11) Miles Davis - Rated X
Of course none of the 80s avant-funkateers came close to what miles did here. but what interests me more than the merger of north african sensibility with raga and stockhausen is how the guitar is dislodged from even approximating something vaguely resembling melody. if we're making a case for techno, it has to start here, first and foremost. the guitar as tone making instrument. rithing tentacles. and everyone knows how the droning organ and drums endorse memories of the most frenzied amphetamine psychosis.
Of course none of the 80s avant-funkateers came close to what miles did here. but what interests me more than the merger of north african sensibility with raga and stockhausen is how the guitar is dislodged from even approximating something vaguely resembling melody. if we're making a case for techno, it has to start here, first and foremost. the guitar as tone making instrument. rithing tentacles. and everyone knows how the droning organ and drums endorse memories of the most frenzied amphetamine psychosis.