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I wouldn't say "gentrified", techno just evolved from the Detroit roots, first in the UK and then continental Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, etc.). Tec
by piva00 3y ago
I wouldn't say "gentrified", techno just evolved from the Detroit roots, first in the UK and then continental Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, etc.).
Techno came from an already gentrified African-American community in Detroit, the Belleville Three [0] were from a more affluent part of Detroit at the time, inspired by the 70s/80s German and Japanese electronic music scene, it was never like the roots of hip-hop...
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belleville_Three https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belleville_Three
- Detroiterr 3y ago> the Belleville Three [0] were from a more affluent part of Detroit at the time Nobody in Detroit has ever called Belleville affluent (or 'more affluent' or whatever), and I go back to those days. I will politely omit the lol because you (obviously) aren't from around here. Techno was indeed the music from middle-class African-Americans. It's too bad the world demanded that young Black male artists must act like the white world expected - like gangsters - to sell hip-hop records.
- samatman 3y agoBelleville? Affluent?? Lol. Lmao. Belleville is Juggalo country, cuz. Ypsituckians working in auto parts factories.
- Detroiterr 3y agoHa. Maybe they are thinking of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triplets_of_Belleville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triplets_of_Belleville (Could that be a subtle reference? Was the director or writer a techno fan?)