just a quick short respons cause i'm in a hurry: not all "80s rehash" is formulaic, (a very little) part of it can also be seen as a long needed rise of the awareness of dance music history hehe
"the current obsession with all things frivilous" .. agree with you, but man look at the 70s disco sleeves, song themes etc times were at least as frivolous as today. 2 differences: no (r'n b) videos back then, they really did it too ciao > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fabrizio Nahum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jason Brunton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:36 PM > Subject: Re: (313) Timeline live in Rome + no future (was re: future) > > > > Hi Jason, > > thanks...im sorry i came in late on the thread, because it seemed like an > > interesting topic and i had some views to express :) > > i see what you mean about how the current times are not the best for being > > too intellectual - tkae for example the formulaic 80s rehash we are > > subjected to as well as the current obsession with all things frivilous. > > i jst wanted to add that i was talking about the "major players" in > detroit > > techno, not the whole movement per se... > > > > take care my friend > > fabrizio > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason Brunton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Fabrizio Nahum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:48 AM > > Subject: Re: (313) Timeline live in Rome + no future (was re: future) > > > > > > > Hey Fab, > > > > > > excellent post- good questions raised too. From discussions with some > > > Detroit based artists, it seems like times are TOUGH at the moment- > > > when things are hard all you can do is put your head down and work hard > > > at keeping your business alive and your people well fed- not too much > > > time to think about theorising concepts for the future etc. Perhaps in > > > the current political climate there is less desire to look into the > > > future either- its not a pretty sight at the moment- easier and more > > > comforting for many to look into the past instead? > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > >
