Denise: First of all, thanks for sharing work you think is
noteworthy...going to have to give it a listen when I can.
David: Last I checked, we're still in virtually the same spot that we were
in the dawn of techno...as the saying goes "the names and faces have
changed, but the game is still the same." However, one of the fine things
missing from many human beings doing the writing, listening and performing
of this music that somehow unifies us all on a giant Venn Diagram
is...ENJOYMENT.
As much as I wish to give the entire group of under-30 somethings a
'history lesson' and shake my fist about how things used to be (a la "they
didn't even let us play in nightclubs!!! We had to play in warehouses and
inhale asbestos!!! AND WE LIKED IT!!!"), the prevailing winds dictate that
this revolutionary music that we were on the ground floor for now has a
history. We're part of that, and as Shake Shakir put it bluntly: "Those
who know, know. Those who don't, don't care."
With all the problems in the world today, some people are just looking for
an escape, and a way to remind themselves of times where they had FUN
(anyone remember FUN? I do...vaguely). Honestly-I wish I could escape from
this crazy place...
It troubles me to think that many of us have truly lost sight of the
enjoyment and the freedom that comes from dancing. Of course, politics has
its place in everything...strip it away for moments at a time and learn to
enjoy right now.
We ARE the future we planned. We didn't plan as well as we should have.
Happy holidays to everyone,
FBK
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 2:08 AM DJ Shiva wrote:
> I surely love anyone who wants to dictate what techno should or shouldn't
> be. I guess we all forgot our dour faces and dire music poses. **fart
> noise**
>
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 12:28 AM David A. Powers wrote:
>
>> Techno should aim for a utopian future not wallow in nostalgia for a
>> moment in time characterized by late capitalist exploitation and extreme
>> global inequality.
>>
>> ~d
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 11:20 AM Denise Dalphond <
>> denisedalph...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone else been listening to HAAi? Her latest ep from November is
>>> amazingness. Every song. I would dance to it. It makes me feel like I’m at
>>> a rave in the late nineties in Chicago or New York.
>>>
>>> Denise Dalphond
>>> --
>>> Denise Dalphond, Ph. D.
>>> ethnomusicologist
>>> schoolcraftwax.work
>>>
>>
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FBK
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