In an earlier text I addressed that techno at the beginning, and especially hardcore and breakcore, were deeply connected to social, cultural, "political" thoughts, ideas, concepts, movement. Radicalism, Subversion, Anti-Art, Creativity, Freedom. Total Anarchy.
This connection was severed - to a large part by a "second wave" of artists and 'scene-goers' who rejected these ideas from the bottom of their minds.
So this former radical form of art, that scared people and made the philisters deeply afraid, became just another form of consumerism, a product, perfumed, nicely cut-out, formatized, harmless.
The former radicals, who did not switch sides or became burned out, got bullied into silence by this onslaught of well-adapted societal persons into this community of now destructed radicalism.
But I think, it is time to speak out again. To get rid of this silence. To raise our voice again.
I say: Fuck You! to those who think music and art is just for "entertainment". For "pleasure". To "consume". Fuck you if you "just want to enjoy the sound", if you just "want to party", to numb your brain with shit music and drift into insignificance.
Fuck all of you.
Now for one more time let's address one of the numberous invalid points this "other side" likely would reply to these thoughts. 'Who are you to tell people how to "enjoy" their music". Okay so be it. If you really think music and art is just for "entertainment" then let's keep it that way. I am not trying to force anyone. But to those, us, like-minded people, who think music and art can be *much more* than this, I say: let us no longer keep silented by these others, let us speak out, let us speak open, make some noise and let us be heard.
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