----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: [313] nouveau electro vs. broken beat
> i don't understand why all the new-school electro-pop gets so much criticism > but so much new-school jazz/house/breaks, broken-beat-type stuff passes the > "quality" test. i know it all comes down to individual tastes, but it just > leaves me thinking. are we really so ashamed of electronic music's history > that we can't perceive that early'-80s past as worth revisiting? are we so > enamored of traditional "musicality" that the same reheated funk, soul and > jazz textures can be palatable again and again, with just a light digital > sheen added to each new round? > My question is - did electro really ever die? and my impression was, and i only remember this because i was a teen in the '80's, that electro had come before techno (proper) and laid the foundation for techno - am i wrong about this? I for one think it's about time electro got the respect it's been long overdue (or have i missed something?) If i'm speaking out of my arse, please let me know and I'll shut up. lol ;o) Jim J. ps - the '80's weren't as bad as people think they were --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
