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concerning the diference between indie and dance..USA and UK..Slowdive/Seefeel:
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 13:47:15 -0400
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From: "K. Darcovich" <kdarc%SG1.CHEM.NRC.CA@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: burgerking/kfc/tacobell - Moby-less Strip
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steve said:
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UK. I don't care where Moby hangs, he is probably a few
miles away from a stadium full of bic-holding dweebs at an
Eagles concert. Moby doesn't mean anything to more than a
speck of the populace here. Try playing an Orbital record
for Joe Sixpack in Des Moines. He'll tell you to turn that
disco shit off. You're ignorant if you think
otherwise...
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I v. much agree with Steve.
I've been in/around a bit of the techno scene in
detroit/windsor. They are virtually unknown where they
live, yet in brussels/rotterdam/paris, detroit is viewed
as some kind of techno-heaven. there was an excellent
interview with a guy from UR on CKCU-fm here in Ottawa
where he explained the random origins of the techno scene
there, mainly thanks to Derrick May who is basically such a
nice guy that he would help anyone get started making
records who was interested. (ie; it has more to do with
Derrick May than with the city of detroit, other than
the unpressured atmosphere of detroit as a place to work).
I ran into John Acquaviva of Cybersonik who was truly
surprised that I even knew who the hell they were. He
had a radio spot on WDET from 00h00 to 03h00 on Sunday
night, so he couldn't say it was a super-popular scene,
esp. since the slot was cancelled due to low listenership.
Their 10-DJ rave-blowout in the new years holiday
2 years ago didn't attact more than 4-500 people.
A lineup like that in Europe would have been closer to
the proverbial "eagles concert" in terms of popularity.
Most of the detroit DJs (that's what they refer to
themselves as) end up spending time in Belgium and
Holland to promote themselves.
People from europe who make the techno-pilgrimage
to detroit are v. disappointed to find that the scene
is essentially one record shop, one club (wknds only)
and a circle of perhaps 15 good DJs, 50 beginners/
amateurs/wannabees and their personal friends. The
club attendance is sporadic. One main reason is that
there really isn't big money associated with any of
this, the DJs do it mainly because they like it.
kd.
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Thought you might be interested
andy