There's a serious rift in the world between those who view (Detroit) techno as "Kraftwerk, but a bit different" and "yes, inspired in part by Kraftwerk but actually its own genre". There's an important racial/cultural subtext to those two origin stories as well.
I've seen this argument play out on various blogs, podcasts and even a couple of college level courses over the past 10 years.
There's a serious rift in the world between those who view (Detroit) techno as "Kraftwerk, but a bit different" and "yes, inspired in part by Kraftwerk but actually its own genre". There's an important racial/cultural subtext to those two origin stories as well.
I've seen this argument play out on various blogs, podcasts and even a couple of college level courses over the past 10 years.