…the origins of disco and house are indeed black (and gay), but to say this relates to the way that young clubbers perceive them today is shortsighted.
This is the same article that I linked to earlier in the thread… ‘racist to the core’ is probably hyperbole, but there was definitely a realisation that the dance music ‘industry’ failed to be vocal enough in the wake of Floyd/BLM and that the real history you reference is much too readily glossed-over.
Detroit has been repeatedly under-acknowledged by euro techno artists… RA, Mixmag etc. and loads of big name jocks that should know better who have all profited from the ‘scene’ were notably reluctant to reveal their stance on BLM. Then you’ve got knob jockeys like Guetta that think that playing the ‘I have a dream’ acapella over some Mickey Mouse EDM track will fix racism…
I can definitely see parallels between this and the confused reaction to Morillo.
