like i said, nobody can deny
their influence, but i really believe that american disco, funk and
electro and dare i say synthpop as a conglomeration was more important
to the detroit techno sound than the individual effect of kraftwerk.
Additionally, while the mentions of funk and disco are relevant, the
'conglomeration of synth-pop' you cite above can be argued as having
largely evolved from kraftwerkian tendrils.
We might have had some form of YMO as a factor, but even they cite the
well known cyclists as formative - and besides, they still don't have
the recognition factor of Kraftwerk.
jeff
