On 11.3.95 Darshan M. Jesrani posted:
quoted 7 lines I don't know if people would agree, but to me, those classic electro> I don't know if people would agree, but to me, those classic electro
>tracks... defined the sort of future-funk aesthetic we're enjoying
>now... where else would the funk come from if not from the likes of
>Hashim and Bambaata and the rest of their people? Definitely not from
>Schulze, Stockhausen, Gottsching or any of the European artists who were also
>experimenting with electronic music. They lent their own valuable sensi-
>bilities to the styles we''ve come to know, but funky they were definitely not.
two days later I'm still deep in agreement & still deep into the original
electro-funk i've been playing all weekend. only one perplex remaining, why
emulate the old style instead of honouring the innovators?
des