this may seem a bit odd but...

for one of my assignments i need to write an essay about music in context, focussing on a particular genre. Obviously i have chosen techno....

now....i have found plenty of information on the origins of techno in general but i was wandering if anyone could point me to information regarding the social and political mood at the time techno was conceived and what the music stood for (if anything)

for example punk music in the uk was a musical reaction to the social unrest at the time. was this true of techno or was it simply a natural progression to chicago (sp) house.

any info/links would be massively appreciated!

thanks :cheese:

PS sorry dan/sam if this the wrong section

no this is the perfect section for this.

I accidently got into a story written by Laurent Garnier about his experience in Detroit with techno in the early 90's.
Especially about the suburbs in Detroit, and the whole situation.
Here's the link: http://www.laurentgarnier.com/#electro

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Originally Posted by Ritzi Lee

I accidently got into a story written by Laurent Garnier about his experience in Detroit with techno in the early 90's.
Especially about the suburbs in Detroit, and the whole situation.
Here's the link: http://www.laurentgarnier.com/#electro

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thank u very much mate:;

there's a good book called escasty and the dance culture, i cant rember the authors name ... i'll have to look it out,

theres a bit in it describing football hooglians raving beside each other, mashed out of their faces when the week before they were knocking the shit out of each other,

lots of stuff like that in it

Nicholas Saunders is his name, looks like its out of print though

:-(

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Originally Posted by messyfuture

Nicholas Saunders is his name, looks like its out of print though

:-(

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thanks anyway mate
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i have a copy somewhere in the house but we still have not unpacked the boxes that all the books are in,(we moved 6 months ago)
i'll have a look and if i can find it i'll let you know and i could stick it in the post to ya

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Originally Posted by messyfuture

i have a copy somewhere in the house but we still have not unpacked the boxes that all the books are in,(we moved 6 months ago)
i'll have a look and if i can find it i'll let you know and i could stick it in the post to ya

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uber cool :cheese:

Check this: http://www.technopride.net/documenta...ces_techno.htm .There are 5 videos,each 25 mins,to be found,the whole thing is a documentary from french/german tv channel arte.Watched this few years ago and as far as i remember it`s quite interesting

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Check this: www.technopride.net/documentario_frances_techno.htm .There are 5 videos,each 25 mins,to be found,the whole thing is a documentary from french/german tv channel arte.Watched this few years ago and as far as i remember it`s quite interesting

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links to the vids are dead mate. thanks anyway tho:)

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Originally Posted by tonyc2002

links to the vids are dead mate. thanks anyway tho:)

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Sorry,forgot to check them out before posting

Are you writing about Techno as a genre specifically, or the emergence of the dance scene in the UK in general.

The Uk scene definitley has its roots in the politics of the time, thatcher, unemployment, yuppie aspirations, disillusioned working class masses seeking escapism, back lash against manufactured pop acts, people taking control of and making music for themselves, parralells with punk movement, sexual tolerance cross over from gay - str8 scene, rediscovery of LSD / misinterprutation of US slang ACID etc etc UK scene owed so much to media scare stories only a handful of parties until exposed by the tabloids then the following week every ****er wanted a trip and pill, cheap air travel IBIZA.

Should be easy to find articles in back issues of Mixmag etc

man this is gonna be some essay.

Would be great if you could post the finished piece on here.

I did a paper on this a while back. Here's a few of my sources.

Dan Sicko: Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk, Billboard Books

This was a pretty good one as Sicko is a Detroit native and was a scenester from the early days and was politically aware also. He gives social commentary in politics, racial issues and socio-economic issues especially the bond that alot of the impoverished black guys from Detroit ghettos and the poor guys from Berlin slums andsome of the social parallels they had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit..._Music_Archive
These guys are exactly what you are looking for. The motherload of documentable info on anything to do with detroit electronic music.

http://www.undergroundresistance.com/
I wrote these guys and they bent over backwards to help me out too.

Hope this helps.

Well,in the UK,there was a massive new age traveller scene going on at the time the Rave scene exploded. Also,Maggie Thatcher was trying to stomp them out of existance. (think battle of the Beanfield) The goverment made it illegal to listen to non stop music all night in public places (or something,check the Criminal Justice Bill for more) There was big unrest,and a backlash which saw the scene explode into mainstream clubs,with licenses allowing the music to be played all night.

you want to check out Tashes site for the beanfield stuff. http://tash.gn.apc.org/gal_beanf1.htm If you didn't allready hate Maggy T,you will after seeing that shit!! Mothes with babies in their arms getting beaten up by the plod,ect.
http://tash.gn.apc.org/hist_2.htm Where the story starts

2 books you might want to look out for.

George McKay - Senseless Acts of Beauty and DIY Culture.
Reynolds' - Energy FLash

Oh,and like it or not,techno was music for drugs. E,acid,speed and then when the lovedup feeling had worn off,coke,crack and K took over.

You should try reading Generation Ecstasy.....it's a really good book and gets into all aspects of the music and where it came from etc etc.....it's a long read, but I highly recommend it ;)

massive thanks guys! this is all really helpful stuff :cheese:

have you gone into the criminal justice bill / new age traveller / free festival / spiral tribe / squatter / reclaim the streets / stonhenge stuff yet?

there's a ton of info around on the net , just google some of the phrases above and you'l find a whole history of politics in music in the thatcher era of the late 80s early 90s

http://www.spiral-tribe.org theres so much more just get on the trail and you'l fine it very wel documented

wikipedia , bbc have stuff about it

other googleable phrases could be , liberator djs / bedlam sound system / immersion sound system / free parties / squat parties / wharehouse raves / acid techno

maybe you know al this
maybe not , just trying to help