At 01:07 PM 2/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 14 lines Not to drag out this hoary old argument but while Gottsching's>>> 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...
>
>By the way, Steve, I think you're being a shithead. Now, I'm not using the
>standard definition of "shithead" when I say that, so feel free to guess at
>what I really mean. (Get my point?)
>
Enough with the name calling. Discuss the music.
I agree with Steve that Gottsching's e2-e4 is proto-techno at
its finest. It's influence is quite evident by the number of times
it's been sampled/redone by it's contemporaries - Sueno Latino,
Derrick May/Carl Craig, Paperclip People, Basic Channel, and
Mannequin Lung to name just a few.
You can also throw Alexander Robotnik's Problems D' Amour
in that league as well. Another great proto-techno track.
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