FBK, I love and respect you 4ever. But I just gotta say, they’ve always been havin techno in the clubs. In the eighties & nineties, in US cities, and cities on other continents. In the clubs. It’s just rave culture is awesomer cause more people could gather round.
Denise <3 On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 2:54 AM Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> wrote: > Denise: First of all, thanks for sharing work you think is > noteworthy...going to have to give it a listen when I can. > > David: Last I checked, we're still in virtually the same spot that we > were in the dawn of techno...as the saying goes "the names and faces have > changed, but the game is still the same." However, one of the fine things > missing from many human beings doing the writing, listening and performing > of this music that somehow unifies us all on a giant Venn Diagram > is...ENJOYMENT. > > As much as I wish to give the entire group of under-30 somethings a > 'history lesson' and shake my fist about how things used to be (a la "they > didn't even let us play in nightclubs!!! We had to play in warehouses and > inhale asbestos!!! AND WE LIKED IT!!!"), the prevailing winds dictate that > this revolutionary music that we were on the ground floor for now has a > history. We're part of that, and as Shake Shakir put it bluntly: "Those > who know, know. Those who don't, don't care." > > With all the problems in the world today, some people are just looking for > an escape, and a way to remind themselves of times where they had FUN > (anyone remember FUN? I do...vaguely). Honestly-I wish I could escape from > this crazy place... > > It troubles me to think that many of us have truly lost sight of the > enjoyment and the freedom that comes from dancing. Of course, politics has > its place in everything...strip it away for moments at a time and learn to > enjoy right now. > > We ARE the future we planned. We didn't plan as well as we should have. > > Happy holidays to everyone, > > FBK > > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 2:08 AM DJ Shiva <djsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I surely love anyone who wants to dictate what techno should or shouldn't >> be. I guess we all forgot our dour faces and dire music poses. **fart >> noise** >> >> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 12:28 AM David A. Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Techno should aim for a utopian future not wallow in nostalgia for a >>> moment in time characterized by late capitalist exploitation and extreme >>> global inequality. >>> >>> ~d >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:20 AM Denise Dalphond < >>> denisedalph...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Has anyone else been listening to HAAi? Her latest ep from November is >>>> amazingness. Every song. I would dance to it. It makes me feel like I’m at >>>> a rave in the late nineties in Chicago or New York. >>>> >>>> Denise Dalphond >>>> -- >>>> Denise Dalphond, Ph. D. >>>> ethnomusicologist >>>> schoolcraftwax.work >>>> >>> > > -- > FBK > > Absoloop/Orange 82 > -- Denise Dalphond, Ph. D. ethnomusicologist schoolcraftwax.work
