Lazlo Nibble wrote:
quoted 10 lines the incredibly influential 'e2-e4'... very influential on detroit> > the incredibly influential 'e2-e4'... very influential on detroit
> > techno...
> > and therefore IDM as well... as sampled on 'sueno latino'. This
> > really is Manuel Gottschings masterwork.... pre-techno techno?
>
> Not to drag out this hoary old argument but while Gottsching's
> influence has
> definitely been felt I don't think there's much that's particularly
> "techno"
> about E2-E4.
Techno has always been to me, a particular way of working ora particular
way of thinking about music. If some people cant
see past standard definitions of music then they are surely missing
out on so much music which defies standard categorisation.
Purism is as damaging to music as Patriotism is to the human race...
Steve ;-9
p.s. my roland jx8p has just crashed! its making the best crazy
space noises and chatting in japanese.