To play devil's advocate, that doesn't prove that if Kraftwerk had never existed, Detroit techno would not have existed.
I am not interested in the debate a great deal, as the fantasy scenario "What if xyz...?" debates don't seem productive IMO. I find it moot. They did, and the belleville trio heard them, and the rest is history. But, just saying. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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." >
