From fabiomacedo Sent Wed, Nov 26th 1997, 13:23
From fabiomacedo Sent Wed, Nov 26th 1997, 13:23
>oh for gods sake.... when are you people gonna get it into your head >that Aphex, autechre, mu-ziq etc etc are all goddamn TECHNO, and >thats exactly what theyd describe themselves as. > I actually agree with you in some way. But the term "techno" sounds so unclear to me... this word is now being used for almost every electronic artist around (well, at least here and, as I could get, the same happens in the US). Aphex, Autechre, Future Sound Of London, u-ziq, orbital, are so distinctive - IMHO - that I can't figure out why I should use the word "techno" for describing all of them and some others. (Hope I am being clear in explaining what I feel about this). >TECHNO is not a dirty word in the UK. Oh, but I think this isn't the truth for most of the other countries. >It seems to be for the majority of people in the US... And here in Brazil too. >which is surprising seeing as TECHNO was a phrase >first coined in the US...and most people making >TECHNO in the UK are/were heavily influenced by >early TECHNO from the US. > Yeah, the Detroit scene. But I still can't notice very much influence by Detroit techno in Aphex's sound, for example. >TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO > >arg... whats my point? > >Steve > >/k/./F/ > I understand your point of view, but I like to refer to Aphex Twin as "experimental electronic sound" (gasp) :-)) Cheers (and again, sorry for any english language mistakes) Fabio Macedo Webdesigner - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx