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What do you think of the minimal trend?

After reading in a few threads people speak of the current minimal trend in a not so positive manner, I was wondering what everyone actually thought of it. I've started to notice that it is taking over such a wide range of electronic music. Personally, I'm loving it, just wanted to know if you guys dig it or not.

I enjoy productions with minimal qualities, not so much 'pure' minimal per say. But with any genre, I need variety. DJ's that stick to hammering out one specific sound bore me to death.... but a sprinkle of minimal in a set I thoroughly enjoy.

this thread is minimal.

I've been loving minimal for years....I'm glad its finally gaining some popularity

everything and anything to do with minimal =

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Originally posted by exstasie everything and anything to do with minimal =

ah you like everything and anything

I don't like pure minimal, but I do enjoy occassional minimal influence set. This may have something to do with me liking tech house in general. Straight up minimal just bores the hell out of me.

Don't like how much minimal has done to kill hard techno and generally slow down bpm in techno, but that's just me.

Interesting to see lots of bleepy minimal influenced techy prog house coming out.

These two sets (from a TA) are my fav from minimal ish stuff

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Originally posted by callme Le Freak - Hot Festivus Nuts [Tech House/Techno/Minmal] Audio Werner - Before [Repeat Records Germany] Christian Burkhardt - Kreiskollaps [Oslo Recordings] Harry Axt - Pulpfunktion (Worthy's More Pulp Remix) [Leftroom Limited] Audiojack - Panic Attack [2020 Vision Recordings] Mathias Schaffhaeuser -Gott Ist Tot ( (a)pendics Shuffle Remix) [Kompakt] Micheael Knop - Savon [Autist Records] Cardo - Shurone [Autist (Digital)] Alexi Delano - Brooklyn Social [Rompecabeza] Lucio Aquilina - Magic M (Massi DL Version) [Unreleased] Dam O - 1 Peso [Whirlpoolsexmusic] Steve Nash - Toronto Pronto (Kaiser Souzai's Lost In Toronto Mix)[Beatmodul Germany] Daniel Dexter - Berlin [Whirlpoolsexmusic] right click save as http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff...ivus%20Nuts.mp3

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Originally posted by Dj Nacht Link right click save as: http://www.sushipunk.net/TA%20Stuff...hy%20Hottin.mp3 Le Freak - An Evening With Itchy Hottin [Promo CD][Techno/Tech House/MNML] Monoblock - Trizas [Minuendo Spain] Adultnapper - Brandy Mcleoud [Audiomatique] Monoblock - Hache [Minuendo Spain] Jona - Dehydrate [Toys For Boys Records] Gustavo Ferrante & Marriano DC - Peaktime (Xpansul Remix) [Andes] Xpansul - Mas Tarde Que Nuca [Minuendo Spain] Style Of Eye - Minaret [Fabriquez Musique] Style Of Eye - Kirstenbosch [Fabriquez Musique] Samuel L Session Ft Elbee Bad - Off The Chain (The Drums) [Klap Klap Records] Sum aka Carl Finlow & D'Julz - Brain Hoover [Klang Electronic] Format B - Full House [OPOSSUMrec] Christian Kaltenhoffer - Bum Tschack [Scheiber Productions] Harry Axt - Odious [Leftroom Limited] Filter Cutz - Primary Feelings [Whirlpoolsexmusic] Bonus Track Monoblock - Kipp Min [Archipel]

A full minimal set is very hard to do right. Also, a lot of new minimal tracks are pretty cheesy. However, my favourite kind of set would be a mix of tech-house, minimal, and/or techno.

ala Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, John Gaiser, Marc Houle

i really enjoyed that carola set at the gallery in the fall

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Originally posted by afterhrsgurl ah you like everything and anything

I like you...

wanna be my e-girlfriend?

We dont' have to tell your "boyfriend"

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Originally posted by afterhrsgurl i really enjoyed that carola set at the gallery in the fall

+ 1

Thats what kept me there all night.

im all for a little sprinkling of minimal.

as jeff mentioned above "variety is the spice of life".
A straight up minimal set would bore the living shit out of me.

a nice blend of minimal, tech-house and techno works well for me usually. The set Liebing played earlier on last year (not the 21st of december one) at footwork describes that sound pretty well i guess.

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Originally posted by me@t k@tie

says the girl who doesn't like anything less than 160bpm

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Originally posted by EvilTree says the girl who doesn't like anything less than 160bpm

she likes it hard and fast...

minimal is good stuff, sometimes less is more

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Originally posted by EvilTree says the girl who doesn't like anything less than 160bpm

Hahaha, that is not true at all. I listen to trance, classical, techno, and some house - but yes, dnb/jungle is probably my favourite. I just never got into minimal. I guess I don't "understand" it like everyone else.

I like this minimal trend a whole hell of a lot better than the electro one!!!! Cant stress that enough.

But....

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Originally posted by EvilTree Don't like how much minimal has done to kill hard techno and generally slow down bpm in techno, but that's just me.

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Originally posted by samhouse The set Liebing played earlier on last year (not the 21st of december one) at footwork describes that sound pretty well i guess.

Fucking EH! That was a most incredible of sets! My favourite from 2007.

Simply otherworldly for me.

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Originally posted by The Highroller A full minimal set is very hard to do right. Also, a lot of new minimal tracks are pretty cheesy. However, my favourite kind of set would be a mix of tech-house, minimal, and/or techno. ala Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, John Gaiser, Marc Houle

I just posted a gaiser set in the techno thread. That guy is absolutely amazing, i love that type of minimal- no real buildups, never gets to hard but the beat just doesnt stop and it is always groovy

Victor Calderone playing minimal in his sets is so good...

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Originally posted by afterhrsgurl i really enjoyed that carola set at the gallery in the fall

*drools*

That was like one of my favorite sets of all time!!! The man rocked my world!!!

carola set in the gallery was not minimal, it was more techno than anything else even though he did drop a few minimal tracks here and there

as for minimal, i have not so far heard a proper minimal set in toronto yet, while we do get to see a lot of djs who do play around with it minimal is nowhere near what is happening in europe where it took over. I don't go to many events so whoever thinks i'm wrong can correct me. Most events (90%) are house in toronto with occasional trance, dnb, techno, psy event. So far i've heard only a few sets with majority of minimal, audiofly, richie hawtin, nathan barato occasionally, manzone and strong occasionally, johnny white, kenny glasgow, lee burridge (sometimes) a few more..

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Originally posted by geroin carola set in the gallery was not minimal, it was more techno than anything else even though he did drop a few minimal tracks here and there

ive noticed many have difficulty distinguishing between minimal, techno, tech house. as for minimal, i like it in smaller amounts. as said earlier, a pure minimal set would probably get really boring. but throw it in with some other genres and its quite effective, quite like what roaches, vjs, and some others do

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Originally posted by jchung52 a pure minimal set would probably get really boring.

i disagree, you have to know how to do it properly and it will not be boring at all. You don't drop same shit with the same beat over and over, you have to play around, there is so much variety in minimal out there, it's not just one sound.
Most proper minimal/techno djs we don't even see booked in Toronto just because they are too expensive and the turn out is shit. Villalobos, Luca Bachetti, Boris Brejcha, Gui Boratto, Luciano, Gaiser, Pan Pot, Radio Slave etc etc

perhaps.. guess i havent listened to a fulll one live

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