At 02:23 10-11-98 -0800, you wrote:
quoted 28 lines At 09:14 PM 11/9/98 -0500, dj.mercenary wrote:
>At 09:14 PM 11/9/98 -0500, dj.mercenary wrote:
>>Could someone reccomend a "definitive"(whatever that means)
>>collection/compilation of Detroit Techno(Atkins, etc.).
>
>Which Detroit? Classic Detroit (the Holy Trinity - Atkins, May,
>Saunderson)? 2nd Wave (early UR, Carl Craig, others)? 3rd Wave (too
>numerous to mention)? Detroit Electro(Drexciya, Aux88, newer UR, Andre
>Holland)? Trying to make a "definitive" Detroit comp. is like trying to
>make a definitive Rock comp. - you're just going to start a lot of fights.
>The Detroit scene has a lot more longevity & diversity than the Seattle
>Grunge scene ever did.
>
>Here are some comps (labels in parentheses) for each period:
>
>Classic Detroit - RetroTechno (Network, out of print), Model 500 - Classics
>(R&S), Derrick May - Innovator (Transmat), Kevin Saunderson - Faces &
>Phases (KMS I think, UK version has 2 more tracks), Relics (Transmat/Buzz)
>
>2nd Wave - Psyche/BFC - Elements (?), UR - Revolution For Change (?), Depth
>Charge 1 & 2 (Submerge), Biorhythms 1&2 (Network - these include some
>Detroit influenced UK Techno too, and are real classics, unfortunately out
>of print).
>
>3rd Wave - True People (React), Origins Of A Sound (?), Deepest Shade Of
>Techno (SSR), Depth Charge 3 (Submerge)
>
>Detroit Electro - UR - Interstellar Fugitives (Submerge), Drexciya - The
>Quest (?)
an 'almost perfect' list!
add the Techno, and Techno 2 compilations on Ten (also released as 2xcd),
Virtual Sex on Buzz (with uk leaders too), panic in detroit (buzz),
intergalactic beats maybe and the retroactive comp on buzz. _all essential_
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