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From:
Al Ritchie
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Date:
Fri, 23 Sep 1994 18:55:47 CDT
Subject:
Re: >"I Need Drugs"
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quoted 2 lines is this what we want clueless Americans>>is this what we want clueless Americans >>to think techno is? Is this what we want Europeans to think we
think techno
quoted 1 line is?>>is?
quoted 1 line Somehow, I can't see it as a big threat to the public conception of>Somehow, I can't see it as a big threat to the public conception of
"what techno is."
quoted 1 line (As if there were a good solid definition of techno anyway...)>(As if there were a good solid definition of techno anyway...)
----------------------------- My feeling has been that all the cheesy rave stuff (The Prodigy, Sesame's Treet, etc.), which also happened to be the most widely heard music, is what defined "what techno is" for most people a couple of years ago. Which is a shame, because now they're not giving the really great stuff (ie. Aphex, Orbital, on and on) a chance. I think that if the idm stuff had risen to prominence on a wide scale (ie. the commercial market) before all the cheesy novelty tracks, techno would at least get a lot more respect from the non-techno fans. That's my worthless opinion and I'm keeping it, although you can use it too. Al. =========================================================== Al Ritchie ... ritchie@vilas.uwex.edu ... Madison WI Loud Music Seminar radio. [WORT 89.9FM] Loud Music Seminar newsletter. Yes, they really exist. Harder than steel. Ambient as a motherfucker. ===========================================================