Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

I'm sorry, but I have zero belief that you can bring about any change from within the confines of capitalism, because capitalism is a system that concentrates power mostly in the hands of a few extremely rich capitalists, while the majority of the population has no power, and ordinary people are fo

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

David, Actually electronic music industry trade organizations like AFEM are tackling issues like diversity and inclusivity from the inside, but from my experience issues like this are a tough slog to get festival organizers, promoters, a

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

Those are good points, I don't really have much perspective on what the broader American scene is, having lived in Kalamazoo/Detroit/Chicago over the years, the majority of events that I have attended do feature a lot of black DJ's, and the three headliners I personally booked as a promoter were Om

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

Definitely need promoters putting more Black as well as female and LBGT artists on bills. Can't remember the name of the most recent European festival cited, but some artists who perform at other festivals had a thread on Facebook about certain European festivals booking the same lineup--and the ma

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

The thing about solving problems is that you do what you can do. Projects like House of Altr do what they can: showcase and promote black artists. Techno - and the wider world of dance music - originates in the music of Black americans. What black audiences listen to is a separate matter. They m

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

You are correct of course, I noticed it just after I posted my first reply. Still, the idea that you can fix the problem of diversity on the producer/performer side, without increasing the diversity of the audience itself, seems super sketchy to me. It's not just the WaPo article, I noticed that Ke

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

Ok, I AM AN IDIOT! In case you needed confirmation... ;-) I thought "MoMa Ready" was a Museum of Modern Art event I guess it's a weird artist name... Nevertheless, my bigger point stands: we need to increase the audience of ordinary working people who like techno, that will organically improve

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

MOMA Ready is an artist alias, and has nothing to do with the Museum of Modern Art. >> If the audience for techno became more diverse, I think it's reasonable to assume that it would >> organically increase the diversity of DJ's and producers who decide to participate >> in making this type of mus

Re: WaPo article about blackness & techno

First of all, I'm sure the artists on here are making cool music. Will listen later. But, this article and all similar articles are so out of touch and elitist it's ridiculous. Let me lay it out very simply 1. Very few black communities in the US have embraced techno, it is not commonly perceived