Hardstyle vs Techno

As hardstyle gets more and more generic, ive found myself drifting over to techno for my hard kicks. What is everyone else's opinion on techno music? Why do you listen to/ play hardstyle instead of techno? I find a lot a techno very 'cold' and inaccessible, unless i'm in a club environment i find it hard to concentrate enough on the rhythms and layers of techno to enjoy it fully, for a short burst of stomping music i find myself slapping hardstyle on.

To be totally honest though i think techno has a lot more respect for it. I would feel much more confident playing techno to people as an example of 'hard' music than i would hardstyle, but im not sure why...

I cant get enough of the kinda tech coming from sven wittikend, amok and skull tunes etc.... i always been into it but.

Would ave to say it gets me going slightly more than hardstyle... wouldnt wanna choose between the 2, but if i had to i think my heart would go to the tech.

Its just so evil!

I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

ive been buying alot more techno for a while now! i always liked, but i find it far more challenging to mix than hardstyle

along with speedcore techno is my fav genre of music, Im not really into hard german stuff & acid/london techno that a lot of you are into, I'm more into detroit techno and dark industrial techno.

techno gets me going more in a club but when i'm at home i'll put some hardstyle on on most occasions, There both quality genre's.

aye, you cant beat techno when you are in a club on a loud system, nothing can touch it.

u know it downey ! ;)

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Originally Posted by Voorheez

I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

I enjoy listening to both when in the house! In the car i enjoy a bit of both and in a club i love listening and stomping to hardstyle and techno! both are quality genres but my fave out the two has to be hardstyle!! :twisted:

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I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

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Why give it another chance if it bores u mate?

I love techno, makes me dance funny. :lol:

But i find hardstyle more interesting and more powerfull with the build ups and phat basslines.
Could not choose between the 2 though, they are both special for seperate reasons. :rambo:

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I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

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Why give it another chance if it bores u mate?

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I'm guessing it's because (like me) he values you lot's opinion. It feels like you can't see one of those magic eye pictures - everyone else raves about techno and says it's harder than anything, had loads of different levels, is the best to dance to etc - but I just can't see it, and i've sure tried.

you cant be into to everything can ya, there is plenty of stuff I dont like that many others do...you could listen to some different styles of techno maybe? or it's probably just not your cuppa innit.

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I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

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Why give it another chance if it bores u mate?

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I'm guessing it's because (like me) he values you lot's opinion. It feels like you can't see one of those magic eye pictures - everyone else raves about techno and says it's harder than anything, had loads of different levels, is the best to dance to etc - but I just can't see it, and i've sure tried.

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Yeah but to value other peeps opinions or play tunes u dont like or bore u "coz as you say many ppl love it" was just a strange thing to say imo...

Not a go or anythin... but why try and like something if ur hearts not in it just because others like it?

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Originally Posted by Voorheez

I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

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Why give it another chance if it bores u mate?

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I'm guessing it's because (like me) he values you lot's opinion. It feels like you can't see one of those magic eye pictures - everyone else raves about techno and says it's harder than anything, had loads of different levels, is the best to dance to etc - but I just can't see it, and i've sure tried.

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Yeah but to value other peeps opinions or play tunes u dont like or bore u "coz as you say many ppl love it" was just a strange thing to say imo...

Not a go or anythin... but why try and like something if ur hearts not in it just because others like it?

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Because as voorheez says it feels like im missin out on somethin. Its like how I first got into hard trance.. My mates liked it but I thought it was gash until I was bombarded with it for awhile and I grew to love it! The same could happen with techno..... Oh, and I wouldnt play tunes I didnt like whats the point inthat?

you aint missin out on anythin josh, wouldnt worry about it.
hardcore technos a different thing altogether though....

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Originally Posted by TechnoRaver

you aint missin out on anythin josh, wouldnt worry about it.
hardcore technos a different thing altogether though....

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M8 I cannot understand how u like that stuff.. TOO fast imo! ;)

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Originally Posted by Voorheez

I've never liked techno, just my taste - not saying it's good or bad but personally I just can't get into it. I find it dull, hard to dance to and hard to listen to, and thats not without giving it a go on many occasions due to so many underground music heads recommending it.

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Same hear m8 Im not to fond of it either i just find it boring..... Mite give it another chance though coz as you say so many ppl love it.

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Why give it another chance if it bores u mate?

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I'm guessing it's because (like me) he values you lot's opinion. It feels like you can't see one of those magic eye pictures - everyone else raves about techno and says it's harder than anything, had loads of different levels, is the best to dance to etc - but I just can't see it, and i've sure tried.

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Yeah but to value other peeps opinions or play tunes u dont like or bore u "coz as you say many ppl love it" was just a strange thing to say imo...

Not a go or anythin... but why try and like something if ur hearts not in it just because others like it?

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Because as voorheez says it feels like im missin out on somethin. Its like how I first got into hard trance.. My mates liked it but I thought it was gash until I was bombarded with it for awhile and I grew to love it! The same could happen with techno..... Oh, and I wouldnt play tunes I didnt like whats the point inthat?

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But whats the point tryin to get into something that bores u? Or other peeps like?

Coz if i do start to like it id have a broader interest at clubs and not be confined to the main room all the time.. But i do see your point becausae I cant force myself to like somethin so mybe its not for me?

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Originally Posted by Yoshimitsu

Coz if i do start to like it id have a broader interest at clubs and not be confined to the main room all the time.. But i do see your point becausae I cant force myself to like somethin so mybe its not for me?

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Yeah deffo mate, not tryin to ave a go or anythin... but u know... music has so many different styles that it gives u such an oppertunity to express ur own style. And im very sure u ave urs? If u dont like summit no point givin it more chances to see if u can convince urself as u will never really be into it?

