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Post by gregsadetsky »

brianzelip wrote: post #212
emptyfile wrote: post #109

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Here's a great channel I found in 2020 for techno mixes. Seems like its mostly folks from Berlin but there are a few big names also. https://www.youtube.com/c/H%C3%96RBERLIN/videos EDIT: There's craploads of content, a lot of styles, although I will observe that oldschool sounds have continued to come back in a big way in 2020. Rave, electro, acid. Here's my favourite party set from 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watc…

My favorite HÖR BERLIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBQFq06w5Y

So happy to see HÖR references on HN! Thanks for your recommendation!

Videos I've come back to way more than once below (most of these are on the harder side of "electro" -- hard techno, hard acid -- but not all)

Lady Starlight (live modular!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9oVM7CQbI

Tigerhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpuHmH495us

Tham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdOfhuYW_OI

The Brvtalist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qeZ1fpWwU

FJAAK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwpF8CAcGQ8

SPFDJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7lbqyLbX8

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

spiralx wrote: post #228
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Nice man. I've only managed to see Landstrumm twice, cuz of being on this side of the pond. Once in the early 2000s he DJ'd along with DJ Hell at a local club, and actually he was quite competent on the vinyl (more than Hell was) and he played a lot of Chicago and Detroit classics. It was a good night if I recall. The other time was actually very recent (2019), someone I know locally knows him personally and brought…

I also saw him as Crystal Distortion back in the mid-00s at Uglyfunk and as himself in the early 10s, so that's only one more time than you :) I'm a big fan of Detroit ghetto-tech like DJ Godfather, and have a similar problem of it only existing on the other side of the Atlantic... The weekender I mentioned has had at least one of the top DJs over every other year or so over the last decade which is amazing, because…

I believe I saw Godfather and some others in that vein at the first Detroit Electronic Music Festival back in 2000. Maybe in 2001.

Sweet little Canadian me was ... shocked ... by the way people uh, danced to that stuff.

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Post by comprev »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #231
brianzelip wrote: post #212

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My favorite HÖR BERLIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBQFq06w5Y

So happy to see HÖR references on HN! Thanks for your recommendation! Videos I've come back to way more than once below (most of these are on the harder side of "electro" -- hard techno, hard acid -- but not all) Lady Starlight (live modular!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9oVM7CQbI Tigerhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpuHmH495us Tham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdOfhuYW_OI The Brvtalist https://www.you…

Tham is awesome! Really working all 4 decks during his mixes, with multiple tracks looping in layers.

Dax J and Hector Oaks also need a mention - Hector adding a sparkle of punk to electronic mixes.

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Post by SvenMarquardt »

mqp wrote: post #117

I'm pleased to see accuracy in the history of techno. I for one did not know it's roots took place back in the 70s and from the black community. These days when I look at techno artists and their raving followers, its prodimently white. I have since taken active steps to seek out the lesser know black artists to support. Many modern music fundamentals are origins from the black community and very little is correctly…

Detroit techno is a completely different beast to the modern European techno scene. Less than 1% of DJs playing at Berghain are black. Modern techno is dominated by Europeans.

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Post by comprev »

Jommi wrote: post #175
tmearnest wrote: post #101

I've been listening to techno (not EDM in general, Techno) since the 90s. It's definitely my favorite music for deep work; something about the tight repetitive loops is just perfect for concentration. Since the pandemic started I've been listening to techno mixes almost constantly in order to mask the noise from everyone else in my house. Initially, I found it difficult to find decent mixes since Techno has become a…

It's fascinating how the "techno" moniker nowadays really just means any non festival non house dance music.

By that logic anything with a guitar is rock music.

Techno has a vast range of styles.

