On 18 May 2006 14:14:40 -0000, disrupt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe a new line of thought on this: for sure Detroit music influenced many people around the globe, many ripped it off, some took it and went forward (like the Dutch crew, Berlin, etc.), the whole plus and minus of it revealed itself over the last years. BUT: didn't Detroit music got influenced by other music as well over the time? Sucking those influences in, processing and using them in it's unique way? For sure it didn't 100% generate from Zero and from itself only. It's not a closed-in microcosm, completely sealed off from the world. So: shouldn't this fact be reflected in the DEMF lineup somehow? Detroit certainly gave a lot but I think it also 'took', works both channels. What can be discussed, of course, are the porportions of this give/take share and how it ultimately is weighed in the lineup.
absolutely, i think that is a good idea as well. i think having people like parliament and alexander robotnick and a number of names and danny krivit etc that theyve had at the festival in the past definitely spoke to that kind of appreciation. obviously there's a whole lot more of that kind of thing that could be added, from minimal compositions to more funk and electro-funk and disco and old school chicago house and italo and all that kind of stuff. but again, this kind of thing involves a concept that is not what we're seeing with this lineup. if the fest celebrated the detroit music, the stuff the detroit music has influenced and is influencing, and the stuff that influenced detroit music, that would be ideal. and i feel like that has been the general idea in the festivals in the past, even if their scope wasnt quite perfect. tom
