On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Blipvert wrote:
quoted 6 lines Kraftwerk spoke of hearing their songs stretched out and remixed in> Kraftwerk spoke of hearing their songs stretched out and remixed in
> black dance clubs in the seventies before Bambaataa ever touched them.
> So, where does hip-hop DJ culture and gay disco DJ culture merge? I
> am guessing that part of the history of hip-hop culture has roots in
> the gay disco club scene but this is very difficult to trace since both
> DJ cultures are historys that were?are unrecorded.
There's a recent (and very hard to obtain) dissertation (which I haven't
read, b/c I haven't been able to get it yet) by Brian Austin on the
evolution of DJ practice in America since WWII. I don't recall the title,
but Dissertation Abstracts should list it. It's probably not a complete
picture, but it's a start.
I was going to say something about intelligence in music, but why bother?
Some people on this list are still going to employ a too-narrow
definition of musical intelligence, and other people are still going to
be insulted that something they like is being called unintelligent.
Thicker skins, everyone, please! J
PS I'm glad to hear about Jimi Tenor on this list, b/c if I tried to read
IDM, ambient, house and exotica lists, I wouldn't have time to make my own
music. So keep the reviews and recommends coming, and don't fret about the
purists.
PPS JSD, *love* the Tick quote!
________
\ / | Bee women: "What kind of corn soldiers are you?"
H. James Harkins | Arthur: "Umm, oh, er, we're, uh, we're colonels."
jharkins@acpub.duke.edu |
\/ | - from "The Tick," now on Comedy Central, 6PM M-F