Is this because no black artist would want to make that kind of music or is it because it is more lucrative to market white faces to a mostly white audience?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:18 PM To: Robert Taylor Cc: Phonopsia; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno Find me a black UK artists who produces the level of high-quality mainstream big-beat rock'n'rave music of Fat Boy or the Chems, then we can start considering racism as a factor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phonopsia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:42 PM > To: Robert Taylor; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:24 PM > Subject: RE: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno > > > > I did say 'tend' to. > > Anyway, you know I don't think as much of Amp Fiddler as you do, T! > > True. Don't know why I even bothered to make that point, other than that I'm > struggling to maintain my perception that the only kind of black music that > sells is of the thug/bling/begging* variety, and that it tends to be > compromised/diluted, as you say. Pop music seems to be spreading its wings, > as much as it's difficult for me to say that. I still think the music > industry is f*cked, and racist, but it's hard to maintain the (forgive me) > black and whiteness of my notions about it. > > *'begging music' is a term my friend Jason coined AFAIK, to identify the > overtly desperate baby-please-take-me-back R&B that dominated in the > mid-'90s, which I find particularly irritating - as though it were the only > sort of soul that could sell at the time. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ##################################################################################### > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated.. > This email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of > the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this > email in > error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank You. > ##################################################################################### > > ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. #####################################################################################
