Quote Originally Posted by SlavikSvensk View Post
well, i asked for opinions so let them fly :)



there are some real gems from detroit. also a bunch of stinkers and overrated "classics." but there's a sense of freedom in a lot of early techno--not just from detroit--that i miss. however, a lot sounds too dated for most people nowadays. but some guys, like rob hood, were making music that still sounds really fresh today.

i bring him up because a lot of his records have been rereleased recently, and it blows most of today's minimal out of the water.

I think what put me off was the local record shop. I remember getting my wages on a Friday and rushing into town with butterflies in my tummy and a turtle head emerging- literally close to crapping with excitement only to be met with UR releases.

I just couldn't get my head around why they were so popular. It was alien to me.

Now there is stuff in my collection that is counted as Detroit I think- Shari Vari- a bloody wonderful track. Then I have preacher man and smatterings of Jeff mills and Mr. Hood. But on the whole I never quite got it.

I agree on the modern minimal point- Modern Minimal I find and I guess why I am so apposed, is incredibly formulaic and churned out. Even 'Plastik man' stuff annoys me.

I know that isn't modern minimal but bloody hell it is so boring. Of course this is my opinion- so please don't hit me haha