While I've always thought minimal techno came from Mika Vainio, Plastikman, Dan Bell, Robert Hood and the Basic Channel guys, seems like some foundations were also set up by Richard D. James with his Tha track, released on Selected Ambient Works 85-92 in 1992, but probably made much earlier. The track sounds totally different from other stuff from that compilation. Check out and discuss:


aphex twin - tha

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Track above its time. I haven't heard this before. Thanks for info.

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Last edited by mphreak on Jan-28-2008 at 22:10

sounds like techno to me...

This is far more melodic than anything I've ever seen branded as "minimal", but then again I'm not an expert in minimalness.

Nice track.

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lol, minimal.

Read the Album title slowly.

OMG Selected Ambient Works 85-92, what a great album. I still give a listen from time to time.


About minimalism, i wouldn't tell that "Tha" can be considered minimal techno, just great a-la aphex twin spacey and loopy ambient (maybe "proto-IDM") experimentation. This is how aphex twin was working back in the time, taking sounds and looping them endlessly! Take note though, in cotnrast to modern minimal techno which is often made by very few elements (some of the more "maximal" examples like Gui Boratto and The Field still use very few), this has a considerable amount of chord progression (great spacey "moogy" synth in this one!), atmospheric pad tapestries, telephone conversations etc. making it quite "maximal" in comparison to modern "minimal techno".


I also love the first track of Selected Ambient Works "Xtal" (if i remember?) in which an uplifting chord and ambient chords are played side by side to a looped angelic female vocal (sample) which is taken by a Cocteau Twins record (Elizabeth Fraser ftw!). So many great tunes in the current album!

Last edited by PETRAN on Jan-28-2008 at 21:13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toS-QvUtbfY




classic tune in the above link

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Originally posted by Dublin Guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toS-QvUtbfY classic tune in the above link

And how does that relate to this thread?

aphex twin is a legend thats what is has to do with this thread.

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em kraftwerk.

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Originally posted by chesco em kraftwerk.

Yeah right everything is "minimal techno" now.

I'm not saying kraftwerk produce minimal techno, alls i'm saying is there are a number of their tracks which would quite easily fit this minimal techno tag as it is today.