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From:
ma93ben
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Thu, 17 Mar 1994 16:54:07
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Re: race/gender of idm fans
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Plus Colin Dale is black, he presents the number one IDM radio show on Kiss FM in London "The Outer Limits". Most of the originators of modern techno are black as well. The vast majority of idm producers are male, though. I wish this wasn`t the case, but then again it`s true with most other music scenes: this is why the recent "riot grrrl" thing in the UK had a point. But if you go to a club, say Megatripolis, most of the people there are female. I reckon it`s just the males who get _really_ into it and start DJing and producing because, um, that`s the way they are. But if this scene stays so male-dominated then it`ll become sad like heavy metal. More females should be encouraged to make music etc, you never know they might have some new ideas. Most girls that I know will go to a techno club and have a good time even if they like metal or rock, while metaller boys would hate it there. I think women are a bit more open-minded which also means that they tend not to get too heavily involved in any music scene but prefer to listen to everything. Another garbled, confused message from Brendan Nelson your slithering idiot from downtown atlantis