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From:
Greg Eden
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Date:
Thu, 06 Feb 1997 14:24:26 GMT
Subject:
Re: (idm) underground v mainstream
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On Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:49:53 -0800, you wrote:
quoted 5 lines 2. they are *white* , this is a race issue , why has the music of black>2. they are *white* , this is a race issue , why has the music of black > pioneers like carl craig , mike banks, derrick may , juan atkins been > ignored in the us for the last 10 years , miles davis had the same problem , > as longs as it is watered down , reconstituted and sold with a white face > america will by it
none of the above have ever made any pop music. so they are not popular acts. the prodigy and the chemical brothers and even to some degree orbital make pop music. so they are popular acts. the recent uptake of 'electronic' music in the usa is purely because popular guitar bands in the kind of Guns'n'Roses and Black Crowes vein are not selling records any more. period. so they are looking for something else to sell. popular electronic 'dance' music. g.