I was thinking. The origins of techno are pretty well documented right? and we see, from what we read & hear, where some of the sounds/ideas/structures come from.
e.g. 'No UFO's', or 'Sharevari', or 'Clear' all had electronic music come out before them, from which you can deduce that certain ideas or whatever were taken from. (P-Funk/Kraftwerk/Italo/Chicago/Disco) But, I was thinking - what came before Italo Disco? where on earth did some of those producers get some of their ideas from? It was early days, synths and drum boxes were just coming on to the market, and were barely affordable, but the prices were coming down. Anyone know anything about this? I picked up a copy of that Vangelis Bladerunner thing on the car boot sale yesterday, and its fairly clear that the Italo 'Hypnosis' versions were covers/dancefloor remakes of this. So, did the italo guys remake alot of stuff does anyone know? Did alot of their ideas come form electronic classical/experimental stuff? supposedly also Italy's 'cosmo' scene was pretty wild, someone said to me they were doing/playing loads of wild stuff before Mr Hardy picked it up. round about '79/'80/'81 onwards.... anyone know any more, or any info on the net anywhere? I'd be interested to know. ta! Alex _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
