"I hear simple tracks composed on drum machines and synthesizers, 4/4 16-
step sequences.
Derrick May isn't exactly Van Cliburn competition material if you know
what I mean in fact Stings Of Life was more like good production/ editing
skills but I'm glad to
see him establish a name for himself in the mainstreme music community as
the
techno pioneer and reeping the awards of good marketing and PR skills."
Uh, he's established a name for himself in the mainstream music community?
Really? That's interesting because last time I checked very few people even
know what the Movement festival or even the DEMF is, let alone songs like
"Nude Photo", "Beyond the Dance", "Stings of Life", or "The Dance". Pop his
name into MTV's search and in the news archives you get one item that comes
up - and that item is - BLANK. There isn't anything there on him. There is
one review of Innovator and a bio. The other CD they list is a compilation
that includes other artists like - Propellerheads, The Crystal Method,
Atomic Babies, Headrillaz, Electric Skychurch, BT, Rabbit in the Moon,
Fatboy Slim, etc. Plus Derrick isn't even mentioned in the review!
All this despite pulling off one of the nation's largest electronic
festivals without any financial backing and managing to bring the spirit,
dare I say soul, back to the festival.
The reason I use MTV as a thermometer is because *that is the mainstream
music community*.
If you think Derrick May is being recognized by the mainstream music
community then you are seriously fooling yourself. Now back to our
regularly featured program featuring the White Stripes and Justin
Timberlake.
MEK
spw
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Subject: RE: (313) Soul Music
(was some nonsense spw
06/22/03 06:34 PM was going on about)
the term "soul" had a resergance in trend with the music industry starting
around the mid to late
90's
Soul is only a figment of the hu-man imagination which can not be
scientifically proven, a
primitive concept based in tradition.
> Ignoring for a second statements from the artists about how the landscape
> of Detroit impacted their soundscape, LISTEN to the music. Do you hear
> horror or contextual poverty in STRINGS OF LIFE?
>
> In NUDE PHOTO?
> In TRIANGLE OF LOVE?
>
> There is undoubtedly some darkness in these and other songs. But that
> isn't all there is. Just as techno is solely a reaction to a limited
> vision of what Detroit is, soul (and the blues) isn't simply a reaction
to
> subjugation. I don't think we'd be listening to this stuff if it were.
I hear simple tracks composed on drum machines and synthesizers, 4/4 16-
step sequences.
Derrick May isn't exactly Van Cliburn competition material if you know
what I mean in fact Stings Of Life was more like good production/ editing
skills but I'm glad to
see him establish a name for himself in the mainstreme music community as
the
techno pioneer and reeping the awards of good marketing and PR skills.
This nonsense about Detroit techno a way of escaping the economic,
Industrial waste land of Detroit or the "ghetto" is complete nonsense.
I'm sure maybe on a subconscience level.
What was going on in Chicago with house and technology with
drum machines, midi sequencers that Juan Atkins was into was more of a
factor
influencing the first techno coming out of Detroit.
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