On 22 Sep 2004, at 09:57, Brendan Nelson wrote:
For the sake of being mildly controversial, it could be argued that Dusseldorf is city #1 (Kraftwerk) while Detroit is city #2 (Atkins, May, Saunderson & co)...
Interesting thought, and while it's part of the "root" cause it's a bit revisionist don't you think?
In the context of techno music, though, rather than electronic music in a broader sense, I'd definitely plump for Berlin over any city in the UK. However I'd also consider LA, which had a "techno" scene at around the same time as Detroit's techno scene was emerging (Techno Kut records, etc; a more overtly Cybotron-influenced style with no house characteristics, but it called itself techno).
It's looking like Berlin, more and more... Martin
