Most techno artists / musicians would regard "Computer World" as more
influential than "Autobahn".
The progression from Autobahn to CW was a great one and made it closer
to dance music which was the incubation phase for techno. I think of
Autobahn being closer to Neu / Can with synthesizers instead of guitars.
Let's not forget that Kool Herc, Whodini, DAF, B-52s, Tom Tom Club,
and New Order (amongst many others) were also being played before or
the same time as CW.
+odd
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On Jun 2, 2008, at 2:47 PM, "kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Oh please let's not argue this over again.
Just because Juan heard "Numbers" after he started making tracks means
nothing. "Numbers" was on "Computer World", which was released in
1982. "Computer World" was KW's 7th LP. "Autobahn" had been a hit in
the US in 1974. It isn't likely that Juan Atkins was unaware of KW
before he made tracks. As to how that awareness influenced him, who
knows? KW are a blindingly OBVIOUS purcursor to techno, and one that
was, if not ubiquitous on Detroit radio, was certainly hard to avoid
completely.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:37 PM, theREALmxyzptlk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Frank Glazer wrote:
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Thor Teague
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To play devil's advocate, that doesn't prove that if Kraftwerk had
never existed, Detroit techno would not have existed.
That was exactly my point. If you ask me, it proves that Detroit
techno would have existed even if Kraftwerk had not existed, because
Juan said he was already doing techno before hearing kraftwerk!
...and Juan and Juan had obviously been hearing things which were
influenced
by Kraftwerk, whether he knew it or not, so...?
