> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 April 2004 09:50 > > even techno isn't futuristic any more... > > so why? is it too scary to contemplate any more?
For a lot of people, definitely. Arguably, any form of truly "futuristic" music being made today would need to be fairly terrifying, while ever since the 1950s future-gazing has been characterised by optimism, by these ideas of a bright and shiny high-tech future. People like Kraftwerk first appeared with music that was