Re: [313] Detroit techno isn't techno? "People always say that Detroit was the beginning of everything. I think that the early so-called Detroit techno is more house than techno. And when you're talking house it's clear where that got started. Not Detroit, but Chicago. I have many friends in Detroit and regularly DJ at the Motor Lounge."
---------------------------------------------- attn: all "detroit techno" haters 1.) insecurity leads to defensive behavior. on the offensive: 1.) if your friends dj at the motor lounge, they probably do play "house music". in detroit clubs techno is hardly performed, and even rarer are djs bangin it out. 2.) as far as who was first, i wasnt around in 1981/2, but i will think that there was no "techno" music before cybotron. 3.) as far as detroit is concerned, how many instances has the term "detroit techno" been heard or written? many thousands of times? obviously a large number of people acknowledge the idea that there is a "detroit techno" out there. yeah, it builds off all kinds of music (including "chicago house") (including stuff parents subject their kids to) (including church hymns) (etc.). ive never heard of a baptist minister upset that a guy is labeling his music as "detroit techno" without giving any credit to his church choir (baptist techno?), although god does get a lot of credit on detroit labels. "detroit techno" music is one of the means by which people locate themselves on earth-tony
