I respect Todd's and others view (my antipathy is to Moby not you guys) but to clairify: the point me and Fred were making was that Moby has the opportunity to point out the real roots of the music and he doesn't, so how can people find out about Detroit techno through his work, then?. I gained my music education by being into Prince as a kid then tracing his work back to Sly Stone, Parliament, Miles Davis, etc, because in the few interviews Prince gave in the 80s (anyone heard the one he gave to E Mojo in the mid-80s where he goes "hey y'all motor city babies"? I have it on tape somewhere) he acknowledged his influences, as many musicians do.
I guess I admire those who can isolate the music but music never exists in a vaccum; it reflects the values of the music-maker, among other things. Personally I don't think it necessarily has much to do with musical purism. Timbaland & Missy Elliott are like techno to me yet they're 'commercial'. >Oh yeah this is what we are waiting for a discusion about wheter Moby's >music is real. For the 'techno-purists' amongst us Moby will never be real. >For others who aren't so purist-like really don't care that much. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
