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A Seriously Unanswered Question About Techno
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| Raveaddict19 |
Sooo I've searched the net like mad for an answer to this...
I've been getting REALLY into techno of all kinds but in particular I would say minimal and glitch stuff like Richie Hawtin, Audion, of Spectral Sound and all that...you get the idea. Also have been into harder styles for a while like Ben Sims, DJ Rush, Glenn Wilson etc.
When mixing\listening to a set...how does one really go "wow this is a great set?" Especially with something as cold and percussive as hard techno!?! Isnt it simply the DJ throwing basically big drum loops over eachother to create mad n crazy beats???
Basically what it gets down to is what makes a great minimal cd great and what makes say a DJ Rush set have such "good flow"? I can see it fine in a house set with peaks and valleys, but a set thats almost all bangin or all drippy glitch is hard to differ from itself...does anyone else see what I mean?
I know what I like and what I dont, but when I think about it, other than track selection I dont know why say an Audion CD is so much better than something lesser!!!
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
It's the same with hard house really.
There isnt much to add or take away. Everything is there pretty much from the starting tune.
I guess what makes a good set is adding some sorta diversity. Damp thing down and then tear it all up again. Otherwise your right there isnt much in it. |
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| sleepydragon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
It's the same with hard house really.
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except a 2 year can mix hard house lol its just to easy |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
Well so is techno really. Well Hard Techno, hence why you can just keep throwing record after record in after only 3 mins of the song, cause your only changing the groove really.
Hard house has at least structure, albeit very predictable. Mixing out anywhere on a hard house track wont sound great usually. But you almost always get away with mixing out early or too soon with techno for the simple fact you kill almost all of a techno track with bass eq. No busy melodies or hoover-licious riffs going on in the background. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Minimal fans don't need any audio feedback to know the set is good. I think minimal fans operate on the principal "Something this boring must be intelligent" and so find depth where in reality there's a kick drum. |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
| lol indeed. |
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| sljiva |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Minimal fans don't need any audio feedback to know the set is good. I think minimal fans operate on the principal "Something this boring must be intelligent" and so find depth where in reality there's a kick drum. |
well i listen to some minimal and i don't think it's boring or intelligent. it just sounds good.
and it's not just a kick drum |
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