From D. Petrescu Sent Thu, May 13th 1999, 01:46
From D. Petrescu Sent Thu, May 13th 1999, 01:46
If I would play something from a Bunker album, than a track from an old
Nigerian drumming album I'm perfectly sure NO ONE would be able to tell
the difference. Its strange how similar they can be.
But I think tracing the roots looks more like this...
something--> african drumming
--> techno
rather than...
African music--> x --> techno
IMO is pretty new and most of its influence comes from new technology.
But because they are so similar, I think they're beginning to influence
each other now. I've heard alot of European elec. music putting out
hip-hop beats and influential & respected rappers going into trip-hop
(Roots, KRS-One, etc). And is African-American influences really looked
down upon?? I mean forget Michael Jackson but jazz spread fast world-wide
not just in the US.
Dan P
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Ben Jefferys wrote:
> Ben Jefferys wrote:
>
> > To conclude, I think the idea of tracing roots is largely fruitless
> > anyway, and only serves
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> Sorry got cut off....
>
> Yeah...... only serves to cause arguments... ;)
>
> PS sorry to the individuals this has been sent to too, I'm not sure if
> people on the ambient list should be replying direct to you...
>
>
> Bye!
> Ben.
>