"It's on THE apple music" We have become our parents.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:26 PM Denise Dalphond <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh my bad, February. > https://thevinylfactory.com/news/haai-ep-systems-up-windows-down-mute-vinyl/ > > It's on the apple music, however, and every song is good. > > Raves were a time where you could listen to techno and house music in a > giant space with the awesomest sound, and sit in a massage circle, with > Power Rangers, and lasers. I mean, that's if you were on ecstasy. I did > ecstasy one time, and nothing happened, and I never wanted to spend the the > $25+ again. But it was also a wonderful place where you could do acid. Sure > bad things happen at raves, but bad things happen everywhere. That's why > there's self-defense classes and mace 4 yr keychain and martial arts, etc. > I learned about the best number one music at raves. > > > Denise > > > *Denise Dalphond, Ph.D.* > *ethnomusicologist* > *schoolcraftwax.work <http://schoolcraftwax.work>* > > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 7:18 PM John Sokolowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So what is the name of this HAAi record? Looked for it but didn’t see any >> release from November. >> >> On Dec 25, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Denise Dalphond <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Talk about whatever you want, David Powers. Your email reads like you're >> the police. Of techno. Weird. It seems kind of entitled. Please talk about >> whatever you want, but definitely drop the expectation that people have to >> obey your opinions. >> >> I love techno so much. There's so many ways to do it. >> >> >> >> *Denise Dalphond, Ph.D.* >> *ethnomusicologist* >> *schoolcraftwax.work <http://schoolcraftwax.work>* >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 5:13 AM David A. Powers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> First off, I didn't come up with the idea that techno has something to >>> do with the future, Juan Atkins and then UR came up with these ideas, which >>> means they have ALWAYS been part of techno. According to the UR manifesto >>> "Techno >>> is a music based in experimentation; it is music for the future of the >>> human race." -- Underground Resistance did. See >>> http://www.undergroundresistance.com/ >>> >>> Underground Resistance is a label for a movement. A movement that wants >>>> change by sonic revolution. We urge you to join the resistance and *help >>>> us combat the mediocre audio and visual programming that is being fed to >>>> the inhabitants of Earth, this programming is stagnating the minds of the >>>> people*; building a wall between races and preventing world peace. It >>>> is this wall we are going to smash. By using the untapped energy potential >>>> of sound we are going to destroy this wall much the same as certain >>>> frequencies shatter glass. *Techno is a music based in >>>> experimentation; it is music for the future of the human race.* >>>> Without this music there will be no peace, no love, no vision. By simply >>>> communicating through sound, techno has brought people of all different >>>> nationalities together under one roof to enjoy themselves. Isn‘t it obvious >>>> that music and dance are the keys to the universe? So called primitive >>>> animals and tribal humans have known this for thousands of years! We urge >>>> all brothers and sisters of the underground to create and transmit their >>>> tones and frequencies no matter how so called primitive their equipment may >>>> be. Transmit these tones and wreak havoc on the programmers!” >>> >>> >>> Second, raves were often not great--drug overdoses, sexual assault, >>> cops beating the shit out of people, promoters narking on each other >>> shutting down each others' parties, promoters throwing parties mostly to >>> sell drugs. I'm not discounting the positive aspects to say that the rave >>> scene had a terrible dark side, which is part of why they were able to shut >>> it down as the US morphed into a full police state following 9/11. (Btw, >>> keep in mind that Joe Biden was a big supporter of using crackhouse laws to >>> shut down raves.) >>> >>> Third, I understand dance music and having fun. I just DJed for six >>> hours at a work xmas party. I know how to make people dance. >>> >>> But this is NOT a "RAVE DANCE MUSIC" list, it's a DETROIT TECHNO list, >>> and one of the things that sets Detroit techno apart is that it includes >>> ambient music and other sounds that are not meant for dancing, a typical >>> example is Robert Hood "The Exodus". Somehow the idea of "Detroit >>> techno" as something different and special seems to be lost. Maybe you >>> don't like my idea of Detroit Techno--I challenge you to come up with your >>> own vision! >>> >>> Nobody is preventing anyone from enjoying nostalgic house, but I'd like >>> to talk about MUSIC BASED IN EXPERIMENTATION, music that could help us >>> create a better FUTURE OF THE HUMAN RACE. >>> >>> The human race might go extinct. If techno could help create the hope >>> and vision to work for a better world, than that would be better than >>> dancing until the world ends. Does everyone just believe shit is so >>> hopeless that there is no choice but to get as fucked up as possibility and >>> blast that rave music as the planet slowly poisons itself and commits >>> suicide. >>> >>> Why has everyone given up on the possibility that art--including >>> "Detroit techno"--could help inspire us to create a better world? Were the >>> innovators who created techno WRONG?! >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvKUWb5H5BI >>> >>> ~David >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:54 AM Kevin Kennedy <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 < >>>>>> [email protected]> 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 >>>> >>>
