Probably a common story, but from the everyday-punter perspective, Sheffield was certainly the most instrumental in introducing me to (detroit) techno.
While i was certainly familiar with both house and more 'ardcore stuff (courtesy of communique and DBN-- i was living in mpls at the time), it was really WARP's first artificial intelligence releases (Black Dog, Polygon Window, B12) that introduced me to the sound and got me and my friends digging for more, ultimately "discovering" folks like jeff mills and kenny larkin not much later... However, for a 2nd City of Techno, I think I have to nominate Berlin. Between Tresor, Hardwax and others, the work and support by Berliners of detroit artists (and others) has been instrumental in allowing these artists to pursue the sound. As far as London goes, I'm no expert, but I think "The New Dance Sound..." is maybe a bit overrated in it's influence on anyone but Brits (or maybe even just Londoners?). It's a good story, but I've never talked to anyone who got into detroit sounds because of it. (Though it probably did provide a bit of a cash infusion into some detroit studios.) --- Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 22 Sep 2004, at 08:41, Mann, Ravinder wrote: > > > > > I can't put it down to a city but I would say the > North of England. I > > recall > > that the take up for House/Techno was stonger in > > Leeds/Manchester/Sheffield. > > London was still doing its rare groove thang (and > moved more towards > > acid > > jazz) when the North started to move from Rare > Groove to House/Techno. > > I'd agree with this, it isn't London or Sheffield - > I'm thinking more > along Manchester/Birmingham/Berlin. London was way > behind Manchester, > Sheffield was before and Leeds I know nothing about > the early scene - I > don't ever remember traveling to a club there - it > was always > Stoke/Wigan/Manc/Sheff/Mansfield for me... > > I wasn't asking to start an argument, I really am > interested in peoples > views. > > > > > > > > (The club sets were a lot more open too, you would > hear all styles of > > music > > in one night - gets nostalgic) > > A lot of people forget this, I remember Inner City > being slammed in > PWEI at the Hac - people still went nuts. > > Martin > > > > > Rav > > > >
