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Originally posted by Ian^ preach is one of my fave djs Natus stuff is easy to hear when you've got a background in 240bpm stuff nowhere near as much as [N]uk|eu[Z] from this board but I figure thats how i can listen to natus stuff some of it's very good tho esp 'you did survive' where he brings a melody in too

hehe...Preach is def. one of my fav. techno producers
about Natus, i've heard some of his new EPs; to wit, Pain, Hardcore Salsa, and Taktische Defensive, and they certainly caused my ears some pain

ill check out 'you did survive,' perchance i'll reconsider my statement

cheers

quite probable that you won't like it still, but it's one of the easier ones to listen to

Yeah you're probably right on that Hardstyle thing. Regardless, square ain't techno. Sorry, I don't consider something with a minute long breakdown in which is introduced a limp melody to be techno. Anyway, this is more for archival purposes than anything, but since techno topics turn up so rarely I suggest:

Takaaki Itoh, Fumiya Tanaka, Paul Damage/Paul Bailey/Paul "Damage" Bailey, Marco Carola, Surgeon, Heiko Laux, Jon Nuccle, Inigo Kennedy, Sterac, Mark Hawkins, Paul Birken, DJ Boss, 303f, Mike Humphries, Tadox, Energun 22, Thomas Krome, Damon Wild, Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull, Shufflemaster, DJ Misjah, Neil Landstrumm...

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ian^:

- southsoniks / aka soulshift - labels like scandium & adrenogroov (check out other releases by other artists as well)
tune to check out:southsoniks - litentia electronica on 'scandium 018'

- the youngsters - mainly released on f-com, but also check out other releases here as well by other artists
tune to checkout: the youngsters - place, race & face on 'f-com 194lp'

- tomie nevada - labels like zenit, memory lane & elp medien
tune to check out: tomie nevada - take control on 'elp medien 22002'

- vince watson - labels like alola, bio + remixes on other various labels
tune to check out: vince watson - parallels on 'bio 13'

- dan corco & fred carreira - labels like rotation + other artists that have released there, 7th gate and dave angel for example.
tune to check out: dan corco & fred carreira - past & present on 'fono 002'

- jel ford - labels like jericho, rotation, platform
tune to check out: jel ford - medusa on 'rotation 02036'

- scan x - labels like f-com
tune to checl out: scan x - higher on 'f-com 176'

- tehnasia - labels like technasia, sino hong kong, music man
tune to check out: technasia - final quadrant on 'technasia 07'

- 7th gate - labels like rotation
tune to check out: 7th gate - route 4 on 'rotation 98016'


and finally

artists on the kanzleramt label might be a bit harder or more melodic, but all in all - among the best labels that are around.

the artists here mainly releases on this label, but they also got a few gems on other labels as well.

- alexander kowalski / aka double x (w/ torsten litschko)
tunes to check out: alexander kowalski - speaker attack on 'kanzleramt 76' & double x - lydkraft on 'kanzleramt 113'

- diego
tune to check out: diego - quarter inch squares (club mix) on 'kanzleramt 104'

- heiko laux
tune to check out: heiko laux - omaments (synthesized) on 'kanzleramt 75'

- fabrice lig
tune to check out: fabrice lig - black stone on 'kanzleramt 89'

- johannes heil
tune to check out: johannes heil - forever on 'kanzleramt 100'


plenty of more out there, but that's all for now by me

hugg and pepp (aka dahlback and dahlback)
Everything on datpunk (antony rothers label)

as verminator points out kowalski is good producer and the new double x album - alive has a few good tracks on it (namely city lights).

May not be your thing but the kompakt label has some good deep melodic techno. people like reignhart voigt, michael mayer and rex the dog (again more electro/trancey)

Other producers

justin berkovi
phil kieran
leandro gamez
d. diggler
dominik eulberg
taksi

and how can we all forget D.A.V.E. The Drummer?
check out the Mankind EPs...all good stuff, incl. tracks from the said dj, Mhonolink, Johan Bacto, Redhead, Patrick Skoog, etc.

http://www.discogs.com/label/Mankind

i think they're up to Mankind 27 or something...Discogs is infamous for not being contemporary with many a release

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred and how can we all forget D.A.V.E. The Drummer? check out the Mankind EPs...all good stuff, incl. tracks from the said dj, Mhonolink, Johan Bacto, Redhead, Patrick Skoog, etc. http://www.discogs.com/label/Mankind i think they're up to Mankind 27 or something...Discogs is infamous for not being contemporary with many a release

how do you compare ANY production by d.a.v.e the drummer and 'square' by hardcell & grindvik? it's as far away as you can possibly get from it..

anyways, the mankind series is 'only' up to #22 as discogs says.. #22 just came out as retail the other week.
#23 lined up, tbr in not so very long, new pratap release

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Originally posted by verminator how do you compare ANY production by d.a.v.e the drummer and 'square' by hardcell & grindvik? it's as far away as you can possibly get from it.. anyways, the mankind series is 'only' up to #22 as discogs says.. #22 just came out as retail the other week. #23 lined up, tbr in not so very long, new pratap release

i wasn't comparing it to square, as i've never heard the latter...the djs Ian mentioned, the Mankind EPs comprise several of them

as for the # of releases, maybe im wrong...although i could've sworn to have seen or heard newer ones after 22, perhaps as promos...not certain though

big thanks to Vermi for the suggestions, chesco also Gonna take me ages to find all these but I think it's gonna be worth it

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred as for the # of releases, maybe im wrong...although i could've sworn to have seen or heard newer ones after 22, perhaps as promos...not certain though

nopp, 23 is not even out on promo yet, so you must have seen or heard wrong hehe

but look out for #23, fucking rox all i can say by now

i vote for pratap to release at drumcode!