quoted 23 lines ftodd@netcomuk.co.uk wrote:> ftodd@netcomuk.co.uk wrote:
> >
> > >R U kidding me??? Electronica seems to be more popular in Europe
> > >these days... But don't forget where techno started. Derrick May
> > >and Juan Atkins aren't European.
> >
> > sorry, never heard of Derrick May and Juan Atkins, when did they start
> > making whatever music they made.
>
> Oooh, I don't know, let's say 1986. Boy, if you don't know who these
> guys are, you really know nothing about the history of Techno. Don't
> you understand the term "Detroit Techno?" There were two movements
> going on at the time techno originated: Detroit and Germany. The two
> had different flavors, both were techno. Both have had a big effect on
> the music that IDMers are listening to today.
>
> > Intelligent Techno, Techno and Trance
> > comes from Germany originally, House and Hardcore comes from the UK,
>
> There was _some_ intelligent techno I've heard out of germany, but a
> whole lot of the _techno_ that originated from there was nosebleed
> hardcore. House.. yeah, that was UK, but Hardcore was both UK and
> Germany... ever heard the term "Rotterdam?"
- there wasn't any techno scene in Germany, other than Kraftwerk, at the time
that Atkins and May got going, and "Electric Cafe" is arguably more stripped-
down EBM than techno anyway
- house originated in Chicago
- Rotterdam is in the Netherlands