thanks for praising my mix 1992, but it's totally irrevant to the topic. ps jesus i hope that mix isn't predictable too!!! :lol:

i haven't locked this topic because i have to say, i do wonder why there's not as many black ppl producing techno as their used to be in the early eighties. i find this topic totally exciting. i always put it down to the fact that the early detroit techno had so much soul, the fact it was being made in detroit and it was a concept between a few black friends. cool but techno has developed into something else.

now i see techno as music that can easily touch different cultures and people regardless of race and ethnic background. that's one of the reasons why i love this music so much. but the problem is that black ppl are targeted with hip-hop/r+b and many of them can easily relate to it. so they latch onto it as kids. techno? hmmm... it's gonna be hard for black kids to discover techno. hip-hop offers way much more excitement.

only my thoughts but, hey perhaps you can see why i didn't lock this topic. ;)