I think the implication, Frank, is that Mike Banks is in a better position to judge the history of techno and it's origins than you are.
This seems like a pretty meaningless debate. Techno happened because of a lot of people and influences, at a particular time and place, and as it became a distinctive musical style, it went world wide within a very few years. You'd be just as correct to nominate Tadao Kikumoto for the Mount TechnoMore. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so? > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:14 PM, U&I Design > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Um... ok... Frank, have a sit down with Mike Banks... I can guarantee he'd >> have a totally different opinion on your comments... >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> That's wildly arguable. Certainly nobody can deny a Kraftwerkian >>> influence in early techno, but I really strongly believe techno would >>> have happened with or without them. There were entire too many other >>> things going on that affected the Belleville three. >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Arturo Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > The original two members of Kraftwerk, Florian Schneider-Esleben and >>> > Ralf Hütter split the last one. Juan and Kevin and Derrick might have >>> > had had some difficulty without the Germans. >>> > >>> > -Arturo >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> peace, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >> >> > > > > -- > peace, > > frank > > dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >
