From eric hill Sent Thu, Oct 23rd 1997, 21:45
From eric hill Sent Thu, Oct 23rd 1997, 21:45
>> really made modern techno happen (via early hip hop and detroit). Are these >> the Rolling Stones of techno or can they recapture it? > >If Kraftwerk were the Rolling Stones of techno, they'd have just >finished recording a dingy trip hop record in the studio with the dust >brothers. ...but they haven't put _anything_ out, so they're closer to the "paul revere and the raiders," or "the turtles" of techno (as if it were possible to absorb the essence of a completely unrelated group of people and apply it to a cultural phenomenon that they never consciously participated in). just as well, i'd say, since they wouldn't come out with anything that could possibly stand up to the hype. of course, they are more than welcome to prove me wrong. eric onnow: o.s.t:"artificial night"(tape)