Are you talking about the VH1-ing of Techno? I'm a Dad, and there are many parents on this list. There's nothing worse, in my opinion, than musicians who, at a certain point, cede the cutting edge to the youngsters, and settle for reinforcing the nostalgia of the people who grew up listening to them.
Kevin Saunderson is 42, Derrick May is 43, Juan Atkins is 44, Carl Craig is 37, Richie Hawtin is 36. Techno, as a genre, goes back 25 years. Is it still relevant? I like to think so. Are new records by the 'youth of today' better than stuff recorded by the old masters of the form, or somehow more relevant? Some of them are great, but they aren't the whole story. My son Sean, who is graduating from college next May, heard techno all the time while strapped in a carseat, riding to preschool. To him, all techno is Dad Techno. But I don't listen to techno to wax nostalgic about parties I went to 15 years ago, I don't listen to it to try and retain some shred of my cool. I listen because it speaks to my condition. If anything I'm probably the least cool sort of person on the planet -- the older guy at the rave, jacking like he think he still cool. At least I'm not the old guy at the rave, trying to pull a girl less than half my age. That guy needs to die. If anything, the older techno fans have one up on all the kids -- we love the music, but it's not a fashion accessory or an identity we're trying on. We caught the disease a long time ago, and we're still sick. On 10/30/06, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The "Kings of Techno" thing they did together at ILT spawned a new phrase... "Dad Techno".
