At 10:33 AM 4/1/01 -0700, Max Rocha wrote:
>True, this "black & white" thing is sure getting old. I agree on the note
>that there are more races/ethnicities, and actually, human diversity issues
>at stakes that needs to be addressed & be brought to our awareness. A good
>example would be the Elson's struggle as a Filipino American. When one
>hears a beat, would one think of, wow, could this be a Filipino American's
>tune?
>
Yeah, what y'all think when you hear a track from my bwoy Q-Bert? :)
Yeah, electronic music is more than a white thing, it's more than a black &
white thing, it's even more than a European-and-American thing.
Recently I discovered there's a big Live-PA scene in Manila, I heard some
Chinese techno music in HK and China, passed by a Bhangra club in Singapore
and just found out about the whole "Nortec" scene going on in Mexico...big
up to all those who are adding some new colors (visually and aurally) into
the mix.
Elson
e:trinity
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