At 17:58 6/12/00 -0800, you wrote: >The Detoit's appoach to techno is one of improvization and "soul" (such as >with Jazz), whereas, the more european sounds, or to be specific, the sounds >in which richie hawtin is king at, is more super-structured and bound to >presition and subtlety. Look at how Detroit techno lovers are in love with >tricks and such, very similar to say a drum solo on a jazz band. > >Its not a similar sound, rather it is a simliar approach between detroit >techno and jazz...
i am sorry but itotally disagree with you. in everything i have ever heard / read about d techno i do not see any relationship between d techno and improvised music or jazz. there are relationships with other kinds of music (disco, electro, european stuff like kraftwerk, telex (charivari etc) but not jazz or blues. regardless of what you may be able to rationalise with words i think you are trying to impose your personal agenda where it doesn;t exist. >Repetitious techno follows the same thing. It doesn't tell you what to >feel, or even what the artist was feeling, (aside from basics, such as >intensity or calmness - like either a yellow canvas, or a blue canvas), you, >the listener, is the one that adds the defining emotion, one person >listening may cry, while his freind laughs. Listen to trance, or some more >complex detroit techno, and you feel exactly what the artist intended you to >feel... well i always though basic channel were sorta the mark rothko of techno :^) in the almost total absense of any kind of recogniseable form or content but this doesn't seem to be a function of the repetitive nature of the music, still think it's more to do with what they actually chose to include in their music, it still has a feel and communicates something that the artist *indended* even if it is comparatively stark, minimal, featureless etc etc. i'd say the general way that people hear bc is similar and i would be very surprised if everyone else hears them as pumpin hands in tha air ibiza anthems :^) typing sucks. p-d
