I spose everyone has their different ideas... Looking back in time the origins are blurred. It doesn't really matter anyhow... What characterises the detroit sound?.. What does detroit techno actually sound like? I prefer music to be a stew of influences, which everyone interprets differently and creates new offshoots where their own ideas and mentality come into play... Techno probably doesn't necessarily have to be electronic... what is techno?... I assume it's possible to make techno without using electronic instuments(?). What is music anyway? Where do you draw the line between music and just sound and noise?
Nick (Dj Pacific:) --- Sean Deason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes Virginia, Detroit Techno is very funky! > reminds me of a conversation I had with a girl at a > bar couple weeks back. > she was trying to explain to me the difference > between "techno" and > "electronic music" i couldnt seem to get my head > around what she was saying > (to me techno *is* electronic music) since she > obviously knew more on the > subject than I ever would she was adamant that > "techno" meant > hard/harsh/fast and that "electronic" was more > pretty/musical/ambient > sounding. I finally conceeded to her superior > knowledge on the subject. > learn something new everyday. I've had numerous > conversations like this > where people explain to me what techno is or isnt > and explain to me why the > rest of the world is so much more clued in to the > whole "techno" thing than > Detroit is :^) guess we just havent caught on yet. > -sean > > -----Original Message----- > From: ab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 9:37 PM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: [313] Detroit techno isn't techno? > > > > Lay wrote: > > >In an interview I made with Derrick some time > ago, I asked him about > > >the influence of House in his music. Here's the > answer: > > > > > >«L: What influence has House Music had in your > music making? > > >DM: It had an influence. The club scene in > Chicago was extremely > > >powerfull when I was young and had a great > impression in my way of > > >thinking and the way I felt about the music. It > pushed me even deeper on > > >the soulfull side. That's why I think the > electronic music that I > > >was doing was realy... personal.» > > > > Derrick May, as the most prominant (and best?) > Detroit techno DJ, has > always > > rated Ron Hardy as probably the BEST club DJ ever. > > > > What goes around, comes around... > > > > ~Askew > > the first time i saw derrick may live i thought he > was playing 'house'. I > have no idea about techno or house but it sounded > like what i would call > house music. > > It was later explained to me that he was playing > techno - i never thought > techno was all funked up!! > > i still have no idea! > > ab > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
