From Michael Upton Sent Wed, May 12th 1999, 11:01
From Michael Upton Sent Wed, May 12th 1999, 11:01
>In my opinion -- there is a certain kind of "arrogance" inherent in techno. > It was something that I, myself, was caught up in for quite awhile. I have to agree, if you are talking about dance-related electronic stuff in general. Sometimes reading this list is like listening to guys from a record store complaining about their customers' bad taste, ie. lame, funny for a while, but ultimately pretty sad. However... >Now, looking at this (I wanted to use quotes from someone else to sort of >back my own opinions) we can sort of describe techno with some of the >following adjectives: >avant garde >intellectual >anti-pop >minimalist >obscure >anti-mainstream >futuristic >and... to a certain extent... >"inaccessible" I think you've put the cart before the horse here. You just quoted someone saying techno tends to attract intellectuals. That doesn't mean the music is created with any of the above shit in mind. I'd recommend checking out quotes from someone like Alan Oldham (DJ T-1000) on this very topic. He's very much referring to techno in its narrower, Detroit-centred definition. Actually, one quick quote from him I found on the Submerge show web site: "Europeans take the music too seriously, Detroit kids just want to rock." That's pretty straight up. ( http://www.submergetheshow.org btw ) Also, this following bit's from an interview at http://obscure.co.nz/people/carlcraig.html "The mainstream will never get a hold of this music, because it's above their heads in some way. It's only above their heads because they let it be above them. They try and relate it more to European music and don't realise that it comes from the street and has the same origins as hip-hop, soul, the blues and jazz." Michael Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com