2007, a good year for techno? Your thoughts...

**Martin Dust** · 17-12-2007, 04:09 PM

We've had great year, here's to 2008

**mattboyslim** · 17-12-2007, 04:16 PM

noodle had a good year. Nottingham didn't

**Aratron** · 17-12-2007, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by MARK EG

i thought 2007 was a big year of change for techno, it seems to do this every 5 or so years imo, but this year it was very noticable. can't wait to see what 2008 has in store and i really hope that the industry sorts itself out and enable up and coming producers to get their music out there.

sounds like summat out of the Godfather.

**basslinejunkie** · 18-12-2007, 01:08 PM

the way i see things,from a clubbing point of view things seen to have gone really well,a few new nights have poped up and seem to be doing well.but from a buying records point of view,things have been dire imo.

**Si the Sigh** · 18-12-2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by basslinejunkie

the way i see things,from a clubbing point of view things seen to have gone really well,a few new nights have poped up and seem to be doing well.but from a buying records point of view,things have been dire imo.

My thoughts exactly. ^

**koma** · 18-12-2007, 03:19 PM

I visited less parties than usual, but the one i did were quality. managed to hear lenny dee twice, so i can't say it was a bad year from that perspective at all :)

so much new music, a lot of of it was excellent, some was average and some was shit...same as every year. but yeah, not all of the excellent stuff was techno hmmm...

**DannyBlack** · 18-12-2007, 04:03 PM

i liked 2007. it has been a good year for music for me anyway. i have explored new things, found new directions. there have been some solid productions from a lot of people.

**linguo** · 18-12-2007, 04:24 PM

very good year as far as going out goes. Theres a lot more happening and techno artists cropping up non techno lineups.

keep up the good work promoters.

**The Overfiend** · 18-12-2007, 06:07 PM

Drinks in the air for those of us who busted our asses this year trying to keep the train going.

**terence** · 18-12-2007, 08:13 PM

meh, not much of a change from 2006. more labels popping up though, but this will continue to be the case. i dont think it was a bad year, same as any other, nothing seminal anymore, but there hasnt been for years except for maybe animal worship.

**holotropik** · 20-12-2007, 09:45 AM

I was neglectful of Techno this year :(
I was focussed on other things and therefore placed techno as my second priority for the first time in along time....
I'm sorry :(

I did enjoy the sounds still! and I did renew my vows ;)

**viagratek** · 21-12-2007, 07:46 PM

im a fan of mark brooms latest direction as well as other artists following in similar foot steps.

every year their is a bunch fo bland ass bullshit records popping up in the techno bins (as well as any other genres) so thats not news to anybody and it wasnt any worse this year.

in Los Angeles 2007 was a good year for techno. more promoters more djs more artists and a few more records bringing attention to our city. more noise in 2008. audioinjection and drumcell straight pimpin.

**The Overfiend** · 21-12-2007, 07:57 PM

WHat was that one song from Mark Broom it was on a various artists ep
sounded like it was backwards but it was dope as hell, forgot the label too but im sure some of you rmemeber

**eyeswithoutaface** · 21-12-2007, 08:10 PM

been offline for a few weeks just saw this thread, was a little confused by it

it's never, ever a good year FOR Techno. Every year there are without doubt, always far more bad records released than good. Which is the basic crux of it all, without the music, there's no reason for clubs, without the clubs there's no need for punters etc etc. Also, the ratio of bad to good has imo definately risen, so if anything it's been an awful year in that sense.

It has however been a good year for certain producers/djs/artists, which is what i think is important. There have been some producers truely putting out brilliantly well done records, records with meaning as well as dancefloor qualities, and in general just doing top quality electronic music. For me personally about 75% of that music is predominently for home listening too.

Techno as a scene is far, far too fragmented to get a balanced and honest reflection of the year as a whole, and people base the scene's progression, or re-gression if you will, on their own personal experience which is pretty much null and void.

As individuals, some people have had a great year, some have had a good year, some have had an ok year, some have had a shit year. Techno as a whole had the same year as it did last year. And the year before that. And the year before that..... *repeat ad infinum*

**clubsynthetic** · 21-12-2007, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by eyeswithoutaface

Techno as a scene is far, far too fragmented to get a balanced and honest reflection of the year as a whole, and people base the scene's progression, or re-gression if you will, on their own personal experience which is pretty much null and void.

Isn't it all about personal experience anyway?

its all opinion if techno has been "good or bad" this year. One man's meat is another man's poison!

Personally tho, as long as I am finding new OR old choons every year and there are good choons still floating amongst the massive amount of shit (hope-wise) that year will always be good for me.

**The Overfiend** · 21-12-2007, 08:48 PM

oh stop it plastikman played your joint b happy for once

**eyeswithoutaface** · 21-12-2007, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by The Overfiend

oh stop it plastikman played your joint b happy for once

eh? of course im happy, who wouldnt want Hawtin playing their stuff? Im still chuffed about that and i still watch the video of him playing it, which to some is cool, to some is alarmingly sad. I'd agree on both

but my original thread was not an advocate for or against what people deem as a "good year for techno"

i dont view the scene as a whole like alot of people do, so naturally im going to have very different opinions on the scene. Like i say, too fragmented, too many people get into techno and the scene from completely contrasting circumstances and experiences in the first place as it is.

Apologies for not just naming a pointless, ego boosting "best of" list or something similiar

it's good to be back

**viagratek** · 21-12-2007, 11:20 PM

this is what happened to techno in 2007

www.residentadvisor.net

**BDC** · 25-12-2007, 05:36 AM

good question indeed....

With me, its a vicious cycle starting at each new year of me worrying if the good music out there will ever stop coming... only to find myself at the end of that year totally satisfied with what I've collected....and then worrying again about if the music will ever stop...

...it wont...ever.

...ask some of the talented cats on these boards...they're the ones pushing it forward...

:)

**ritaheed** · 25-12-2007, 06:18 AM

in my opinion its always gna b a good yr 4 techno....all the time!!!

theres always new and excitin shit comin out plus the discovery of old shit aswell.....4 me a wish a had the money to just buy every techno record n the world but sadly thts neva gna happen!! a cant get enough of it or get every bit of techno tht a want.....

for me a luv discoverin the old shit!!! luv tht like craaazy .... but at the same time a luv the new stuff tht comes out....so good!!!

face it techno is the bomb...its always gna b the bomb and it will b the bomb until u get board of it...

a just wish sumtimes the UK would b like the europeans when it comes to puttin techno on!! big events....big line ups....etc.....the uk still does it good tho!!

for example ave just discovered the techno experiment dwn in manchester n a group of us r goin dwn in march!! gna b well good.....its things like this tht makes techno good eh!!

we just nd to keep pushin it!!! as tesco say "every little helps"

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