| -----Original Message----- | From: Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:37 PM | | these parts. However, I feel that ghetto tek may be selling more in | Australia than previously because, as with hip-hop and electro and some | two-step, it fits into the 'nu skool breaks' scene here, which has | marginalised progressive. So the local breaks DJs are playing it.
There's a similar trend here with breaks DJs playing it. But a lot of breaks DJs I know say "I like the music but not the words", and so hesitate to commit to booty/ghetto tech all that much. Besides, no disrespect intended for breaks DJs, but I think people who come at the scene with prior knowledge of Chicago/Detroit music will have a better understanding of it, and by understanding the music in context do a better job of pitching it to ambivalent overseas crowds. Many breaks DJs don't seem to understand that context - for example, a lot of those people will turn their nose up at the 4/4 material on Dance Mania, or look at you strangely if you play Ectomorph or Cybotron in a booty set, but I feel they're missing the point of the whole thing. Neil Rushton (to use that analogy again) was from a Northern Soul background, and so when he first came across Transmat he already had quite a deep knowledge of Detroit's musical context and therefore understood it in context, enabling him to successfully open the UK up to that sort of sound. You might say that ghetto tech will only work overseas if the people promoting and playing it have a prior knowledge of Detroit and Chicago's musical scenes and are able to place the music in context for their listeners... Brendan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
