It seems as if we're getting off the point somewhat. Industrial
has its good and bad points, however one thing is for sure (in Britain at
least) it ain't credible to be into industrial as anythin more than a
sideline and the music itself gets a pretty bad write up in the popular
music press (NME etc...). It's fair to say that industrial music has had
an influence, especially on some of the harder sides of the techno dice,
it is also fair to conclude that the evolution of modern industrial is
being helped along by techno, a reciprocal relationship of sorts. Without
doubt a lot of industrial music will follow the same formulaic pattern of
yore and be, fairly I might add, consigned to the historical garbage can;
this is of course the same for all genres of music though. Reactionary
ideas are the real enemies to progression, especially of quality.
Arguments over artificial musical divides should be avoided in favour of
examining areas of overlap and exploiting these to the benefit of all
concerned.
(cdh20@cam.ac.uk)
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sorry if I've missed the point but that's how I see it.
On now Trance Atlantic (Buy, borrow of steal a copy of this 24 tracks
very few duff ones, unlike some Trance Europe express comps that I could
mention)