I love techno

[Uvijek Argen]

Just to put some of my rotations...

Kaskade & deadmau5 - I Remember
http://youtu.be/fFYnhDGBUNw

Kaskade - Step One Two
http://youtu.be/zpJwHfDonl0

Armin Van Buuren - Hold On To Me
http://youtu.be/fR2xmuIh2h4

Maya Jane Coles - You
http://youtu.be/bVG5SCmLwnQ

Edu - Someday
http://youtu.be/XM3nrFE_BVM

Nitrous Oxide - Amnesia
http://youtu.be/C4CNzem3zvI

Benny Benassi feat. Channing - Come Fly Away (Soha & Adam K)
http://youtu.be/Za02ZYn9190

[Power Player]

Futurecop is freaking awesome.

[Leelord337]

not really techno but its a good Futurecop remix of stronger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95QjKK2xyQ

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by Power Player

The term techno is still used?

Are you talking about House, DNB, dubstep (hopefully not), synthwave, ambient, minimal..etc?

Techno is a distint genre of music from all of those (other than Minimal which is generally regarded as an off-shoot of it despite having as much in common with house)

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by Uvijek Argen

Just to put some of my rotations...

Kaskade & deadmau5 - I Remember < not techno

Kaskade - Step One Two < [b]not techno

Armin Van Buuren - Hold On To Me < [b]definitely not techno

Maya Jane Coles - You < [b]not techno

Edu - Someday < [b]not techno

Nitrous Oxide - Amnesia < [b]not techno

Benny Benassi feat. Channing - Come Fly Away (Soha & Adam K)< [b]not techno

Just saying.

[tenniscasey]

You don't know me, you're too old, let go. It's over; nobody listens to techno.

[Leelord337]

Originally Posted by tenniscasey

You don't know me, you're too old, let go. It's over; nobody listens to techno.

Lol, what a stab at moby by eminem...just heard that in the gym yesterday actually. And EXACTLY what i was thinking when i saw this thread

[Bobby Jr]

Techno rocks. I have spent many a great late night at clubs all over the world rocking out to techno... Womb (Toyko), Zouk (Singapore), Berghaim/Panorama bar/Watergate/Tresor (Berlin) etc. > seen guys like Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, Dave Clarke, Juan Atkins, Claude Young, Carl Craig, Surgeon, The Advent, Kevin Saunderson, Octave One etc.

The current era of techno is really top notch too. When it went all minimalistic for a few years it eventually got a little niche and high-brow but there is plenty of great stuff happening all over the place now.

Of recent times I'd say Vince Watson's 'Every Soul Needs a Guide' album from earlier this year is one of the best moments. Although not complete party techno Watson has been consistently one of the best in the business for years.

All class > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_73rbL92GY (it's not techno in a traditional sense but since he's a techno guy and it's made with a techno sensibility so it gets credit regardless)

Renato Cohen's album from about two years back was also amazing. It's more clubbing oriented that Watson's but the man has talent. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H18p_4AVDO4

Am waiting for Robert Hood's album due shortly under his Floorplan guise. The guy has been a visionary for about 20 years right back to his Internal Empire album (remastered recently) and even earlier.

[Bobby Jr]

Some sets worth checking out:

Octave One (live podcast) > http://snd.sc/GXBQeK

Technasia (live at Berghain last weekend)> http://snd.sc/RNtv00

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by NickC

.....Regarding the disco, I've taken a page out of Tom Terje's book and tried to make entire tracks out of just one VST to beef up my sound design skills.

Tom? Is he Todd's brother?

[Uvijek Argen]

Originally Posted by Bobby Jr

Just saying.

But who cares, Im more with OP thoughts in regard his thread....

Originally Posted by TennisLovaLova

^techno is still the general term to talk about techno music and club culture
house, minimal, deep house, trance are all techno music

[Leelord337]

thx for sharing the links uvijek, i actually added the first 2 kaskade songs and the benny bennasai songs to my music list

[TennisLovaLova]

Originally Posted by TahoeTennis

80s/90s techno/electronic > horrible Dubstep stuff these days

I agree but lots of tracks back in the days were also very bad
and you dont actually need a 140 BPM tune to feel something
there are very slow beat tunes that rock :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_nsFPBPE8

Originally Posted by r2473

I love little baby ducks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_WAPkhQzUI

(and "music when it's good")

ignorant troll: I love techno is one of the biggest and oldest techno festivals in the world

[TennisLovaLova]

Originally Posted by Bobby Jr

Some sets worth checking out:

Octave One (live podcast) > http://snd.sc/GXBQeK

Technasia (live at Berghain last weekend)> http://snd.sc/RNtv00

I was in berlin 2 months ago
very tough to enter Berghain, the physio at the door is a psycho
after 1 hours waiting we went inside, to hear Ben Klock mixing
very pure and very minimal sound
also very slow
it was great

But I prefer Tresor and Weekend
better atmosphere imo

At the time in 94-95 I travelled a lot in Europe so I went to belgium and that's where I discovered techno, in the Fuse and Cherry Moon
Also went to the mayday in dortmund in 97 and love parade in berlin in 2000

Last year for NYE we had jamie jones, maceo plex and loco dice at pacha marrakech
great party

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by TennisLovaLova

I was in berlin 2 months ago
very tough to enter Berghain, the physio at the door is a psycho
after 1 hours waiting we went inside, to hear Ben Klock mixing
very pure and very minimal sound

Ha ha... many people have stories about trying to get into Berghain. The huge mean-looking guy with the shaved head is pretty intimidating huh! I'm always with people so haven't had issues yet.

