quoted 12 lines ...but they haven't put _anything_ out, so they're closer to the "paul>> ...but they haven't put _anything_ out, so they're closer to the "paul
>> revere and the raiders," or "the turtles" of techno (as if it were possible
>> to absorb the essence of a completely unrelated group of people and apply
>> it to a cultural phenomenon that they never consciously participated in).
>> just as well, i'd say, since they wouldn't come out with anything that
>> could possibly stand up to the hype. of course, they are more than welcome
>> to prove me wrong.
>
>Maybe they're more like the KLF of techno.... errr.....I listened to
>mp3's of what I was told was the new 2k single. It didn't sound like
>anything new, other than a few new samples here and there, and a big
>brass band. Grr....
i screwed up at the top there: they _aren't_ the "whoever" of techno
because they aren't currently relentlessly touring like those county-fair
leftovers, but pretty much any route they take that doesn't lead to their
leaving the whole kraftwerk thing alone will put them there, with ah-ha
opening up.
aside from 'chill out,' the klf's organizing principle seemed to have a lot
more to do with getting over on somebody or somthing (maybe _including_ the
chill out, but i haven't distilled it from there yet), serving an oblique
agenda for which music was just a vehicle. with kraftwerk, especially after
hearing that new track from the tribal gathering, it's kind of obvious that
their output will be limited to a nostalgic version of a style that, though
synthpop history is largely organized around certain kw releases, is now
much larger than them and vibrantly illustrated by hab, the
detroit<=>cologne axis, bochum welt, phil klein, atom heart, etc.
eric
onnow: ruins:burning stone(shimmy disc)