Surprised nobody has mentioned Tokyo (but it probably comes in around #4
or #5)
MEK
"Brendan Nelson"
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09/22/04 03:57 AM
For the sake of being mildly controversial, it could be argued
that Dusseldorf is city #1 (Kraftwerk) while Detroit is city #2
(Atkins, May, Saunderson & co)...
In the context of techno music, though, rather than electronic
music in a broader sense, I'd definitely plump for Berlin over
any city in the UK. However I'd also consider LA, which had a
"techno" scene at around the same time as Detroit's techno
scene was emerging (Techno Kut records, etc; a more overtly
Cybotron-influenced style with no house characteristics, but
it called itself techno).
Brendan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 22 September 2004 09:51
> To: Mann, Ravinder
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: (313) If
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>
> On 22 Sep 2004, at 08:41, Mann, Ravinder wrote:
>
> >
> > I can't put it down to a city but I would say the North of
> England. I
> > recall
> > that the take up for House/Techno was stonger in
> > Leeds/Manchester/Sheffield.
> > London was still doing its rare groove thang (and moved
> more towards
> > acid
> > jazz) when the North started to move from Rare Groove to
> House/Techno.
>
> I'd agree with this, it isn't London or Sheffield - I'm thinking more
> along Manchester/Birmingham/Berlin. London was way behind
> Manchester,
> Sheffield was before and Leeds I know nothing about the early
> scene - I
> don't ever remember traveling to a club there - it was always
> Stoke/Wigan/Manc/Sheff/Mansfield for me...
>
> I wasn't asking to start an argument, I really am interested
> in peoples
> views.
>
>
>
>
> >
> > (The club sets were a lot more open too, you would hear all
> styles of
> > music
> > in one night - gets nostalgic)
>
> A lot of people forget this, I remember Inner City being slammed in
> PWEI at the Hac - people still went nuts.
>
> Martin
>
> >
> > Rav
> >
>
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