From Kent Williams Sent Sat, Oct 16th 1999, 16:51
From Kent Williams Sent Sat, Oct 16th 1999, 16:51
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx wrote: > > > > > Good selection of tracks, EXCEPT THAT NITZER EBB TRACK! > > > > He's just being true to his roots. That track was huge > > in the Detroit area back when he was starting out > > as a DJ. It was a fave at the Music Institute, even. > > So we must be lucky that he didn't listen to german polka music > when he was young... > I may sound like a broken record, but the eclecticism fomented in Detroit during the mid to late 80s is what gave birth to techno. I like it whenever people drop things that refer back to that time, not so much for nostalgia reasons as to remind people that great music has been made for a long time, and that the art of a DJ is in the synthesis inherent in mixing records. Just last night I was able to drop a Marshall Jefferson remix of a Tom Tom Club track. That record is 11 years old, and it still rocks hard. There are LOADS of old tracks that sound fresh to me, even more so when placed in context with what's happening now. Knee jerk reactions to things like Nitzer Ebb just because they come out of an older tradition are ridiculous. They made loads of great tracks, and were in some ways way ahead of their time. I'm no fan of the industrial doom and gloom attitude in most of their stuff, but you only improve it by hoisting it out of that context.