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From: "ed612313" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: (313) Fw: Techno: Detroit's Gift to the World


First, sorry about the 2x-post. I sent it on Sunday before Sean's came
through and it just appeared today.

> so you think eddie fowlkes deserves to be mentioned along with the other
> three?

In terms of '80s Detroit Techno productions, yeah, I think his name deserves
to be up there. There are lots of people who were DJing then, or had
contributions on a few records that deserve more recognition as well, but
Eddie Fowlkes was making and releasing records on par with the other 3 and
is usually not mentioned beside them. Obviously, you have people that were
making house at this time as well, but this is about the contribution of
techno. I think' EFF's contribution is as early and as valuable as the other
three, and earlier than the earliest UR, etc, that followed soon thereafter.
AFAIK, 'Goodbye Kiss' predates anything from Derrick May or Kevin
Saunderson, as well.

I'm really looking forward to Dan's EFF project, b/c these are the best I'm
finding at the moment:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Eddie_flashin_Fowlkes
http://paper.state51.co.uk/people/eddiefowlkes.html

Also, he remixed The Pet Shop Boys before anyone else from Detroit. :)

I think it's all debatable. I'm just saying I'm happy to see that this is
one of the few times his place in techno history is included.

Tristan
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