DS> How about the Emoticon folks, Delsin, Digital Soul? (to name but a few) DS> There are lots of artists and labels that are creating wonderful DS> evolutions of Detroit techno.
When I first joined 313 a couple years ago, most of the techno I'd heard and collected was on the well-established, well-known (in techno circles at least) labels like Tresor, Transmat, Planet E, UR, et cetera. I'd never heard of Fabrice Lig, or $tinkworx, or Arne Weinberg, or Splinterfaction. I hadn't heard anything like the shades of music those cats were making. It's like you're eating through a bag of M&Ms and suddenly you see a color you've never tasted before. I thought I had techno pegged, and it managed to surprise me. It may not always be Detroit-centric . . . hell, hopefully one day it won't even be Earth-centric . . . but I think that it will continue to exist as long as musicians continue to be influenced by developments in technology. ------------- Brian "balistic" Prince http://www.bprince.com - art and techno Strokes of Defiance EP . . . soon.
