i've often assumed that derrick doesn't pay much attention to the newer generation (he'll claim that no one young ever approaches him- and maybe that's true), but its ridiculous to proclaim techno dead, simply because his particular style (and fame?) is dwindling.
This has been a watershed year for techno artists and records and albums. i won't even start naming names, but we all know its there. Matthew Dear gets coverage in Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, the kid lives an 8 minute drive from Bellvue and Derrick says there's no new generation!? Maybe he honestly doesn't feel the new stuff. Or maybe he's honestly just not aware of it. Or maybe he's being cranky. I seriously think I need to send Derrick a care package of new releases. Shall we compile a 313-list new techno artists CD for him? Suggestions? On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, James Hurlbut wrote: > Is it just me, or does this ring the tone of proverbial nails in the coffin? > > "... because I think this may be the last chance that we may be able to do > it through techno music. I don't know if there's going to be a next > generation of young musicians coming through to follow up in our footsteps." > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > hurlbot > http://www.hurlbotics.com/mp3/ > __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > At 02:16 AM 2/2/2004, Tom Churchill wrote: > >Quite a good interview with the man here: > > > >http://www.tranzfusion.net/articles/shownews.asp?newsid=3750 > > >
