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| wwu.punisher |
| I don't have any problems with techno... as long as I don't have to listen to any. :stongue: |
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| tu_face |
| quote: | Originally posted by TechnoSpeed
I'll elaborate then. Every kind of style is Techno, it is just sub categorized. The differences between all the types is actually not very different. Some are faster, some are slower, some have more layers, some have simple beats. I just think it would be weird if someone asked me what my favorite type is between the two when IMO the question should be "What is my favorite betwen Trance and Progressive?". That way every style gets individual recognition. |
except techno..??
nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono.
i think you are confusing the term "techno" for the term "electronic dance music".
every style is NOT techno. trance is not techno. yes, it has its roots in techno, as it does house music. but it certainly isn't techno.
please go and listen to the following dj's:
valentino kanzyani
michel de hey
jeff mills
chris liebing
umek
richie hawtin
these people are techno dj's. they do not play trance, breaks, prog, or any other genre within EDM, unless it is a fully techno'd version of that genre (see case study: breakno (yes, i have invented this genre's name as it seems to be popping up a lot recently :p), tech-trance/trancey techno (yes there is a difference in my books). |
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| UnBracKo |
| quote: | Originally posted by tu_face
except techno..??
nonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono.
i think you are confusing the term "techno" for the term "electronic dance music". |
hehe don't worry many ppl confuse the term techno, it's a shame but... |
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| aspergian |
Again, depends what works for you. :)
I, for the record, am fine with "techno" being additionally used to describe the whole spectrum of Electronic Dance Music. It's an AND thing, not an OR thing. If you look in the meta tags and other search categorization terms of dance websites, you will see the interlinkage. This is not a misnomer -- it may be an impasse of terminology at times, but what can we say that really makes simple sense? Well, we can say this:
"Techno" can refer BOTH to the pantheon of EDM and a more specific style which is sometimes linked to geographic areas. And for bonus beats, let's use another analogy: you may contain the genetic material of your parents, but you are not your parents -- you are the next generation, quite literally.
TECHNO music is made based on TECHNOlogical principles. On TECHNOlogical devices. And sometimes, it's even made by TECHNOcrats. The Tofflers foresaw things like this in idea pools fermented around TECHNO rebels. And the greats, Kraftwerk, had much to say in their philosophy, including a whole generational continuum of TECHNOlogy being used in popular music, or TECHNO-pop for short. For reference, here are some choice lyrics of theirs:
Music non stop, techno-pop
Music non stop, techno-pop
Synthetic electronic sounds
Industrial rhythms all around
Music non stop, techno-pop
Synthetic electronic sounds
Industrial rhythms all around
Music non stop, techno-pop
[Spanish] La musica ideas portara (=Music will bring new ideas)
y siempre continuara (=and will continue forever)
Sonido electronico (=Electronic sound)
Decibel sintetico (=Synthetic dB)
(excerpted from: http://www.euronet.nl/~rja/Kraftwerk/ecafe-e.html )
I can additionally refer to the wise words of techno pioneer Juan Atkins, who tells it like it is:
What is Techno?
"Music that sounds like technology."
There is, of course, plenty of room for discussion. But I don't mind. I just don't think EDM should experience limiting when expansion would in fact be a sager long-term approach. There are enough troubles to worry about already such as the RAVE Act and infighting between styles (i.e. people who are into drum 'n' bass who hate tranceaddicts and vice-versa). The great unifiers that bond us together will connect us all for a better, brighter future involving this TECHNOlogically-based music!
One man's green is another woman's orchard mist, after all ;)
tu_face: as for "breakno", I very much like the sound of that and will add it to my vocabulary. Let's use it some more. :D |
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