On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Robert Taylor wrote:
> I wasn't just referring to black music, I was referring to all electronic > music - >in the UK press at least, the artists that are repeatedly feted are >usually purveyors of a diluted and compromised version of what we are all >listening to - these artists are usually white like Fatboy Slim, >Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers etc, History >repeats itself. You answered your own chrage. The music is 'diluted and comprimised'. Maybe that's why its feted more than the underground artists. Also- since we're talking about the UK, maybe they just favor UK artists over American artists. Find me a black UK artists who produces the level of high-quality mainstream big-beat rock'n'rave music of Fat Boy or the Chems, then we can start considering racism as a factor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phonopsia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:42 PM > To: Robert Taylor; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:24 PM > Subject: RE: AW: (313) Derrick May quote and the Death of Techno > > > > I did say 'tend' to. > > Anyway, you know I don't think as much of Amp Fiddler as you do, T! > > True. Don't know why I even bothered to make that point, other than that I'm > struggling to maintain my perception that the only kind of black music that > sells is of the thug/bling/begging* variety, and that it tends to be > compromised/diluted, as you say. Pop music seems to be spreading its wings, > as much as it's difficult for me to say that. I still think the music > industry is f*cked, and racist, but it's hard to maintain the (forgive me) > black and whiteness of my notions about it. > > *'begging music' is a term my friend Jason coined AFAIK, to identify the > overtly desperate baby-please-take-me-back R&B that dominated in the > mid-'90s, which I find particularly irritating - as though it were the only > sort of soul that could sell at the time. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ##################################################################################### > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This > email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of > the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this > email in > error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank You. > ##################################################################################### > >
