Matthew Dear writes great music, not at all like average DJ tool stuff either. If you have a dislike for some aspect of his music, go ahead and say so, but let's not use this "soul" copout. He is popular because lot's of people like his music, and I think it has PLENTY of connection to the classic Detroit techno (along with other things)... Matthew Dear just happens to absorb the 313 influence into the whole, rather than copying the classic sound verbatim.
In my opinion Matthew Dear is a person helping keep Detroit area on the map. Ghostly International and Spectral rock in general, also! I rock them out every time I spin now pretty much. ~David -----Original Message----- From: J. T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno not only is there no real new generation of black techno, but i mean matthew dear...who cares if he's popular, does it really have any soul or connection to the character of classic detroit techno? not that i can hear...just happens to be from detroit..and i mean look at what ends up under the "techno" listing on new release lists etc...first, there's not much, 2nd what there is is 80--90% lifeless dj tool crap... >I guess you're right. I can understand their disappointment. > > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Greg Earle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Februar 2004 13:09 >An: 313@hyperreal.org >Betreff: Re: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno > >I'm going to risk a major firestorm by venturing that when Derrick said > > > "... because I think this may be the last chance that we may be able > > to do > > it through Techno music. I don't know if there's going to be a next > > generation of young musicians coming through to follow up in our > > footsteps." > >he really meant "I don't know if there's going to be a next generation >of >young BLACK Detroit musicians coming through to follow up in our >footsteps." > >I've had discussions on several disparate occasions with Black Detroit >artists (Rob Hood, Kenny Larkin, Bone, etc.) and they all bemoaned to me >the fact that there seemed to be no young Black cats coming up through >the ranks - that all the young brothers were just interested in Hip-Hop >now, >and didn't care about Techno. They all understood why things were the >way they were, but it made them sad nevertheless. > >Obviously I don't live in Detroit so I don't know all the current >players >on the scene, but off the top of my head I couldn't think of anyone >younger than, say, Sean Deason (chime in Sean!) or Kenny Dixon Jr. (or >our own Jwan, if we stretch Detroit over to Pittsburgh :-) ). > >(One thing that triggered my thinking of this line of reasoning was >listening > to Kenny's old Dark Comedy track "Without A Sound (Silent Mix)" from >"Corbomite > Maneuver". [EMAIL PROTECTED] what a sublime track. It's going on my > Wedding >music list.) > > - Greg > _________________________________________________________________ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1
