ahhh yess the completely reductive argument, there it is! detroit techno
isnt even a genre its just techno in detroit...
just like i make southern, country music cus i live out in the country and
in the south...yeeehaww
thats only one ingredient in the stew, if its an ingredient at all
Detroit Music is what it is and not what it was. The fact of the
matter is that it is techno music coming from Detroit therefore it is
Detroit Techno...
> well that says it about as good as i could.
>
> i wasnt making any statement about race, i was responding to greg
earle's
> email about what derrick might have meant by his comments about
techno being
> dead. i put my comments about the soul of detroit techno vs matt
dears music
> in the form of a question because obviously, depending on where you
wanna
> draw the line of what is the "it" in detroit techno, the
> sound/personality/soul/whatever which definites it as a style/sound,
matt
> dear may or may not have much to do with it. and i might point out
that if
> you are "innovating" and using different sounds compared to "blank"
style
> (classic detroit techno), that would seem to indicate you are on the
fringes
> of the style and might not be easily defined as that style anymore.
> personally i have not heard any of his music that i've liked, which
is not
> to say its bad, i just dont like what i've heard, and it doesnt have
any of
> the character which means detroit techno to me. sorry to offend m
dear fans
> who hear something different, and those whose idea of what is really
> "detroit" differs from mine.
> jt
>
> >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >From: "Derek Plaslaiko." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > >the fact that matthew is white has nothing to do with the soul of
> >his
> > >music. if you think that, then you better be thinking the same
> >about joy
> > >division, liquid liquid, francois k, or recloose, even.
> >
> >i dont think it has anything to do with the guy being white. i
> >like all those artists you mentioned. i just dont dig matt dear's
> >records almost at all. that first spectral 12" i think it was was
> >alright, other than that i havent liked anything else. and its not
> >just me: we got one copy of his LP in at the record shop i work at
> >and it hasnt sold. we sell lots of "soulful" dance music made by
> >both white and black people (as well as asian and hispanic) but
> >not a soul (pun intended) has found something interesting enough
> >in his album to buy it. no one who buys the recloose or the
> >titonton or the alton miller records that we stock has been
> >motivated to buy it. i feel like theres a pretty good amount of
> >undeserved hype behind this guy, and i think that alot of people
> >can see through that. who cares how many stars rolling stone gave
> >him? all i know is that amp fiddler's music is not in any way
> >groundbreaking but we cant keep a single 12" with his name on it
> >in stock. people who are into hiphop and r+b have been buying his
> >records as well as all the techno and house heads who have known
> >about him for a little while now. matt dear's record will probably
> >sit there for months, if not forever. its too bad because i do
> >like alot of what ghostly does (like 75% or so, the other 25% is
> >kinda trying to hard maybe) but i feel like they picked the wrong
> >artist to get all hyped up about. the midwest product and dabrye
> >stuff is so much better on pretty much every level.
> >
> >as for why it happens to be a white guy who gets the props from
> >mainstream music mags for his great "techno" record while other
> >people who make great records who are black dont get the props,
> >thats something that might need to be examined. a quick glance at
> >my little sister's one recent rolling stone mag revealed reviews
> >of these artists: crystal method (is it 1997 again?), LCD
> >soundsystem, michael mayer, and lfo. reguardless of your opinions
> >of them, isnt it a little strange that theyre all stark white?
> >
> >tom
> >
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