Yeh think your prob rite m8 tbh. I love my hard trance and hardstyle and if I dot like techno by now then I doubt I ever will... ;)

techno is an acquired taste without doubt.

yoshimitsu - you might walk into a backroom somewhere and hear some techno & be hooked one day, I know a few people who didnt like it, but then have been converted after a hearing a dark as fuck track in a club :cool:

whatever floats your boat though innit. :cool:

Just get some Venetion Snares on and **** everything else ;) :lol:

i prefer hardstyle :eh: , but i like some dark experimental techno, only it's hard to find

it would be great if the taste of industrial hardcore been put into techno :rambo:

or am i talkin bollux :roll:

I allways used to find Techno at difficult genre of music to get into, i used to find it too progresive. but i must say that in the last year or so i've really got into. I think this is because there seems to be a lot more use of different sounds in the techno tracks that i've been listening to. I also like the fact that techno can be fused with other dance music genre's, mainly Hardstyle.

The reason for me is because I like pretty much every other style of dance music, the only one I don't like too much is techno. As has been mentioned here before there are many different styles of techno, so I want to make sure i've experienced them all and given it a really good try before I resign myself to the fact that I just don't like it.

I think my attitude is the right one - I know people who give things little chance before declaring that they absolutely don't like it and never will. I'm pretty open minded and have a pretty eclectic music taste, after all its better to experiment with all kinds of music. I'd appreciate any links people can give, any recommendations to any kind of techno that I might perhaps enjoy because i'm fast losing interest in hardstyle, more so everyday and the worrying thought is that there really isn't anything else I like out there at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Voorheez

The reason for me is because I like pretty much every other style of dance music, the only one I don't like too much is techno. As has been mentioned here before there are many different styles of techno, so I want to make sure i've experienced them all and given it a really good try before I resign myself to the fact that I just don't like it.

I think my attitude is the right one - I know people who give things little chance before declaring that they absolutely don't like it and never will. I'm pretty open minded and have a pretty eclectic music taste, after all its better to experiment with all kinds of music. I'd appreciate any links people can give, any recommendations to any kind of techno that I might perhaps enjoy because i'm fast losing interest in hardstyle, more so everyday and the worrying thought is that there really isn't anything else I like out there at the moment.

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Sven wittikend - http://www.tuneinn.com/index.php?p=item&iid=3057

Unreal

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Techno is not to my taste either. I dont think i will ever buy Techno either although there are a few tunes, now and again, which catch my attention or that i do actually enjoy. I dont dislike Techno but its just not to my taste.

I love and DJ both.

I even have played both togeter.


I don't find one better than another. However, many people will argue that Hardstyle is much easier to produce than Techno.

Josh,

next event at lakota, come down, get off ur head and have a stomp to hardcore techno trust on a loud as **** system youll cream ur pants

i have to say its hardstyle for me the closest i get to techno is gabba my scott brown and neo. ;) :shock:

HARDSTYLE!!!!!!


definatly... u can loose the plot stompin 2 that n no one wont look at u twice... oi oiiiii

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well I think we have established that some like techno & some dont.

which is better though? techno obviously ;)

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Originally Posted by TechnoRaver

Josh,

next event at lakota, come down, get off ur head and have a stomp to hardcore techno trust on a loud as **** system youll cream ur pants

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Ive been plannin to come up there for ****in ages just havent got my act togethe yet! Will give it a chance though m8! Oh and that cd will be sent in a day or 2.. ;)

sweet,

come down to lakota wiv us in april , deathchant live pa! + uberdruck and m zone i think.

u got a tracklisting 4 the cd n e where?

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Originally Posted by TechnoRaver

sweet,

come down to lakota wiv us in april , deathchant live pa! + uberdruck and m zone i think.

u got a tracklisting 4 the cd n e where?

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Not online m8 but its on the cover! Its not all ardstyle so youll like it! Some old tunes on there too.. Like the sound of that line-up!

did anyone check that sven wittikend tune i left a link to on tuneinn?

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Originally Posted by Paul Nisbet

did anyone check that sven wittikend tune i left a link to on tuneinn?

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Not yet will do now though and let ya know wot i think

The link dont work! :shock:

try the link on page 2 mate, it takes u to the page of a sven wittikend record and it has all the samples down the right hand sign!

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Originally Posted by Paul Nisbet

try the link on page 2 mate, it takes u to the page of a sven wittikend record and it has all the samples down the right hand sign!

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Just had a listen m8! Doesnt sound anythin special t me i just found it boring! Each to there own though innit ;)

Techno wins hands down :rambo:

sounds good to me mate :cool:

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try the link on page 2 mate, it takes u to the page of a sven wittikend record and it has all the samples down the right hand sign!

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Just had a listen m8! Doesnt sound anythin special t me i just found it boring! Each to there own though innit ;)

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Lmfao, indeed mate indeed.

For me its just aggressive as **** and gives u a pure ass raping.

Love evil things man.

I quite like it, cheers for the recommendation m8. I'm now going through the hard techno section on the site

The only techno producers/DJs that do it for me are Leo Laker (aka Switchblade) and DJ Rush (aka Major Rush). Theyre not the most technical DJs out there, but they're the only ones that dish out enough bass to satisfy me.

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Originally Posted by Paul Nisbet

Sven wittikend - http://www.tuneinn.com/index.php?p=item&iid=3057

Unreal

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I like that tune, but ain't deep into techno, i prever hardstyle :clap:

check out this link i found in the techno filez forum:

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/phpBB...ic.php?t=12127

its fcuking RUDE! :twisted:

I want more techno like this