| -----Original Message----- | From: Dan Sicko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 27 March 2002 14:46 | | >it's got a track called "techno Trax" on it - yet it was | made in 1982; I | >thought Juan coined the term techno???? | | Juan was just the one that perpetuated the name for the genre ... he | is why the first compilation was called "Techno! The New Dance Sound | of Detroit."
The way I heard it, the album was initially going to be called "The House Sound Of Detroit", as back then the music was seen by the UK press as being pretty much house music from Detroit, but the label wanted to put a certain slant on it, asking the Belleville Three if there were any other terms they might use to refer to the music to distinguish it from Chicago. Juan Atkins stood up and shouted "techno!". One thing that confuses me, though, is that Derrick May apparently hated that term, seeing it as something more associated with hip-hop than with the music they were making. What was that all about? In what context was techno used to describe hip-hop back then? Brendan ps yes, I *am* reading "Last night a DJ saved my life" at the moment - it's nice to see that Dan's book is called "the excellent _Techno Rebels_, while other books are referred to without any glowing adjectives Legal Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes only. our website at: http://www.widelearning.com Wide Learning is a trading name of Wide Multimedia Ltd Registered office: 33-41 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0BB Company number: 3339664 VAT number: 690 8399 83 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
