this may seem a bit odd but...

[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

[tonyc2002]

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

uber cool :cheese:

[acidguru]

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

[tonyc2002]

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

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

[acidguru]

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

Sorry,forgot to check them out before posting

[synikal waste]

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.

[snooch]

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.

[xes]

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

[davethedrummer]

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

[davethedrummer]

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

aaaah just read the post above
sorry to repeat the same thing

[tonyc2002]

aaaah just read the post above
sorry to repeat the same thing

dont worry about that mate. its all good stuff!!:;

[prozac]

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

hope this aint too late but check archive.org
i ran a search....here u go
http://www.archive.org/search.php?qu...3A%22techno%22)

[acidguru]

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

Found another link,a working one i might add: http://www.neufstream.com/Manu_Chama...e-techno-music If you scroll down that side,you`ll find the other parts

[DJ Becka]

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 ;)

[tonyc2002]

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

[mads]

Hi mate, you might wanna check a film called "high tech soul", which is about the origins of detroit techno. Its quite good if you wanna know about the earlt detroit stuff. I saw it on google or yahoo video a couple of weeks ago. plus you mightwanna check www.paxahau.com
good luck