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Re:History of Techno by anthk on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:25AM (#26980837)
White European here (Spain).

Black people in the US invented basically the three modern music roots:

- Blues/Rock

- Techno

- Rap

The problem is rap had much better marketing in the US, ditto with rhythm and blues in the 90's.

Re:History of Techno by wolverine876 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:57PM (#26986603)
Omitting jazz from the list of African-American musical innovations is like omitting goal-scoring from Messi's achievements or MacOS from Apple's.

Also, by "rap" I think you mean 'hip-hop', which includes sampling and mixing, especially using turntables.

> Well, blues is the son of jazz music :)

Try some Muddy Waters and John Coltrane, listen, then report back.

With due respect, beyond every form of music being related to every other (just like you are probably a distant relative of mine), they are such different genres that my impression of the comment - which could be completely wrong - is that the commenter has not listed to jazz, blues, or both.

Re:History of Techno by dpeck on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:35PM (#26983279)
Can’t forget jazz there either.

And I’d argue that blues and rock are separate, but that most rock until late 90s was heavily influenced by blues. But that’s all just fun trying to draw lines where there isn’t a clear difference sometimes.

Re:History of Techno by anthk on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:44PM (#26983423)
Well, blues is the son of jazz music :)

PD: I didn´t put Blues/Rock as separate entities, but two genres where late blues albums could be considered something as proto-rock. And ditto with jazz-swing-blues. It's like a continuum.

Re:History of Techno by te_chris on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:11PM (#26986104)
More like the father!
Re:History of Techno by anthk on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:20PM (#26986886)
Oh, TIL. As blues got played until really long (until it gave birth to rock), I tought the opposite.
Re:History of Techno by mdhen on Monday May 03, 2021 @04:51PM (#27030467)
not just techno, also house