Electronic music journalism has turned for the worse since Dan passed. He's sorely missed as an individual and a voice for our music and culture.
Peter On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 9:56 AM Andrew Duke <andrewdukecognit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Happy Birthday, Dan. "Daniel S. Sicko [26Sep1968-28Aug2011] was a music > journalist and scholar of techno music dedicated to legitimizing Detroit > techno and establishing its place in music history. He earned a B.S. from > the University of Detroit in 1990 and established a career in digital > advertising, ultimately serving as a Creative Director of the Detroit > office of the advertising firm Organic, Inc. Early in his career Sicko was > a freelance writer for *Rolling Stone*, electronic and underground music > periodicals such as *Alternative Press* and *URB*, and the digital > technology magazine *Wired*. He also founded *Reverb*, one of the first > periodicals exclusively devoted to digital music. Sicko is perhaps best > known for his book *Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk* (first > published in 1999 and reissued in 2010), which is widely considered to be a > groundbreaking text with regard to the history of Detroit techno music. > *Techno > Rebels* chronicles the genre's origins as an underground movement led by > Detroit's African-American high school students. Sicko also gave lectures > on the Detroit music scene and was a key figure in the establishment of the > 313 Mailing List (a 1990s mailing list critical for enthusiasts of Detroit > techno). Throughout his career Sicko engaged in extensive researches on the > Detroit music industry and on electronic music in general, for which he > conducted dozens of interviews with Detroit-based techno artists and > producers." > > Source: Kirn, Peter. "Loss of a Techno Rebel: Why Dan Sicko will be Sorely > Missed." *createdigitalmusic.com <http://createdigitalmusic.com>* , 29 > August 2011. >
