thank you dustin,

i don't want to sound arrogant (honestly im not) but for all those who don't know and are interested here is a brief run down of fordism....

gerald ford was the owner/chairman of ford cars run mainly out of detroit..

he gave birth to the concept of mass production and for a long time it was considered to be the pinicale of manafacturing techniques...

mike banks and another one of the fab four, i forget who, both worked for ford in detroit and there is a urban myth that suggests that they developed "techno" from listening to the repitious sounds of the machinery they were working alongside.... I actually rekon there is probably a lot of truth in that... anyway

so if you believe all that arguably gerald ford had a lot to do with the early techno sound.....

i have to admit when ever i try to put a mental image to techno it is of a big machine pumping out some mundane consumer good... ever so slightly satirical i know....

Kraftwerk were similarly influenced by modern industry.... germany developed a huge manafacturing base after the second world war and it grew well into the 70's....

If you want to go even further birmingham, to some regarded as the home of british techno, also has a big mafacturing sector.. In fact i think i read somewhere that birmingham was twined with detroit (it wouldn't suprise me - but don't quote me on it)

ever heard of rover cars? the only factory in the world that makes them is in birmingham............

thats why this genre fasinates me in every possible way...

hope i haven't sent any of you to sleep... [end of history lesson]

dan.b