if you can't hear any soul in matthew dear, you need to seriously check what it is you like about music.
now- if you really only care about prototypical Detroit techno, then you might as well just listen to jam bands, because you my friend are a Dinosaur. On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, J. T. wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > >-----Urspr?ngliche 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 > >
