yup i think it this sort of misinformative, sensationist reporting which makes real 'techno' 1) a joke to prospective listeners 2) a music for the 'yoof' - i think a lot of techno listerers are (well) into thier 30's (errm) 3) techno=drugs=X=Y=scapegoat for a socail 'issue' i could go on but dont want to get into a rant....
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Osselaer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: [313] mayday festival > > Another extract that made my frown: > > "Last year, Sony Records Germany made the mistake of trying to get round > this by releasing a note-for-note cover version of the UR track Jaguar by DJ > Rolando. Banks heard about it, caught the first plane to Germany, armed > himself, sought out the man proposing the release and told him that he would > kill him and everyone else involved if the version went ahead. Mills, who > did a remix of Jaguar, is not talking to the press." > > Plane to Germany, armed himself, kill the man and everyone else > involved????? > > Ermmm, who has this guy been talking to? I still have to read the article > thoroughly, but I've found so much bullshit for now that I'm taking a break > from it. > > John > > Yet another one: "We have come from Antwerp to be here, and we can't stop > now," a very young man with a flat-top haircut tells me. "Also, I have just > taken another pill." > > Grrr, ashamed to be Belgian! > > > > > > > > > >From: "Mann, Ravinder [CCS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: '313' <313@hyperreal.org> > >Subject: [313] mayday festival > >Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:51:01 +0100 > > > > > > "WORLD LARGEST TECHNO FESTIVAL" - really!?!? > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,3605,482416,00.html > > > > Article from today The Guardian...I think they need to replace the word > > techno with trance a number of times. > > > > "But looking at this crowd, Underground Resistance's manifesto > > seems a world away. The Detroit pioneers wished to create a > > faceless music where the machine, not the person, was the > > star. At 3am the crowd greeted Sven Vath with a roar. " > > > > I think the above quote for me was all that was needed to be said, the > >rest? > > pure jibberish and misinformation imho. Any thoughts.. > > > > Am I getting just too cynical in my old age? > > > > Rav > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
