I have to agree with you. The forward thinking "innovation" that was present in techno/house at their beginnings has moved on - it doesn't exist in the music that is sticking to the original blueprint. What is sort of funny in all of this, for me, is now I'm listening and buying mostly 60s & 70s funk, jazz-funk, soul, etc. and I find more of that urgency and immediacy in music from 30+ years ago. Most techno from the last three or so years leaves me cold. There's a lot of "let's do another Basic Channel/Maurizo tune" going on...
MEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/07/2008 09:55:53 PM: > Most genre's do not last very long before becoming ec=xtinct. I mean disco > only lasted 10-15 years at best. House and techno have been around over > twenty years. whats left to say? > I can't remember the last time i dj'd and only played house and techno. > hasn't happend in 4-5 years maybe. > A > > > > On Sat, November 8, 2008 2:40 am, /0 wrote: > > techno is dead. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Denise Dalphond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:29 PM > > Subject: Re: (313) Waxpoetics vs In The Basement magazines > > > > > >> Ethnomusicology!! > >> > >> I think a full on, comprehensive article about major well known > >> Detroit artists and lots of the lesser known artists from the 1970s to > >> the present would be great to see - I know, crazy high expectations. > >> > >> Maybe that's why I'm writing my dissertation on this... > >> > >> Denise > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:49 PM, " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I totally have been wanting to see or write myself an article that > >>> isnt a summary of whats out there, thats got new interviews with key > >>> players of the early 313, and that almost looks at it from an > >>> ethnomusiclogical perspective as well as one that goes through > >>> records, records broken by mojo, radio shows, and the like.. > >>> The glaring omission of a realdeal article about 313 has much in my > >>> opinion to do with the fact that its still undercover...i mean, a 313 > >>> dj will get booked in nyc and i dont see any of the people from the > >>> other techno parties there. also, many of the people who read > >>> waxpoetics intently for the other kinds of articles, at least in nyc, > >>> partially think that those early 313 names play mostly ibiza stuff, > >>> imho, even if they have, you know, c2 remix x or dmay or cybotron > >>> record y. > >>> and the vast majority of those people havent seen any of the first > >>> wave 313ers kill it. maybe i'm off, but i dont think so. > >>> > >>> Alex > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Denise Dalphond > >> Ph.D. Candidate > >> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology > >> Indiana University > >> www.denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com > >> > > > > >
