"Techno is strangling itself with its own provincial rulebook," said Mr. Miller of Adult. "People have finally grown tired of this. Electro has no real sense of rules, and thus there is a lot of excitement, innovation and creativity."
Sure - that's why all the new "electro" acts sound like either Fischerspooner or Miss Kitten and the Hacker. As Rik once said on the Young Ones - "We're all so decadent!" MEK Hugo Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "313 (E-mail)" <313@hyperreal.org> tles.co.nz> cc: Subject: [313] Re: Back to the Future and the Electro "revival" 05/05/02 07:54 PM This article in the New York Times makes some interesting points about fashion and music, electro versus techno, and about retro-futurism: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/arts/music/05REYN.html?pagewanted=all Here's a quote to fire things up: "Techno is strangling itself with its own provincial rulebook," said Mr. Miller of Adult. "People have finally grown tired of this. Electro has no real sense of rules, and thus there is a lot of excitement, innovation and creativity." Hugo --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]