can someone explain what minimal (as in minimal techno..) means? I keep hearing the name and cant quite pin a sound to it. Are there any good sites that explain the history and give explanations of different dance music genres?
Dec-27-2001 22:41
cosmix
.art is everywhere
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Minimal Techno is just a simple rhythm and some sound. Techno with a small number of different noises and much empty space in the track. From the editorial point of view, this is no interesting genre; one sentence is enough. But, musically this is interesting, because Minimal is so basic. One could compare it with the relation between the simplicity of a string quartet against the bombast of a big orchestra.
Read it here: http://www.universalsource.co.uk/mu...oit_techno.html
Dec-27-2001 22:49
vasyachkin
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Brooklyn
not everybody can handle minimal
rather then read about it why don't you get these trax and see if they do it for you:
Midi Miliz - Restore My Soul
Spirallianz - The Re-entry
Atmos - Sonic Kipper
Shakta - Amazon
Source Unknown - Blond Sexy Doped Babes
Thomas Krome - Wood Carver (Adam Beyer Remix)
Ticon - Tekkno
and the following, only for hardcore minimlists:
Intact Instinct - Heftigverdichter
The Delta - Send In Send Back
HAV FUN! i like all of these tracks
Dec-28-2001 02:06
davinox
diving deep into sound
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: you could say i'm from dallas
*snnnnoooooorrreeeee*
oh...sorry.
is there minimal trance?
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Dec-28-2001 02:11
vasyachkin
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Brooklyn
YES!
Atmos - Sonic Kipper
and
Shakta - Amazon
are definitely trance
Dec-28-2001 02:28
FinnHawk
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
vasyachkin: you're talking minimal psy trance.
minimal detroit techno is completely different. It's ACTUALLY VERY minimal. What they call "minimal" psy trance isn't actually even all that minimal, compared to say minimal techno at least. Now THAT is actually minimal. More like it's "Progressive" Psy Trance.
Dec-28-2001 03:02
vasyachkin
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Brooklyn
hehe, guilty as charged, but Thomas Krome is Detroit Techno though
and isn't this a trance forum?
Dec-28-2001 09:37
flystyler
Defected[JULES]Addict
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Aylesbury, UK
quote:
Originally posted by vasyachkin hehe, guilty as charged, but Thomas Krome is Detroit Techno though
and isn't this a trance forum?
Yep but this is music discussion and i quote "This is where you can talk about Trance, or any electronic music."
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Dec-28-2001 09:48
FinnHawk
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by vasyachkin hehe, guilty as charged, but Thomas Krome is Detroit Techno though
and isn't this a trance forum?
I'm sorry... Yes, of course, you're post was valid... I just wanted to make it clear to everyone that the use of the adjective "minimal" in describing Techno is quite different from the use of the word in describing some Psy Trance.
Dec-28-2001 12:22
SmellsExcellent
fuckedupandconfused
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Shangri-La
minimal techno = ambient (kinda)
seems like it to me, ive been a fan of ambient for a while now just because it is really simple and like background music for whatever. A good example is the cd: Sean Deason - Allegory & Metaphor
its way rad if youre into the whole "background chill" music.
-M
**edit that first equation is a question, someone enlighten me please! Opinion or fact, i want something else that the fabrication of my brain!