dude- quit being a douche.
flame off On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > amazing. already the decent conversation flows instead of the > typical flamebait. > > --------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> to be honest, I'd have to say chicago. there was so much > interaction in the early days between the chi-town and detroit > heads, as well as the oft spoken about mutual admiration/respect > held for each city by the other in the early days. > > i agree with chicago as the choice, and i think yussel actually > articulated all the reasons in the best manner so far. IMO the > similarities in chicago house and detroit techno are far greater > than their differences. > > >i see two problems with your argument here. One, the > hard "Berlin" sound > >actually had it's genesis in detroit with jeff mills, rob hood > and that > >crew. and everyone of the detroit figureheads have played (i > believe we > >decided the term was) loop-bangers at some point. >i'm agreeing > with you that chicago should be considered city number two > >(or maybe number one given a more panoramic look at the > question), but i > >see no reason to discount berlin (maybe as city number 3?) > > for city #3 id have to say its either london or berlin. while > berlin does have quite an interesting history, especially in > reguard to detroit artists and influences, london was the middle > ground to getting there. without british journalism, would the > chicago and detroit scenes be what they are today? > > i also agree that techno has been pretty heavily misrepresented by > looped banger producers, but thats certainly not strictly a berlin > and stockholm thing. i can think of many people still pushing that > kind of thing in the uk and the us as well as many other countries > (check the global techno email list for more info, though not all > of those cats are strictly into looped bangers...). > > in my mind, detroit and chicago are like the meccas, while london > and berlin are the places that have done the most with the music > since its invention outside of the mecca cities..... > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > > >
