>>12233056I'll keep going with this. Let's take techno, for example. Yes, techno does have its roots in German and Japanese synthpop (Kraftwerk and YMO), but it also has strong roots in electro/electro-funk, house music, and soul, as well as jazz later on with techno's first subgenre, Detroit techno. It was created by middle class African Americans who enjoyed both European and American music, and created their own spins on both regional sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNz01ty-kTQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQZndywOR4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNwhGeu9Jv0All three of these songs were produced by individual producers from the collective known as the Belleville Three: Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, and Juan Atkins. Detroit techno, as well as Chicago house, permanently altered European music history, as with those two main genres + some of the subgenres that started in the states, gave birth to a rise in electronic dance music, and helped give birth to new genres created by both black and white British people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKb8E5gfuAEHere's footage from a local show in Detroit called The New Dance Show. It was pretty much Soul Train, but with Detroit techno, electro-funk, and house music as the backdrop for the dancing.
