Oh please let's not argue this over again. Just because Juan heard "Numbers" after he started making tracks means nothing. "Numbers" was on "Computer World", which was released in 1982. "Computer World" was KW's 7th LP. "Autobahn" had been a hit in the US in 1974. It isn't likely that Juan Atkins was unaware of KW before he made tracks. As to how that awareness influenced him, who knows? KW are a blindingly OBVIOUS purcursor to techno, and one that was, if not ubiquitous on Detroit radio, was certainly hard to avoid completely.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:37 PM, theREALmxyzptlk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank Glazer wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Thor Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> To play devil's advocate, that doesn't prove that if Kraftwerk had >>> never existed, Detroit techno would not have existed. >> >> That was exactly my point. If you ask me, it proves that Detroit >> techno would have existed even if Kraftwerk had not existed, because >> Juan said he was already doing techno before hearing kraftwerk! > > > > ...and Juan and Juan had obviously been hearing things which were influenced > by Kraftwerk, whether he knew it or not, so...? >
