remember that argument we were all having recently about whether techno would have happened without kraftwerk? the comment that sparked it was "Juan and Kevin and Derrick might have had had some difficulty without the Germans" (this was in the context of who belongs on a techno mount rushmore alongside the belleville three)
well, i was just reading an article from the march 1999 issue of (now defunct) muzik magazine. it was an ongoing feature in which they'd have a techno personality come up with a list of favorite songs for a hypothetical mixtape. juan atkins was featured in this particular "do us a tape" and he said this: "track 9: kraftwerk - numbers - warner brothers: I froze in my tracks when I heard this. It was on the radio one night and I was like 'what is this?' **I was making music already, doing totally electronic recordings and the similarities freaked me out.** I used to go to the music store and just play around with the synthesiser. I think it had the same impact on music as the electric guitar did when that was introduced. You could do anything with it - your imagination was the limit." On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:53 PM, theREALmxyzptlk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > like i said, nobody can deny >> >> their influence, but i really believe that american disco, funk and >> electro and dare i say synthpop as a conglomeration was more important >> to the detroit techno sound than the individual effect of kraftwerk. > > > > Additionally, while the mentions of funk and disco are relevant, the > 'conglomeration of synth-pop' you cite above can be argued as having largely > evolved from kraftwerkian tendrils. > We might have had some form of YMO as a factor, but even they cite the well > known cyclists as formative - and besides, they still don't have the > recognition factor of Kraftwerk. > > jeff > -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
