[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> . The dadaists and surrealists > broke many conventions of old artistic ideas/ methods and set new precedents > in artistic creativity. They were some of the most progressive artists around. Ha! You had to bring the Dadaist into this. You think your so artsy and intellectual don't you? > > The Detroit Techno Sound is not one which has boundaries - otherwise it > wouldn't be Detroit Techno. > It also isn't one which is set by any one group > of artists, labels and time period either. Your not even going to give Juan Atkins credit? > Tolving entity > and as long as the current artists are expanding the boundaries of sound > design with the advent of new ideas and equipment - there would be a gradual > improvement of a very multi-faceted Detroit Techno sound. The output may not > be as much as previous years but QUANTITY has never been a measure for > QUALITY. If all these genres are really some multi-faceted Detroit techno sound then why don't you see more people referring to Moodyman as a Detroit techno artist? When people talk about Aux 88 or Adult I always hear the word "electro" I never hear the word techno and then there's Booty Bass, some of these Booty bass artist would be offended if you called them Detroit techno. I think you can make the distinction between Detroit techno and other forms of Detroit electronic music genres. To say you cant label Detroit techno because it has no boundaries is pure nonsense. I remember in the early 90's people had no problem telling you what Detroit techno was now you get this "well i don't believe in categorizing music with genre's, what really is techno anyway bla bla bal..." The same people have no problem using the term "soulful house" or "electro", its almost like their in techno denial. > Its very swell too, and I'm sure more would in future years to come. And they > called it the 'D'ETROIT Electronic Music Festival celebrating the new era for > Detroit Techno. If there was a decline in the 'Detroit' Techno sound as you > claim, and other electronic genres arising out of Detroit do not represent > this sound - then why did the organisers put the 'D' in the EMF? Because 'D' stands for Detroit, if the festavile was about celebrating a new era in Detroit techno the orginizers would have called it the Detroit 'TECHNO' Music Fetsival. > Once again > 'better' is just a relative term. Detroit Techno just sounds much different > now to earlier periods. Put it this way, Detroit techno is not what it used to be. you can interpret that any which way you like. end of discussion. stephen.
