The Techno scene where you are...

What's it like? Is there much going on?

In Liverpool, there is f-ck all... It had been declining for years anyway, until there was literally one regular monthly Techno night left (Rehab) but numbers dwindled and the bar it was held in got shut down, and the scene pretty much died off since then.

We got a whole bunch of nights proclaiming themselves to play Techno, but it is the slow, minimal-esque, mixmag lame "techno." Nobody dares to play pouding Techno anymore. Is such a massive void in the city's nightlife :(

What's it like in your city? Are there many nights going on? Even if just small clubs with resident DJs only, do you get to hear proper Techno still?

Put up some up some info about any clubs which are still playing real Techno!

I saw Ben Klock Friday night at Timbuk2 in Bristol

It was absolutely drilling all night

Was expecting a more deep and moody affair having listened to a bit of his releases

He just played ****ing hard techno for about 4 hours. Club was rammed. Best night I've had in quite a few years. No drugs either, didnt stop dancing until I left

But I agree nights are few and far between these days, you have to travel further afield.

There is still the odd good nit in Liverpool,dettman an klock played not so long ago. Perc has also played here recently.

Going to see ben sims this weekend - Paul Ritch is playing live - but again its all that minimilish nonsense.... IMO its not real techno so I would say the techno is boring - sims plays kinda commercial when he plays at Pressure (ran by slam who are fcuking boring)

Len Faki was meant to be playing in Glasgow but he pulled out so had to listen to slam for 5 hours = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

But people in Glasgow seem to dig it - each to there own a suppose

semi-underground parties run for and by doley junky scum

In Belgrade is sooo boring for a couple a years... I allmoust dont go out anymore...

Last party for me was Dj Rolando... I must say it was prety cool ,proper techno sound that he playing that night (for ,like 5 hours?!)... But people was not my cup of tea...Overcrowded club.... I dont have enough space to dance... Just stay like in a full bus... Maybe im just older, i dont know...

Im dreaming of UK underground party (you know, techno, acid techno in a dark wearhouse - all that) some times, man...

Maybe i will organize one here... Its about time... Maybe i am new Tony Willson here.. :)


When i remeber how we used to partying.... Belgrade scene was sooo cool, believe it or not... Serbian youngsters are allways have nice taste for music.


Edit:

I found some galery from that night, see it for yourselfs... Music is exelent, like i said...but overcrowded club full of pousers is not my cup of tea...

http://www.thetube.rs/5th/?page=gall...tum=21.10.2011

edinburgh - shite, getting shite'er.....

to many decent underground clubs closing down or getting bought
up, refurbed into the ever growing meat market scene that is dominating
edinburgh and most other cities i fear....

im guessing theres going to be a hell of alot of outdoor illegal parties popping up this summer...

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Originally Posted by basslinejunkie

There is still the odd good nit in Liverpool,dettman an klock played not so long ago. Perc has also played here recently.

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There are some random nights here and there (I'd have liked to see Dettman & Klock), but they are very few and far between. There are no monthly Techno nights left, playing proper Techno. Even Voodoo, which was Liverpool's biggest Techno club, used to be monthly, now they only do an annual one-off event...

Then: Neil Landstrumm, Surgeon, Dave Clarke, Green Velvet, Joey Beltram, Speedy J, Christian Wunsch, DJ Bone, British Murder Boys..

Now: Sebo K, Mattias Tanzmann, Alex Smoke...

It just doesn't compare mate. Of course it's a reflection on the state of Techno itself, but I started this thread to see if some cities are doing better than others for Techno nights, to try and see what's out there. I barely go out in Liverpool any more, and I really do miss getting my head down and stomping away to some proper Techno pounders!

Perth - Australia

Virtually zero on. Have derrick may in April, that's probably all for 2012.

Working on starting a night here soon to try and get things going again

Calgary Alberta Canada

Well interesting times here, small Techno scene getting bigger as we push the Techno. I still play the old school hard and Acid Techno records and the people go off proper :) but Calgary has become a Drum and Bass mecca huge shows huge rocking dance floors so that's cool I LOVE DnB!!! NO DUBSTEP for me tho!! lol :)

Recently we had a big Techno show with Chris Liberator and Sterling Moss it went off well and they pounded it out proper! It was awesome! So I see some potential for Techno to come back here :) Sterling came back a couple of weeks ago and gave us a great show too! Loved it!

Really frustrated with the selection of Techno out there! unfortunately I find a lot of it too generic, slow, clubby, and boring. I went through thousands of tracks building a digital set, wheres the pounding soul and guts in most of them?! Thank goodness for all the amazing DnB out there! lol but I have found some good proper Techno still exists and if I overlay the minimal slow tracks and use 3 to 4 decks while pitching up to a proper fast tempo it can sound full and thick like proper Techno :)

I am hopeful.

