I totally see your point. (laughs to himself) It's like the day I met Kenny Larkin (spring/summer 97). I was making what would be considered "Minimal Techno" up until I had picked up the latest issue of Keyboard or Electronic Musician (can't remember which) and saw the Chemical Brothers being heralded as "Techno". Obviously I was mistaken with my own direction and scrapped my music and started making Chemical Bro's type of stuff...
Until Larkin walked into my shop. He tried to "persuade" me to sell him an 02/R for dirt cheap, while we talked it over, he asked what kind of music I'm into. I replied "hip hop and Techno". He asked me who I liked... I responded "The Chemical Brothers..." and he cut me off. Dude went into this whole speech on "What Techno really is" threw names like Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson out (oddly, I remembered Kevin's name from Inner City, but I always considered him House), and pretty much cursed the Chem's existance. "See...That's what I'm talking about... Everyone thinks these guys [the Chems] are what Techno's all about...". I never realized that what I was making prior to being exposed to "Block Rockin Beats" was really Techno. Too bad I had erased my DA88 tape with my old material on it. Larkin might have liked it. Benn Glazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/24/2001 06:16:42 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org cc: Subject: Re: [313] fat boy slim Whilst I hold these airtists (sic) in disdain, we care - as these artists are what the general public perceive to be the be all and end all of techno. If they were considered purely as pop-mongers then it wouldn't be so bad. I got interviewed for some mainstream press the other day about my style of djing, and was asked if my style was like chemical brothers breakbeats (in regard to electro). On the one hand, I took offence, however on the flip, it's the other half of the vicious circle. Without them, our music wouldn't have as greater media presence, however we have to educate those who don't know/understand, as to what is the real sound of techno/electro - so that we can stop being compared to these arrogant chumps. Benn Glazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.royaltech.net p: 0413 316 618 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
