Anyone got kikrokos dj jungle..... Strange disco wierdness then out of the blue comes a couple of minutes of pure techno bliss...
I think k alexi sampled it in risque madness... From around 1977 I think > First techno record? > > "Kristallo" by Kraftwerk. I'm not sure what LP it is on, but it dates from > 1971-73. Whilst not produced strictly as a "techno" release, it has all the > proper qualities required. Staying on a teutonic tip, Can's "Chain > Reaction", released in 1974 on "Soon over Babaluma" is more tribal than > anything I've ever heard. Surely "Man Machine" and "Spacelab" on "Die Mensch > Maschine" in 1978 are pure techno as well.... > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lester Kenyatta Spence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:25 AM > Subject: Re: (313) first techno record > > >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Jason wrote: >> >>> Most certainly Sharivari is the first techno record from detroit. It >>> preceded Alleys of your Mind by Cybotron by at least six months in > release. >>> >>> Some techno heads would argue that kraftwerk was the first to produce >>> techno, but from detroit it is A Number of Names with Sharivari. >> >> this appears to be based on the first definition. i guess it really >> depends on how deep you want to go theoretically. there's a problem of >> prolepsis--projecting the future onto the past. in this case, we don't >> have any substantial proof that the creators of shari vari either sought >> out to create a new genre, or knew that they DID create a new genre, much >> less come up with the name that we're placing on it (techno) in hindsight. >> it's more like we're taking shari vari or alleys of your mind and saying >> that it is techno because: >> >> 1. it comes from detroit >> 2. it sounds like later stuff that we call techno >> 3. some of the later stuff comes from the same artists >> >> if we want to just kick it around like this, then i really don't see why >> we'd just focus on detroit. there's no inherent reason for it if we're >> not going to some seminal text (verbal or written) that LITERALLY maps the >> term "techno" onto the music. >> >> on "techno" as a term originating in the seventies: >> >> this is an excellent point. i guess the question i'd have is, when did >> the term "stick?" Are there people walking around referring to techno that >> have the seventies stuff in their heads rather than either the detroit >> stuff or the european stuff that comes out in the nineties? >> >> >> peace >> lks >> >
