I had to look inside myself and say 'What do you like, what do you want to hear?' What I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. That's the only thing I focussed on [...]



In 2009, "minimal" no longer means "minimalistic". Minimal is no longer a term for an approach to making music. Minimal now means techno, regardless of how many elements are used and how an impact is achieved. So, with this mix, I've decided to play my idea of minimal techno in the vein Robert Hood described above: raw and stripped down to its core essentials, but always very danceable.

With that said, minimal techno was originally intended as a refuge from the rave/hedonism-aspects that techno as a genre was drifting towards. As such, some of the tunes towards the end could perhaps be accused of not adhering fully to this "minimal" principle, and this mix isn't "minimal" in its entirety. However, in 2009, I think this sentiment is no longer all that relevant. On the contrary: as far as I'm concerned, techno needs to take the rave out of Hipsterville and back into the club, and that's what this mix will partly contribute to. You'll see what I mean.


Sand Leaper - My God It's Minimal 180507

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Pan American - For A Running Dog
Soylent Green - Low Pt. 1
Sutekh - Untitled
Peter F. Spiess - Symbol Shift
Alter Ego - Absolute
3ST vs Dash - Gravedigger
Theorem vs Sutekh - Canis
Aqua Regia - Pump Up The LEDs To Red, Take Some Drugs And Shake Your Head!
Damon Wild - Walking On Air
DBX - Third Rail
Diego - Mind Detergent (Robert Hood Mix 2)
Agaric - The Third (Eidolon Remix #1)
Jamie Bissmire - Rhythms Of Nature (Claude Young Remix)
Gebrüder Ton - Buzzmati
Makaton - The Feeding Circle
Andrew Wooden & Chris Liebing - Teeroom
Robert Hood - Side Effect
Boo Williams - Endangered Species
Humate - Sound (Cari Lekebusch Remix)
Kareem Smith - Church Bells
DJ Funk - Knock Knock
Joey Beltram - Pulse
Clementine - Tracker
Lenk - Untitled
Cyrus - Enforcement
Kaylyn - Your Wildest Dream (The Slick Bass Remix)
Dynamic Structure - Dynamic Structure
Mike Dearborn - Birds On E
Steve Bicknell - Untitled (Lords Of Afford Remix)
Nico - Darkstar (Neil Landstrumm Remix)
Paul Hazel - Bush Run
Psychonautic Experiments - Flood
Spectral Emotions - Chiswick Days
Monobox - The Construct
UR - Predator
UTU - N428
Jeff Mills - Perfecture: Somewhere Around Now
Heiko Laux - Every Thought Is Evolution Pt. 3
Nakaido Reichi - Hitoribocchi 2


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Last edited by Sand Leaper on May-20-2009 at 22:07