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Someone please define "techno" for me. (pg. 2)
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| Spirit5 |
Slow or fast (depending on the type) mechanical sounding music that tends to be rhythmic. It doesn't rely on melody as much as trance does, and it is more about the technology and the beat. Theres hard techno, which tends to be the fastest, such as Chris Liebing or Jeff Mills. There is minimal, ambient and "intelligent" techno (aka IDM), which tends to be the slowest, such as Richie Hawtin/Plastikman, Robert Hood, Aphex Twin, Oval, Pan Sonic, Autechre, or FSOL during their "Lifeforms" stage and some of Carl Craig's and Josh Wink's stuff. Then there's Detroit techno, which seems to be not as fast as hard techno, nor as slow as minimal/ambient/IDM. Seems to be the most melodic of the techno forms. Such guys as Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Stacey Pullen, Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson.
Then there's the european and funky stuff, like stuff Carl Cox plays. This is a fusion of tech-house and acid house, hard and tech-trance, progressive and tribal house and hard and detroit techno. I guess there's influences all over with european techno, and not all of them are from europe, but are inspired by it (UK, Belgium, Swedish, German). I guess some example would be Smith & Selway, Funk D'Void, Joey Beltram, Michel De Hey, Oxia, Ian Void, Chris Anderson, Filterheadz, as well as innovators like Oliver Lieb and Svan Vath etc, who have influenced both european techno and trance. Haha this is my best way to describe techno...hope I got it right. |
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| stevieboy32808 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
One of the oldest contempory dance music genres. Created in Detroit in the early 1980s. Evolved from electro. |
Yes the early techno productions were influenced by electro, but it did not evolve from it. Techno came from house music brought to you by the following house/techno legends: Derrick May, Juan Atkins & Kevin Saunderson otherwise known as the Belleville Three. It was dubbed "Detroit's relatively high-tech, mechanical brand of house music."
Here's an excellent site: http://www2.abc.net.au/arts/soundsl...ult.asp#Scene_1 |
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| Nayil |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
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indeed |
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| thoughtlessjex |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
You make a great point, because honestly, if I tell a lot of people I play "house" music, and then they hear me play, I'll get all sorts of responses that run the gamut of:
"This isn't House! It's Techno (or minimal)!"
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"This isn't House! It's Trance!" |
You're probably playing progressive house, because that's not really house, techno, or trance, but somewhere in the middle of the three.
At least in my experience. |
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| basd |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spirit5
Theres hard techno, which tends to be the fastest, such as Chris Liebing or Jeff Mills. |
There's a step or three beyond Mills and Liebing when it comes to hard techno, though.
I've always found 'techno' ridiculously hard to describe, even more so to people that do not really listen to EDM. Most of the time, I'll just let em listen to some stuff I like. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by basd
There's a step or three beyond Mills and Liebing when it comes to hard techno, though.
I've always found 'techno' ridiculously hard to describe, even more so to people that do not really listen to EDM. Most of the time, I'll just let em listen to some stuff I like. |
so true. You could take about 10 different people, and they can all like 'techno' but different kinds, making it so hard to describe. I personally love techno, but the artists/dj's I love differ from this guy here, and again from sand leaper, and again from so many others. There is a feeling amongst some people (it's a very elitist genre) that some of it doesn't deserve the term, but the vast majority is called for imo.
My favourite artists
Valentino Kanzyani
Preach
Joris Voorn
Alexander Kowalski
oliver lieb (check his solieb alias for newish techno releases)
Hertz
Hardcell
Par Gridnvik
Adam Beyer
Chris Liebing
but there are some things which are easy to tell. There's schranz which is mainly just beats, bass & noise. Check Robert Natus or Sven Wittekind if you dare venture that way. I found that the more cross-genre tunes between techno & trance helped me appreciate techno before i delved further. With so many tracks, over so many years, it's impossible to know it all...
Also SystemJ's first post is some good advice :) |
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| bogartgreens |
| quote: | Originally posted by basd
I've always found 'techno' ridiculously hard to describe, even more so to people that do not really listen to EDM. Most of the time, I'll just let em listen to some stuff I like. |
+1, ppl not interested in edm seem to categorize most electronic music as being "techno music"...i must admit that back in high school i equated techno with: darude - sandstorm, randy katana - play it louder type stuff...
then i heard sven vath. for me he was the first one who really made me go...thats techno?!?! |
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| Floorfiller |
i think people all too often assume "techno" sounds like this...
click me
when techno really goes WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY beyond that. i don't like this style at all...but i still like techno...because techno is really diverse
besides some of the names already mentioned in this thread i'd suggest artists like...but a lot of techno producers float around different genres...
Bryan Zentz
Kenny Larkin
Smith & Selway
Hakan Lidbo |
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| humilis |
I agree with System-J and Spirit5 and I'll add:
Techno is technical tricking with machines (beats and sounds) with soul. |
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| sw1 |
| I think of Frankie Bones when I think of techno. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by stevieboy32808
Yes the early techno productions were influenced by electro, but it did not evolve from it. Techno came from house music brought to you by the following house/techno legends: Derrick May, Juan Atkins & Kevin Saunderson otherwise known as the Belleville Three. It was dubbed "Detroit's relatively high-tech, mechanical brand of house music."
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I don't think so. |
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