From cache Sent Sat, Oct 16th 1999, 17:29
>Knee jerk reactions to things like Nitzer Ebb just because they >come out of an older tradition are ridiculous. Euro/EBM heavily informed the 80's techno scene. don't forget, mills was in "final cut" (WaxTrax!) along with people like chris conelley (sp). when i saw the +8 tour in dallas in 90 or 91 much of the audience was comprised of us crucial EBM kids. i imagine there was little or no irony in this in the minds of hawtin, larkin, etc. i mean, shit, MLK samples are for EVERYBODY :) to slag it is akin to slagging Warp for including all those naff chicago trax on the "influences" comp. . . -jeff p.s. yes, at base i'm just defending nitzer ebb. i suppose their music hasn't aged that well, but at the time i remember thinking it was the most insane shit i'd ever heard. . . -------------- 1642 try 621 --------------