Why would that be a better question? ThatÂ’s like if I said a better question would be, how much influence the Kraut rock bands had on Kraftwerk, or how much influence the minimalist composers had on Kraut rock. We could go in circles
> a better question would be: "how much of an influence was Kraftwerk on > New Order?" > > sean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Maarten Baute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: (313) new order. > > >> > Can someone please tell me how important new order was for the >> development >> > of techno? What do the detroit guys think of new order? how did it >> influence >> > what they were doing? >> >> pretty important i would say, but i'll let the more verbose 313 >> members go on about that ;) >> >> > And what new order albums should I buy as an introduction to the >> > band? >> >> definitely Substance. or The Best Of. but i would recommend spending >> the extra $ for Substance. >> >> you'll get a kick out of hearing all the New Order songs that were >> either remixed into techno anthems (Everything's Gone Green, >> Confusion) or the songs that have been sampled, mangled or otherwise >> played to death in techno/house/etc sets a million times (Blue Monday, >> Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, etc.) >> >> while you're at it, buy some Joy Division records too. >> >> (~fun fact of the day: Joy Division's second album, released in 1980, >> was called Closer.) -- Allen Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fksche.com
