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| quote: | Originally posted by Ishkur
Yes, especially since those two cities, during that period, transformed electro into "techno" and "bass" music, concurrently. But you are right. It didn't die insomuch as it had a cooling off period before it's ascent again. |
yeah...electro was transformed into "techno" in detroit in the mid 80's by juan atkins, while "bass" music was also invented in the mid-80's in miami when someone figured out how to sustain the kick on an 808, i believe it was amos larkin. so the belville trio takes it from there and maggotron/2livecrew launch electro bass/miami bass, respectively. that was years before the period i state, and early electro was still smokin' at the time. i am talking about the electro that was coming out of those cities during 1989-1993. referred to in both towns as techno bass(coined by DXII) until about 1994 when the more accurate term adopted by miami, electrobass(also coined by DXII), was popularized. at that point techno bass mostly became a detroit gimmick. number one, detroit 'techno bass' is standard electro with limp, dinky, farty basslines and droning african american vocals; number two, where's the bass? why aren't my sub's on fire right now, huh?
it's just the more i learn the more i question the seriousness of this lull, at least in certain places. during the time i highlight, detroit had an...average output of electro. nothing extensive and no established 100% electro artists or labels. aux 88 and drexciya were getting their start, UR was pooping out the odd electro track now and then while Juan did the same. but miami, and florida in general was a freaking underground hotbed for this brand new then-named techno bass music(electro), due in no small part to the stereo wars and their fallout. there were also bass studios in fort lauderdale, orlando, and sarasota. even the most popular labels in miami at the time have albums and albums and ep's and ep's of electro which you won't find on discogs anytime soon. i can buy 10 used electro albums from half as many artists, released on early 90's florida labels, right now through amazon.com that aren't on discogs yet. at the least.
i guess your thing is more with the overall popularity of the stuff...and/or how widespread it was at any given time, and how it finally really began to gain enough weight to move outside of the US around the mid-90's. well then i guess you'd be correct, and i've gone on a horrible tangent. but i never look at the bigger picture man, i only pay attention to the smaller details. i feel like i just answered a psychological evaluation test question.
though you could look at it one of two ways. either electro has never been as popular as it was in the 80's, or it is more popular now than it ever was. has there been a bigger electro hit since Planet Rock or Trans Europe Express? but then, electro has busted out of four american cities since 1995 or so and been taken up by many many more producers from around the world, with relatively less commercial success. hmm.
Last edited by Staedtler on Nov-09-2005 at 10:44
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not all of them though 