When I get back to making more Techno, (DnB is keeping me busy right now), I will be going back to the oldschool proper style.

I think that Techno will make a comeback everywhere. I think the saturation of Dubstep will help Techno to be more appreciated by the new generation as well.

swings and round abouts...

There is no techno here. I am the only person I know who even likes acid techno/acid house/techno/gabba ect. Most people look at me like I'm crackers (and that's before I tell them the music I like) But, Hertfordshire is close to London, so if I need to bounce, I can bounce. Not been out for a couple of years though, and then I busted me leg and ankle last year, so that's held me back (and made me miss a coupe of the SUF parties)

But, will be going to an old school rave/techno/jungle all dayer on saturday in North London (distant planet, tickets from AAA 5er each, get down there!! will even be a rave quiz at 6pm) so I'm going to test out how good my ankle is, and then venture back out into the muddled world of raves and messy nights.

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I saw Ben Klock Friday night at Timbuk2 in Bristol

It was absolutely drilling all night

Was expecting a more deep and moody affair having listened to a bit of his releases

He just played ****ing hard techno for about 4 hours. Club was rammed. Best night I've had in quite a few years. No drugs either, didnt stop dancing until I left

But I agree nights are few and far between these days, you have to travel further afield.

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to be fair, October sounds a bit harder than what I've heard in the past, going from this;

IST DAS @ TB2 17/02/12 by tb2_Bristol on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Even to have sets like this in Bristol is extremely rare.

But of course this is still a fraction compared the batshit Techno I used to lay down at Carnage and still do on the odd occasion. Infact if anything I've personally got more abstract and relentless with age.

We're just inundated with what I can only describe as lounge music in clubs.

And what with the Bristol crowd wanting everything for free if it isn't a "named" DJ, clubs being pricey and Council/other promoters wrecking any chance of promoting through flyering and postering, I personally CBA to run a club night.

Austin, TX has next to nothing techno-wise. Some clubby tech house, but that's not really the same. There hasn't been much banging stuff here since Andrei Morant closed his record shop Alien Records and moved out of town in the late 90's early 2000's. Since then, it's been psy-trance, and whatever the hipsters are into at the moment.

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Originally Posted by snooch

Austin, TX has next to nothing techno-wise. Some clubby tech house, but that's not really the same. There hasn't been much banging stuff here since Andrei Morant closed his record shop Alien Records and moved out of town in the late 90's early 2000's. Since then, it's been psy-trance, and whatever the hipsters are into at the moment.

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Love Andrei Morants older stuff - he stopped for a while eh? Then kinda went on the minimilish tip nowadays

Me too. I lived here when I was a child and moved away. Got into techno and Andrei Morant and just happened to move back to his home town. His Jack Mackerel releases on Template and his releases on Blueline were game changers for me.

One of my favorite drum tracks of all time.
Jack Mackrel - Battleship [Air Equipment EP - A1] - YouTube
Andrei Morant - Turn Down [Logan Square EP - A1] - YouTube
Andrei morant - number one son - covert operations - YouTube
Andrei Morant - Turned [Force EP- A Side] - [PRRUK 013 ] - YouTube
Andrei Morant - reality - YouTube

He quit the techno thing for quite a while and was doing ok hip hop/trip hop tracks. I guess 4/4 beats called him back.

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Originally Posted by snooch

Me too. I lived here when I was a child and moved away. Got into techno and Andrei Morant and just happened to move back to his home town. His Jack Mackerel releases on Template and his releases on Blueline were game changers for me.

One of my favorite drum tracks of all time.
Jack Mackrel - Battleship [Air Equipment EP - A1] - YouTube
Andrei Morant - Turn Down [Logan Square EP - A1] - YouTube
Andrei morant - number one son - covert operations - YouTube
Andrei Morant - Turned [Force EP- A Side] - [PRRUK 013 ] - YouTube
Andrei Morant - reality - YouTube

He quit the techno thing for quite a while and was doing ok hip hop/trip hop tracks. I guess 4/4 beats called him back.

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Have a few of those in my collection, wouldn't mind the Logan Square EP :D

hey all this moaning about the disappearance of techno is the doing of techno elitist which we have or had quite of in our small and humble numerous community here(like prick rita).

no need to bark at the wrong tree.

every time the scene picks itself up we have people bashing it for not being 'techno'.

well enjoy your drum n bass you cunts, because all you guys were the same ones slagging off electro at the beginning of millennium.

you know-it-alls have really change the scene haven't you?

Blis, can you leave even just one thread on this forum free from your silly bitching please?