From eric hill Sent Fri, Oct 24th 1997, 00:34
From eric hill Sent Fri, Oct 24th 1997, 00:34
>> ...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. > >Maybe they're more like the KLF of techno.... errr.....I listened to >mp3's of what I was told was the new 2k single. It didn't sound like >anything new, other than a few new samples here and there, and a big >brass band. Grr.... i screwed up at the top there: they _aren't_ the "whoever" of techno because they aren't currently relentlessly touring like those county-fair leftovers, but pretty much any route they take that doesn't lead to their leaving the whole kraftwerk thing alone will put them there, with ah-ha opening up. aside from 'chill out,' the klf's organizing principle seemed to have a lot more to do with getting over on somebody or somthing (maybe _including_ the chill out, but i haven't distilled it from there yet), serving an oblique agenda for which music was just a vehicle. with kraftwerk, especially after hearing that new track from the tribal gathering, it's kind of obvious that their output will be limited to a nostalgic version of a style that, though synthpop history is largely organized around certain kw releases, is now much larger than them and vibrantly illustrated by hab, the detroit<=>cologne axis, bochum welt, phil klein, atom heart, etc. eric onnow: ruins:burning stone(shimmy disc)