On 23 Sep 2004, at 15:57, Mann, Ravinder wrote:
But as a music that is African in its roots theres not many African
decendants
listening to it. Go to a techno night and look around. It's clear to
see.
Technically that isn't true tho is it.
++ I thought Id see more diversity. Its certainly less diverse to the
times I was reffering to.
Try a Garage night :) Sheffield has a massive scene and the mix is
pretty even, just duck if something goes bang. The scene here is
closing all the clubs down - seven shootings this year, very sad.
The Warehouse, a club with then a wide music policy started to
incoorparate
these new sounds and it simply blew up.
But these inner city possees moved away from the very scene they
developed.
But why ??? Here's my take..
Well it became cheese, overcommercial, uncool, piano house and divas,
songs
like 'Id rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac'.
<pulls up a chair>
Thing is, you can't force people to like something, regardless of their
colour.
+++ Aye. But you can 'program' them by making them want to associate.
:) Stupidity should be painful don't you think Rav *LOL*
The whole point of Techno at the start was being faceless -
that was the part of the point/coda and probably why most people didn't
get it.
+++ I think a lot of people got it early on. But the image changed.
And techno instead of defending it's ground when underground.
I'm not sure it went over-ground really - most people still don't know
what Techno is...
I'd guess the reason there aren't many black people in clubs is because
they don't want to go but then again I never see any one legged, leper
lesbian's with blonde hair at clubs either - wonder where they all
hang?
+++ Im sure they go to clubs, but I would say *tendancy* is soul and
r+b clubs as compared to Dance clubs. There is also a greater emphasis
on local blues and local parties cos many Taxis will not come to
Chapletown after 12.00. Which I find bizzare.
Same here, but it's always been that way and it's probably because of a
few idiots or people just doing a runner...Sheffield has a massive
Blues club scene, some of them are almost legal they've been around
that long. Great for chilling, chicken and playing dominos' - last one
I went to had a wet t-shirt competition - a <cough> "pointy titty comp"
as it said on the poster.
One of the great powers of Techno in the early days was that it brought
people together regardless of colour and class.
+++ I agree 100%.
The story of the White
man coming in and FIU is as old as the hills. I'll be brave and tell
you exactly what FIU - Greed, that knows no colour.
+++Its not colour. Hip Hop - who FIU, who stole the soul. The Man can
be of any colour.
Dat man is Mr. Greed or is it Mr. Ego...
Martin
