"The anemic funding of the arts in America means that the institutions memorializing the country’s cultural exports look like scale models.
"Spice," EON: From some TV dance show in Detroit in 1992.
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The Battle Over Techno's Origins-- Detroit or Berlin?
"The anemic funding of the arts in America means that the institutions memorializing the country’s cultural exports look like scale models.
"Big Fun," Inner City (1988)
Two inner city club cultures getting together, Chicago and Detroit, incubating new electronic dance music. Inner City was vocalist Paris Grey, from Chicago, where Frankie Knuckles was creating a Queer friendly dance music scene so popular regulars called it House music or just House. And "Big Fun" composer Kevin Saunderson, as part of the Belleville Three (w Juan Atkins and Derrick May), created a Detroit Techno sound combining icy Kraftwerk inspired Black Futurist tempos w heated soul vamping. Early peak.
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