Anyone who missed this, I'd love for you to read it! Well said!
k >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:00 AM >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: (313) techno / pop > > > >>for techno to reach a wider audience in the US and beyond we need >to see it >>as part of a wider music culture, not isolate it entirely. > >i am sure that a lot of ppl on this list as well as a lot of producers and >DJs already do and are aware of many different kinds of music. the recent >FK set list illustrates this well. as a generalisation, i would say that >the characteristics of (detroit) techno attract a more open minded & >sophisticated audience than other kinds of e dance music, that are often >more about drugs, partying or fashion. > >> Why must techno reach a wider audience? >>why does it need to stay 'reserved for the cool people'??? > >it doesn't 'need' to stay reserved for cool people - it just does and >probably always will. real techno is art and is above the heads of most >people, whether they're into dance music or not. i have played carl craig, >kraftwerk & moodymann to an ex-raver friend who's now into something called >hardhouse and nu skool breaks (did i spell that right? ) and he just >doesn't get it at all. musically, it's just too sophisticated and complex >to someone who's conception of 'music' is the stuff between the >kick drums. > >forget it, it ain't gonna happen. enjoy it the way it is. > >p > >
