I guess that in fusing vocal soul with techno in Inner City he was explicitly displaying a connection back through time to Motown. Probably more than Juan or Derrick's work, Inner City showed the wider world that machine music could be infused with genuine soul. I'd say he was the guy out of the Belleville Three who had the most aptitude for evangelising techno and upping its profile among listeners entirely cut off from the Detroit/electronic music ghettos.
| -----Original Message----- | From: Placid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:33 PM | To: Tom Robbins/Magic Feet; 313 mailing list | Subject: Re: [313] Kevin Saunderson | | | Bringing quality vocals into a scene that wash heavily into acid | house and | doing so in a way that fitted in perfectly with the feeling and | the emotions | that were flying around back in 1988 | | | > I'm writing a feature about him soon, so I thought I'd pick the lists's | > collective brains. Anyone want to venture some thoughts on what his most | > important contributions to music have been? | > | > By the way, plenty of people have requested copies of the press | list. I've | > got all the names saved and should be able to mail it out early | next week. | > | > TOM | > | > | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- | > 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] | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
