Saturday, May 04, 2002, 12:44:12 PM, a knob was tweaked and out came: sd> that reminds me of the question I wanted to ask Jeff Mills at the sd> Submerge/Metropolis showing (but unfortunately the Q&A period was dominated sd> by some clown with a big mouth and small brain): is Detroit Techno® still sd> music of and for the future or is it now considered "retro" to make Detroit sd> style techno? has the future envisoned by the original Detroit Techno® sd> generation passed us by? When people ask me what kind of music I'm making sd> these days I tell them "old Detroit style techno like Derrick May and Carl sd> Craig used to make." I think if the future has indeed passed us by, then sd> it's time we went Back to the Future. Anyone feel the same way or is it sd> just me?
Its interesting . . . even though younger genres like drum n' bass and glitch hop sound very futuristic from a production standpoint, I always mentally associate them with the present day. They seem largely a soundtrack for the late nineties design aesthetic. But techno . . . techno is 300 years from now. What old school Detroit has that most of its children don't is a core yearning for tomorrow. It overstates that futurism at times, it can be a bit gaudy in its roboticisms . . . but you always know that its about more than putting on your stylish clothes and rocking the scene. Its always got that long term scope . . . its always pushing towards the horizon. I see nothing wrong with lingering on that sentiment. "No UFOs" will be as futuristic in 2006 as it was in 1986. It sounds like the past, but it thinks about the future. ------------- Brian "balistic" Prince http://www.bprince.com - art and techno Strokes of Defiance EP . . . soon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
