179,854Messages
9,130Senders
30Years
342mboxes

← back to listing · view thread

From:
Freeside
To:
Date:
Tue, 24 Jan 1995 11:36:31 -0800
Subject:
Re: Reverb and the race issue (sorry!)
Msg-Id:
<m0rWqzY-0006iRC@wolfe.wimsey.com>
Mbox:
idm.9501.gz
quoted 7 lines I don't like Reverb's implication that techno is an "original American> >I don't like Reverb's implication that techno is an "original American >music form' that was stolen from blacks by 'the man'. At least that is >what I read in his above comment. Race is not the issue. >Techno is a true >multinational art-form. It trancends ethnic, national, and racial >boundries.
I have to agree, although there really is not such thing as race per se, but I had always had a feel for music and the person who wrote it. Particularily if it was written by a white or a black person. Then I heard Dave Angels stuff. I never see pictures of these people, but the vibe I felt when I heard his stuff was that this person was white. Then I found out he was black. I thought that was kinda neat that no matter what your ethnic background was, it would not influence the listeners perception of the music. No bias. I have always associated house music with black artists, and yes I know this is an incorrect assumption, but being raised in a hick town makes you think strange things. I personally think these forms of music are a great way of breaking down prejudicial barriers, at least it was in my case. rstride@wimsey.com ...