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Post by comprev »

hnlmorg wrote: post #79
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I grew up with Drumcode. It was quite common with forest raves here in Sweden, basically a huge sound system in some remote place and people dancing over night. And at one point there were also some organisers who rented a whole cruise liner, with people like Adam Beyer and Thomas Krome DJ’ing. My favourites include: surgeon, headroom, the advent, invexis, chris liebing, planetary assault systems, mark broom, poundin…

Drumcode is still going strong and Beyer does a weekly podcast, which is excellent (and supports RSS too). I still love that sound even though I'm now far too old to have the stamina to party like I did in the 90s/00s. IDM has also been a huge love of my life. I'm not sure I could pick a favourite out of techno or IDM though. But Drumcode Radio is certainly good music to run to. Slam did a rather nice podcast that sa…

Drumcode has become the EDM festival gateway to many people and has earned the nickname "business techno". Gently bobbing along at 125-128 with predictable buildups/breakdowns and is very "FX friendly" on the mixer.

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Post by tomduncalf »

Cool to see so much discussion about techno on here!

I’ve been a huge dance music fan/nerd ever since I was a teenager and techno is my favourite genre, particularly the deeper and more hypnotic varieties.

Check out Donato Dozzy’s 2008 Labyrinth set for an idea of what I mean, it blew my mind at the time (still does) and redefined my musical tastes quite a lot: https://soundcloud.com/user-602354628/sets/dozzy-labyrinth-2...

Would be cool to chat techno more with people from this site (and further afield, but I guess I’m thinking the shared interest in tech is another thing in common), I find sites like Reddit don’t really work for me for whatever reason... would there be any interest in a Discord or whatever for techies who like techno? (lol, sorry). Could be fun to share musical discoveries and maybe lead to other interesting connections.

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Post by Toutouxc »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #214
mqp wrote: post #117

I'm pleased to see accuracy in the history of techno. I for one did not know it's roots took place back in the 70s and from the black community. These days when I look at techno artists and their raving followers, its prodimently white. I have since taken active steps to seek out the lesser know black artists to support. Many modern music fundamentals are origins from the black community and very little is correctly…

If you want to see quite the videos check these out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV8_eUJ6C1w [ Acid Mix Detroit Chicago - New Dance Show 1989 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2wInkVkRU [ Techno Jam - New Dance Show 1989 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUAqboAvQM [ City of Techno (Detroit) - New Dance Show 1991 ] Great examples of the racial diversity in the early scene in Detroit. I think this was some publ…

It's bizarre and charming at the same time to hear music so similar to the colder, minimal kind of techno you'd expect to hear at a dark themed party in a shady club full of edgy young people, and see the happy, well dressed, colorful, smiling people in the video.

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Post by SvenMarquardt »

jamal-kumar wrote: post #214
mqp wrote: post #117

I'm pleased to see accuracy in the history of techno. I for one did not know it's roots took place back in the 70s and from the black community. These days when I look at techno artists and their raving followers, its prodimently white. I have since taken active steps to seek out the lesser know black artists to support. Many modern music fundamentals are origins from the black community and very little is correctly…

If you want to see quite the videos check these out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV8_eUJ6C1w [ Acid Mix Detroit Chicago - New Dance Show 1989 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2wInkVkRU [ Techno Jam - New Dance Show 1989 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUAqboAvQM [ City of Techno (Detroit) - New Dance Show 1991 ] Great examples of the racial diversity in the early scene in Detroit. I think this was some publ…

Yes, LATAM has the wildest contemporary techno scene after Europe. The US had next to no techno scene pre-pandemic, a party or two in NY or LA each weekend was it, now its dead.

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Post by layoutIfNeeded »

you_know_the_ wrote: post #162
tmearnest wrote: post #101

I've been listening to techno (not EDM in general, Techno) since the 90s. It's definitely my favorite music for deep work; something about the tight repetitive loops is just perfect for concentration. Since the pandemic started I've been listening to techno mixes almost constantly in order to mask the noise from everyone else in my house. Initially, I found it difficult to find decent mixes since Techno has become a…

Cercle channel on YouTube puts out some great techno shows. They go to historical places and record a set with some of the best djs Here is the link for Pan-Pot set https://youtu.be/hENgrbIMiy4

lol, the linked video is not techno but some pretty bland tech-house...
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