and just for argument's sake:
i never mentioned race, but here is another quote from Bones:
DJ Bone rails against commercialisation of a sound he loves, he's dissing the silly trance shit that was all over German MTV in the 90s. He doesn't say a word about race in your quote.
i never mentioned race, but here is another quote from Bones:
SmSh: So, in other interviews you talk a lot about international DJs�� DJs from Europe, wherever, biting on the early Detroit Techno sound and repackaging it. Is that something you still see happening today in a major way?
DJ Bone: Yeah, major way. They might not want to admit it. Well, they piggyback and as soon as they felt they were at the pinnacle, they drop it -- drop the association. Everyone was describing their shit, ��it��s Detroit-esque��, it��s ��Detroit-lite��, it��s ��Detroit-inspired��. But as soon as they got to the point where they thought they were the shit, then they dropped it: ��I��m my own person, I like to sound different...��
Bullshit.
That��s the same motherfucker who was coming to Detroit and taking notes, watching people, know what I mean? Fuck that.
And it might come across as harsh when I say it but it��s been like that...
SmSh: Have you heard of Motor City Drum Ensemble?
DJ Bone: Yes.
SmSh: I think it��s like a dude from Stuttgart but he��s got the 70��s afro-chic packaging..
DJ Bone: Oh yeah... I��m really upset with that. On the record, I was so upset when I met Terry Lee Brown Jr. Have you heard of him?
SmSh: No.
DJ Bone: He was doing house music. I think he��s out of Germany, I don��t know, somewhere in Europe. His logo is this black guy, right, with big lips and a short little afro... it wasn��t a caricature that offended me, it was just somebody that looked kinda soulful, and everybody who bought his record thought that the picture was him.
That��s him, you know. I met him in London and I just went off. They introduced me and it was some tall white guy from Germany.
SmSh: Looking like one of the dudes in Kraftwerk?
DJ Bone: So, straight up, I was like why the fuck do you have this black guy on your records -- they couldn��t believe I said that -- but that��s just wrong...
SmSh: What did he say?
DJ Bone: He said that he didn��t want to be judged on what he looked like, ��it��s about the music��, whatever... yeah, but then put the music out there, don��t put a fake-ass face out there. Go ahead and be faceless.