OT- yeah, probably. But, music certainly doesn't exist in a vacume. And much of the GErman techno scene, which has always existed in synergy with Detroit techno, has a lot to do with the country's history- from WWII to communism to the fall of the Berlin wall which ignited much of the actiuvity and still, to a small extent, influence what is happening there now.
Plus- factor in the media's perception of key artists (and they don't get more key than Kraftwerk) and suddenly the conversation seems more relevant than it initially appears. Some people would probably be more comfortable if this list stayed strictly within the confinds of a specific contingent of musicans who come from Detroit, but as long as the conversation stays informed and mature, I see no reason why it can't branch out to infinite topics. I don't just hear a stiring piece of music and assume its genesis to be strictly the result of individual genius or simplistic geographical influences. One of the biggest downfalls of techno has always been the implication that it doesn't "mean" anything because it lacks lyrics or a specific message, but I think we're doing the music we love a service by exploring it position as a facet of world history- no less than the British Invasion (which opens discussion of black American music morphed into European as well as the post-Kennedy cold war cultural climate that many would say made fertile ground for the music's "explosion") but now i'm really going off on a tangent- but i hope everyone gets my point. On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Kent williams wrote: > On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > private- why? > > > Off topic. I should never have brought it up in the first place. > > But yeah, all the Germans I've ever met were wonderful people. And if they > still feel some guilt about WWII, hey, at least they have some shame left. > America has its own genocide to atone for, and instead we name our sports > teams after the people we decimated! > >
