Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Anyway, to actually answer the question, the winner is inevitably going to be a '90s techno one, back when DJs used to jerry rig their decks to play at +16. 1994 in particular seemed to be the peak year for nosebleed jackhammer techno, with mixes by the likes of Clarke, CJ Bolland and Dave Angel pummelling the airwaves into submission almost every week. To be honest, I find this kind of thing too much to listen to at home, it literally tires my ears out:
ok finally finished spinning it. yeah, the dave angel essential mix is even more stomping than the dave clark one, fucking impressive. also, none of them bored me at any moment, which makes my genuinely happy
just so that I know, any dj these days delivering such a hard sound that doesn't sound made in ableton in 10 min? sounds such a great (but not so healthy) experience to hear this live lol
Aug-23-2018 00:06
wotyzoid
it's not house
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Location: New Jersey
I think this is about as close as you're gonna get:
Meh, first of all it's way too slow and it features a lot of snoozefest Ableton-industrial.
John Heckle and Binny are two guys still delivering that 1994 sound in terms of DJing & their productions. They seem to mostly DJ old records though, which is fair, because the blazing stuff just isn't being made anymore in noteworthy quantities.
This was my personal attempt at that kinda sound. I don't have three turntables so it's not quite as fast paced as those classic mixes. It was difficult finding even a handful of new records that could fit in properly with the old ones.
There are also popular parties like Unpolished in the netherlands and various parties in Copenhagen now that focus on reealllly fast, banging stuff but a lot of it verges on hardcore, gabber and eurotrance. Most of it is not that good honestly, at some point it just becomes stupid cheesy marching music. Classic techno might not've been the smartest music ever made but it's always kept a certain level of purity and classiness that kept it from going cheesy.
Originally posted by Woony
Meh, first of all it's way too slow and it features a lot of snoozefest Ableton-industrial.
I meant in the essential mix department. Hardly anyone makes stuff that fast anymore, it's all older records, like you said. Neil Landstumm, PAS maybe, idk I haven't kept up with music.
Edit: I remember last time I heard something on ostgut from luke slater it was sloww. We always end talking about trends...
I'm not sure about new tunes, but there are a few DJs still doing retro sets playing a lot of those old tunes. I remember seeing Joey Beltram and Dave Clarke around 2014. The night finished with an unknown resident DJ who arrived with a big box of vinyl and played a set of the most brutal music I've ever heard in a club. It was quite horrible actually. Just pure audio violence.