity. Therefore, implicitly, techno implies that one should judge the record on its own basis, with no knowledge of who actually created it. Thus, affirming identities is simply not a part of the techno aesthetic. If you want that, there's plenty of disco and house out there for you. But techno is about creating mythical and fantastic identities and exploring alternate realities, artificial worlds, cyborgs, outer space, inner space, utopian/dystopian technology, the way humans and machines interact, and impossible hybrids (and "Fatima Yamaha" sounds very much like a machine-human hybrid). ~David On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:13 AM Arturo Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > An interesting topic. > > I can't think of any good reason for a European male to otherise > themselves and present as a minority woman. Why? This is exoticizing the > other, plain and simple. > > There is already a dearth of actual women and minorities in the music > game, the last thing we need is dudes pretending to be them. I'm sure he's > a super nice guy, but it's beside the point. > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Eamonn Doyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> > On 17 Sep 2016, at 16:55, Arturo Lopez <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > It's my understanding this is a Dutch male recording as a woman?, >> bringing in orientalist nonsense and 'exotic' flavorings for no reason. >> >> >> >> >> How do you know it was for no reason ? >> >> He’s not a wanker actually. >> >> FYI - 'What’s a girl to do' was originally released by us on D1 >> Recordings in 2004. >> >> Eamonn / D1 >> >> >> >> >
