yeah, spot on in my book. (and a point i already attempted to communicate to the author of that article.)
of course there's cross-pollination throughout the history, but there is a difference between the machine funk heritage and the disco heritage. --- Matt MacQueen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah fair... massive connections between house and > techno, and that is > the way i like it too! But just for the record on > a historical > timeline, the earliest detroit techno things like A > Number of Names and > Cybotron and early Model 500 took more from european > sounds than they > did chicago house, and pre-dated a lot of chicago > house actually. > "Clear" (1982 !) was not a debt nor offshoot of > chicago house. > Chicago house (then and even now) still holds disco > deep down in it's > heart, where when Juan started out there was moreso > a self-conscious > rejection of that that kind of ethos in his early > work. I know you > know this Kent, but just in the interest of the > public record :) > > semi related, came across this interesting bit of > writing about music > owing to Kraftwerk, Clear was on it... naturally > > http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/krautrock/mojo-kraftinfluences.html > > peace > > > On Jul 5, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Kent Williams wrote: > > > Techno post-dates Chicago House; Dan Sicko > mentions in "Techno Rebels" > > that Derrick May and others among the originators > made frequent trips > > to Chicago in the 80s to get records. Maybe > 'offshoot' doesn't do > > justice to the creativity of Detroit artists, but > it's not like > > there's no connection between house and techno. > > > > For that matter, there's a lot of Chicago house > tracks that sound > > pretty techno, and Detroit Techno records that > sound pretty housey. > > In fact if there's a dominant style among DJs in > Iowa it would be to > > make no distinction between Chicago and Detroit > records. I hear house > > DJs play techno and vice versa every time I go > out. > > > > > > On 7/5/05, dave cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> jeez. where did they find that guy? that's like > the > >> worst music journalism i've ever read. > >> > >> the article is pretty much pointless, and > basically > >> only good to point out how misinformed the author > is > >> (techno ranges in bpm from 120-125 bpm? techno is > an > >> offshoot of chicago house?) > >> > > > > > -- > MM > http://sonicsunset.com > >
