Sorry, but as a media ho I collected all the big 'overview' stories on Electroclash last year in Seven and Musik and in Australia and all of those covered the history electro, and mentioned Juan, Cybotron and Drexciya. I was talking about general articles, not artist stories, which tend to be more artist-focussed. I have copies if you want to read them.
I think it's ridiculous to attack DJ Hell personallyl. He has done his thing for years and he ALWAYS gives it up to others. The only reason for these sudden attacks is that he has (horror!) flirted with the pop world. I am certain that if suddenly Juan had a top 100 hit, and he has the talent to write one, or if Ashanti suddenly covered Model 500's Rain, and why not, it's a cool song, then there would be people on this list and in the 'underground' that would jump up and down all mad. A lot of fans/followers want this music to remain underground, despite their protests otherwise, as it's the cool alternative to the pop stuff they apparently despise! I am not singling out anyone but there is a general 'techno purist type' known world over who articulates these contradictions! >>Most of the press stories on it have contextualised >>electroclash so that people are reading about Drexciya, Model 500 and >>Cybotron, > > Sorry, but those are very few and far between. And *if* they are mentioned > at all (I've never seen Drexciya or Model 500 mentioned, only Cybotron > once, most of the time only Kraftwerk and/or Bambaataa get a nod), it's > maybe as a quote from one of the artists that doesn't get followed up. You > can count the journalists that wrote about electroca$h that are really > knowledgable on one hand unfortunately. > >>etc, whereas they have been written out of the narratives on >>electronica/trance/progressive, etc, and electroclash has an international >>scope of influence and reference (Germany - Kraftwerk to DJ Hell), US >>(Detroit, NY), UK (New Romantic groups) > > Not to mention Italian disco, German wave music and the whole The Hague > scene. Pretty soon the UK and US influences will be sanitized away as well > and we'll all be kneeling at the altar of Hell. > > Otto > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
