From: Philip Sherburne <psherburne@mindspring.com>
quoted 1 line Brief point of contention - while I wasn't there for it, my understanding
> Brief point of contention - while I wasn't there for it, my understanding
is that disco originated with
quoted 1 line deep roots in the black (and gay) community, and evolved as a racially
> deep roots in the black (and gay) community, and evolved as a racially
integrated phenomenon. So
quoted 1 line "disco white people music" isn't quite correct.
> "disco white people music" isn't quite correct.
I agree (I wasn't there either, but we can both read). Similarly, house
music and all that Detroit stuff had a big black influence, not least
because TR-808/909s were cheap and easily available in the 80s while all the
happening musicians were rushing out to buy Korg Wavestations.
Techno music (by which I include everything from cheesey rave to psy trance
to IDM) seems to have wound up as a largely white phenomenon, not least
because of the perception that you need a bunch of expensive gear (and
serious gearheadedness) to make it, while a single Akai MPC or (previously
cheap) SP1200, some decks, and a chill record selection are sufficient to
put together the most ill hip-hop record. In the Bay Area at least, the
black people I've met at techno parties who are into making music mention
that, the fact that the techno crowd is 99% white, and the drug-taking
patterns as the main reason that there are so few black people on the techno
scene.
Anig Browl
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