-Electronic Music Superstars-

Yeah David I disagree too. The above is such a narrow view.

Future *crap* Music Mag once labelled in an interview with Jarre, that he was perhaps the godfather of Techno, oh! how wrong they were, Jarre is nothing than a mere pop-artist, the likely candidates for the Techno label were Kraftwerk, Mobieus and the Bellevue 3 (May, Atkins & Saunderson).

EM is a tiny niche, some rate it as Muzak or musical wallpaper thats bland and monotonous, although this statement is also applied to certain areas of Electronica, of course that is more popular than ordinary EM will be ever be.

EM has originators, pioneers and founders and most were there before TD, Vangelis and *the pompous* french git Jarre.

As for the statement about the 90's actually that is wrong, look back to the days of 70's Disco ie: Patrick Cowley, Moroder, Sylvester, Droids. The hip-hop & electro scenes - the music involved heavy use of synths and sequencers, of course it was Kraftwerk that brought that shuffling disco beat to the fore.

Today - TD, Vangelis and Jarre are kind of overtaken/surpassed if you will where people like a beat rather than a sequencer-fest or tron indulgence. EM might have it's community but it is a tiny community. Compared to the broader spectrum of Electronica, Ambient et al.

Interesting subject.

I wonder, in this day and age, when the celebs in the UK are anyone who is lucky enough to get on a reality TV show, if the real superstar is done and dusted.

Why should we care about a quality artist when we can see what the Big Brother housemates are having for dinner?

Why bother when a "karaoke singer" can win a TV music show and become famous overnight and perform on the stage in the west end?

The pop charts are full of artists who will last for 1 or 2 hits and never be seen again.

The album charts are full of yesterdays groups flogging their best hits packages.

I'm in moody old git mode here :evil:

Wrong topic, I