From Che Sent Thu, Jan 29th 1998, 11:35
From Che Sent Thu, Jan 29th 1998, 11:35
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Philip Evans wrote: > At 6:28 PM 1/26/98, Peter Becker wrote: > >I've been crusing the digests for a week now and I could'nt hold back on a > >few things: > > > >a. > > > >Re: the "kids these days" rant with the Kraftwerk comment ( sorry, I can't > >remember the context) > >for the person whose post ended with something like " thus Tour de France" > >should be restated "thus > >ComputerWorld" as "Computerworld was released *years* before Tour de > >France. If electro has roots (and > >it certainly does) the roots dig the deepest to Computerworld, though Tour > >de France is indeed another pinnacle of > >electro inspiration. > > > > Wouldn't it be even more accurate to postulate > > Computer World --> chopped up and looped by kids in the US --> Tour De > France --> electro as we know it? > > Yes, the roots of electro go to Computer World, but Tour De France was a > direct result of Kraftwerk's discovering what was being done with their > earlier stuff. Or so they claim... I'd say the geneology of electro passes from "Trance Europe Express" to "Planet Rock", which was the first melding of synths & hip-hop to get widespread play, and planted the seeds of Electro in a lot of peoples minds. Che