if this is a joke, i didn't get it.
derrick may, juan atkins and others are the black musicians who
created techno in detroit during the early 80s. their revolutionary new
music received exactly no attention in the u.s outside of detroit, being
1) innovative and 2) primarily made by urban minorities.
fortunately, europeans embraced these musicians as they had
embraced other u.s. musicians whose genius went unrecognized in the past
(see eric dolphy, dexter gordon, etc.). techno wasmorphed by the euros
into the varying forms we see today.
so: techno--
1) born in detroit
2) raised in germany, u.k.
learn your history. by the way, elvis didn't start rock'n'roll either.
r|b|s
On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 ftodd@netcomuk.co.uk wrote:
o}sorry, never heard of Derrick May and Juan Atkins, when did they start
o}making whatever music they made. Intelligent Techno, Techno and Trance
o}comes from Germany originally, House and Hardcore comes from the UK,
o}I'll grant the Americans with Garage ie. House with a disco flavour,
o}but that's it.