To begin with, I am not sure how it ended up on that site, but it's kinda cool. I did the interview a few months ago for an R&B magazine and it fitted the context since he had just performed at the DEMF. He is actually working on a new album of 'techno doo-wop'. Just last week I finally remembered to send the quote to a good friend of mine in Detroit and he circulated it maybe. I then saw it on a Skruff newsletter I got. George had never toured Australia before. I am not even sure if he has talked to Australian media before. I knew people here, especially younger people, would be interested in his thoughts on techno generally (as well as hip-hop) and so that was on my list of questions - that quote was a useful device to draw a link.
George came across as very mellow, and was far from annoyed, he doesn't seem to get annoyed by too much. I don't believe in asking veteran artists purely about their past (he says he doesn't recall much about his anyway) as it then assumes people are musuem pieces and have nothing else to offer. If anything, that can annoy artists. >From Derrick's standpoint, I think in interviews he has always been someone who carefully thinks about what he says because he knows it's for prosperity. It's more being misquoted that gets to him. The quote is part of techno's mythology, so if it dies, techno dies. Does that quote really annoy anyone? I would be interested to know. I think there's more annoying things - like being marginalised by the likes of Sasha and Digweed, or people assuming that if you're techno you will play a certain kind of techno, or being musically stereotyped, or whatever. >> I'm sure that quote probably ended up annoying George C. as much as >> it probably annoyed everybody in the 313 for its all-too-frequent >> repetition. Unfortunately, with all that has been said about techno, >> it was this comment that always made the final print. and usually >> without the "with only a sequncer to keep them company" proviso. >> >> sheesh, the comment's more than ten years old. let it die. let it die. >> >> -marc >>
