From Guy Elden Sent Thu, Oct 23rd 1997, 20:32
From Guy Elden Sent Thu, Oct 23rd 1997, 20:32
> >really made modern techno happen (via early hip hop and detroit). Are
> >these
> >the Rolling Stones of techno or can they recapture it?
> >
> based on all the commentary on the kraftwerk list regarding their two
> recent concerts, the consensus seems to be that they cannot....sad but
> true....
I don't really want to fire up the list into another Kraftwerk debate, but
I'd like to voice an opinion.
I don't think Kraftwerk have really "lost it" musically... I believe instead
that it is now impossible for them to have the same appeal they once did,
because the circumstances, or environment, that surrounds their work, is
completely different than it was 20 years ago. The things that back then
made their work seem fresh, exciting, and above all innovative, today obscures
their talent, as they merely "fit in" to what the mainstream has accepted.
I think Kraftwerk are a good exmple to point to as a group that started out
as misfits, but slowly came into their own as other groups "borrowed" bits
and pieces, reshaped, and evolved the grand spectrum of electronica into
what we see today.
on: Aux 88- Is It Man or Machine
onLater: Shipment from Submerge, _the_ source for Detroit Techno, including
just about every UR back-catalogue release. Stand by for mix tapes!
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jr