I remember when I first came across that Flash "guide to electronic music" that was put together by a bloke called Ashok or something, which attempted to sum up Detroit techno with an audio snippet of Hood's "Pole Position" and a spiel about how Detroit techno is supposed to make you feel quite disoriented and lost. Of course, that *totally* missed the point, and I remember he was getting so many emails from people on 313 that he even put up a little notice saying "if you're on the 313 list, don't email me OK!?"...
However, I do think that Hood and Mills count as Detroit techno (obviously!) even though they're not what might be called "mainstream" Detroit techno. One of the things I most like about Detroit techno in general is the fact that it's quite difficult to pigeonhole - you go to a Detroit techno party, and you're going to hear a very wide range of music as the night progresses. Most other styles of dance music can't really boast that degree of internal variation, I don't think. Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Chester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 September 2004 11:30 > To: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (313) Detroit Techno > > For my part though, the mention of 'Detroit Techno' always > makes me think of > the richer, funkier and melodic side of things - tracks like > Amazon and > Final Frontier are the first in my thoughts. The likes of > Mills and Hood > wouldn't spring to mind at all, although I do love their > earlier material > and they are obviously just as much a part of Detroit's history...