I have had many a good night there and also seen some crazy **** up at Panorama bar too... and that huge picture on the wall of the **** always catches first-timers out.

Originally Posted by TennisLovaLova

At the time in 94-95 I travelled a lot in Europe so I went to belgium and that's where I discovered techno, in the Fuse and Cherry Moon
Also went to the mayday in dortmund in 97 and love parade in berlin in 2000

Last year for NYE we had jamie jones, maceo plex and loco dice at pacha marrakech
great party

Nice one. That era was good time for techno when you could avoid the cheesy rave stuff which was happening at the same time.

I've always loved the guys who a mixed bag style like Tenaglia and Danny Howells as well - playing long sets which have disco, house, tribal, techno etc all in one. It takes way more skill to do it well over a 6+ hour period than it does to play a bunch of hits for 90 minutes like most of the cheesy guys do nowdays.

[TennisLovaLova]

Originally Posted by Bobby Jr

Ha ha... many people have stories about trying to get into Berghain. The huge mean-looking guy with the shaved head is pretty intimidating huh! I'm always with people so haven't had issues yet.

I have had many a good night there and also seen some crazy **** up at Panorama bar too... and that huge picture on the wall of the **** always catches first-timers out.


Nice one. That era was good time for techno when you could avoid the cheesy rave stuff which was happening at the same time.

I've always loved the guys who a mixed bag style like Tenaglia and Danny Howells as well - playing long sets which have disco, house, tribal, techno etc all in one. It takes way more skill to do it well over a 6+ hour period than it does to play a bunch of hits for 90 minutes like most of the cheesy guys do nowdays.

Actually there's a new wave on the techno scene with new american dj and producers rising. If you like dj's mixing very different styles you're gonna love Seth Troxler, a true detroit product.

Also, there's still the king richie hawtin
Wanted to go to space ibiza this summer to attend one of the "enter" parties but couldnt make it. I really like minimal actually

[Bobby Jr]

Originally Posted by TennisLovaLova

Actually there's a new wave on the techno scene with new american dj and producers rising. If you like dj's mixing very different styles you're gonna love Seth Troxler, a true detroit product.

Also, there's still the king richie hawtin..

I'm a Detroit lover from way back so Hawtin's thing isn't really my bag. I've seen him shred a few times but he's also quite famous for completely bombing probably 20% of his gigs because he just does he thing regardless of whether the crowd are into it. It's the downside of touring non-stop, often these guys have no local benchmark to go on when they step up to the deck - or laptop in case. He's done tons to further the techno style of DJing in terms of Traktor but I'm more into the Derrick May sort of style - rough, raw and much more varied in the sorts of music played > and by someone who will do whatever it takes to get a floor rocking. Hawtin DJs more with a band mentality nowdays - he will play his set and the crowd can take it or leave it.

Troxler is not totally my thing but is cool for sure. Would prefer to see him over 95% of the DJs out there.

You're not missing anything by not going to Ibiza if you're into techno. The vast majority of techno guys who play there tone their selection down majorly for the mostly cluless crowds that go there. Whenever something gets a rep in Ibiza the pressure is on the promoters to make it as big as possible because they know they've only got a couple of years to make $$ before they're gone (Loco Dice - remember when he was Mr Big in Ibiza?.. where is he now? The crowds they got ended up being totally antisocial drug addicts which will never work out for more than a season or two). Definitely better to see them at one of the European weekender festivals or in a club - unless you just want the big beach-side party experience.

[Power Player]

Speaking of decks..I do miss decks so much. It set a bar that is now gone. I help book DJs here sometimes and it is so annoying how these guys with zero skills come in and make diva demands and tell me they "know what they are doing" when they tell me how the house EQs should be set..lol. Hate hate hate those guys, and we have a ton of no talent Fullsail kids with laptops masquerading as DJs here right now.

[El Diablo]

techno = music that's had its soul removed.

[TennisLovaLova]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Speaking of decks..I do miss decks so much. It set a bar that is now gone. I help book DJs here sometimes and it is so annoying how these guys with zero skills come in and make diva demands and tell me they "know what they are doing" when they tell me how the house EQs should be set..lol. Hate hate hate those guys, and we have a ton of no talent Fullsail kids with laptops masquerading as DJs here right now.

Vinyl made dj's technically better
But the way to merge songs and actually pick them right, plus felling what the crowd wants is the secret of a good dj IMO.
I tried VDJ and Traktor after many years of MK2 and it is easier of course but it also has a lot of positive points.

About Ibiza and the level dropping: you're right Bobby. Europe showcases have nothing to do with ibiza. Totally different objectives. I've seen Villalobos in Paris and in Ibiza and it was fkin different, in a bad way.