what up
"existence of echelon" is the bomb
I look at it as extension of great music home grown here in state
with influence of blue and jazz
you just cant beat the "mood" that they creat "detroit techno"
I also like fanon flower stuff as well
I think how you define techno can be everybody owned opinion
I think all moodyman's music are techno, created by technology
filled with soul
peace out
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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:04:10 EST
In a message dated 3/9/00 2:12:04 PM, Minimaltek writes:
<< Alan, your opinions are your opinions if you just want to throw stuff on
the list and insult people for asking you to go further with your ideas and
clarify, be my guest---but interaction and conversation seems like a better
platform. Unless you can't back your statements up... >>
First of all, I tried to take this private but you dragged me onto the
list.
Unlike you, I understand points when people make them. Yes there are great
releases from Detroit labels, unfortunately most of the artists with the
hits
themselves aren't from Detroit and the Detroit artists are not making
dancefloor techno. Wild Planet and Aril are from Stockholm (this year's
techno capital), Rich is Canadian (who just at the end of 1999 went back to
dancefloor material), Shake made one bad-ass hard techno record like two
years ago (the NSC one that I did the artwork for), Planet E doesn't make
techno anymore, the Detroit Grand Pubahs are on the cover of the Metro
Times
this week and Aux 88 won *two* Metro Times Music Awards last year. Not to
mention last year's big hype on ghettotech in Mixer, Details, Rolling
Stone,
etc. IT's "From Beyond" was one of the 90s' best discs according to Spin.
So
was "Innovator", but I don't have to point out that those tracks are all
10+
years old. I haven't heard the new DBX stuff on Elevate, but he seems to be
moving in a more abstract direction as well.
According to Submerge, they are having big success with these instrumental
hip-hop EPs plus their prior success w/ "hi-tech funk" and booty. "Jaguar"
was out of the blue. Need I go on ? Detroit Techno as it was is over. Times
change. No sour grapes, just facts. It's no accident that hard techno guys
like Denham and Young have moved to Europe and Mills keeps a crib there.
Stewart Walker tells me he's spending most of this summer there because he
can barely get booked in the US. New talent like Punisher switch between
techno and d&b. But life goes on. Techno was voted best musical form of
1999
by a Raveline (GER) reader's poll, beating out all other styles of dance
music. And that as they say is that.
a.
PS. I did enjoy RNG's "Existence of Echelon" on 430 West last year.
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