Re: techno / heavy metal

philipm@isd.canberra.edu.au
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:29:31 +1100 (EDT)


On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, j wrote:

> >> techno is the new heavy metal, juss say no,
> >>
> >> nuff said...
> >
> >there is heaps of stuff round that would fit your description but real
> >detroit techno is NOTHING like that at all. Check out Carl Craig (who
is
> >making al lp with Rodney Whittaker & Francisco Mora from Sun Ra's
> >Arkestra), Neil Ollivierra, Claude Young, Stacey Pullen - you will
> >hear some amazing creative original music.

> so what,
> elton jon plays the piano and sings,
> that doesnt make him gil scott-heron...

um yeah...my point wasnt that the artists i mentioned should be compared
to anyone else who might be more creative or whatever but that your
statement that techno is heavy metal was probably based on an
unfamiliarity of what techno really is rather than the banging shite
that also gets described as techno.

or something...

p