[radley]

No worries. I was actually producing my first underground events back in '90 in San Diego. Obviously I wasn't in the middle of the makers, but I was moderately aware of what was going on.

We didn't really have "techno" & "breakbeat" until '91, but there were hints of it. Meat Beat Manifesto were doing industrial breaks using the drum samples that came into popularity later on. I don't have time to go into history, but there's also the US techno influences that came into play in '90.

I can share one story: back in '89 hanging on in a tiny record shop in San Diego known for industrial, new beat, and dance music. They got in some domestic imports. We gave them a listen and thought "these are really great, but where are the lyrics?"

[hnhg]

It would have been great to see those early events in San Diego. I'm very envious! One thing we did have back in the early 90s here in Manchester was a great radio station called Sunset (it quickly became a commercial mainstream station, alas). Some shows can be found here: http://durftal.com/music/bonus1/index.html