quoted 8 lines From: Kent Williams (matt remix)> From: Kent Williams (matt remix)
> In jazz, and in blues, the black masters of the form regularly employ
> white musicians as side men. They judge the musician by what he does,
> not his skin color.
> One of thing I really like about dance culture (at least the microcosm
> of dance culture available to me in Iowa) is that it is a place where
> these things don't matter -- black, white, asian, straight, gay, mutant,
> even old crusties like me mix and party with no problem.
alot of music has it's roots in black culture be it jazz, blues,
techno or whatever. there is a history of black music being overrun
and diluted by the white population.
techno has its roots in europe-kraftwerk and experimental
electronics; electro and disco. house and disco is really a gay black
thing in rooy form. techno was invented? in detriot by black
musicians and has influenced a large mostly white population in
europe and now back in north america.
alot of the early detroit techno was characterised by a soul in the
cold electronics that is missing in the stomp of the jackbooted
european techno.
the advantage of techno is that mostly the records consist of little
information regarding the origin-so the race, creed, colour of the
producer is unknown (and irrelevent). the music should stand up by
itself. detroit doesn't receive the credit it is due and most techno
released today isn't worthy of the title if used in it's
detroitcentric terms. techno is a dirty word in alot of places and
its the stupid, soulless and mostly white population thats to blame.
find the UR album and read the inner sleeve-RIOT!
respect
matt