On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Brad Shelton wrote:
| >Michael Upton <username@sans.vuw.ac.nz>
| >But, yes, indeed, the mainstream acceptance of all
| >things Maurizio related has certainly dragged
| >techno out in front of IDMers for consideration.
| Many list members may have already been
| schooled about techno before that, but I
| wasn't. The Maurizio/Basic Channel/Chain
| Reaction CD comps along with a couple of
| time-release mix-tapes from a certain list
| admin have really turned me onto the 'classic'
| techno sound, and made me realize that it
| could be just as emotive (if not more) as any
| other kind of this-listy music.
Yeah, maybe I should have put in "and it's all for
the better, IMO". :)
My intro was actually through the Black Dog. The
only thing I really knew of Detroit etc. was
through producers in my hometown. They all wrote
really banging, un-soulful tracks, and said they
loved Detroit, so it wasn't until I started
finding out about Balil tracks on Planet E comps,
etc. that I thought there was something more to
it.
And, yeah, I too pick up a kind of heartfelt,
openly emotive vibe to a lot of techno which is a
nice contrast to some of the "complexity by the
numbers" tendencies of IDMers. As Carl Craig
points out quite frequently, techno _is_ street
music. It didn't start as the cold and flagrantly
progressive thing which it is so often considered
to be now. A bit like electro, in that respect,
where "futuristic" gets reinterpreted in hindsight
to ignore all the slap bass and rap and so on.
Anyway, there's my pre-Christmas ramble. :) Have a
nice break, all who get a break. I guess most are
on the wrong side of the world to enjoy a bit of a
summer holiday. Ah well.
Michael
np. 'Active 89FM birthday CD' (all respect to
Wellingtonians doing their thing)
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