Favorite techno 'sound?'

[davethedrummer]

fave techno era?

easy 1983-1988 may, baxter, saunderson.

but let's be honest. it all matters eh. magnetic north, primate, direct drive, axis, plus 8....

who cares about the time. if you like only one techno era or sound, then you don't understand techno imho.

I've never really gone for that era I have to say
It's alright but sometimes it's let down with dodgy production or cheesy keyboard riffs
and apart from the obvious classic tracks and a few other bits and bobs a lot of it just annoyed me.
I guess you could say that about all eras of music

I think my real fave if I'm honest is the german acid trance era of 93 , yeah OK that was WELL cheesy too , but there were some record made that changed my life
hardfloor , misjah , noom records , pulse surface tension , harthouse , resistance d etc etc..
perhaps cheesy here and there , but from a producers point of view I thought the germans at that point took the possibilities of synths and drum machines to a new level.
the sound was much more sculpted , and the arrangements were careful and slick
techno was making money and it showed.
there were some incredible records made at that time.

[drift9]

pulse surface tension

oh yes. still loving on that one.

[crime]

techno was making money and it showed.
there were some incredible records made at that time.

It's a real shame that it's getting nigh on impossible to sell any "Techno" music that doesn't fall into an easy marketing demographic... minimal - Schranz - Loop techno - whatever, that's it.. if you fall outside these brackets it's easy to feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall.. So many records are tailored for the distributors...

[davethedrummer]

It's a real shame that it's getting nigh on impossible to sell any "Techno" music that doesn't fall into an easy marketing demographic... minimal - Schranz - Loop techno - whatever, that's it.. if you fall outside these brackets it's easy to feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall.. So many records are tailored for the distributors...

tell me about it
try selling acid techno

[crime]

tell me about it
try selling acid techno

real old skool acid techno seems to be on the rise though (I know that's not what you're talking about henry) James T Cotton, DJ Traxx etc etc.... I guess it's more acid house revival though really.. and if you made that just to sell records you wouldn't be doing what you wanted to do...

Personally right now I'm feeling like techno is over for me in many ways, I mean, I did just write a live act because someone booked me to do it in LT which was good motivation to do it, and I was really happy with the end result, I'd never have done it if I hadn't been given that motivation of a gig at a festival abroad, but I find it hard to find the buzz I used to get before everything was everythinged...

I need to get that piano, get practising and finally acheive my life long ambition of becoming a jazz pianist :P

[davethedrummer]

real old skool acid techno seems to be on the rise though (I know that's not what you're talking about henry) James T Cotton, DJ Traxx etc etc.... I guess it's more acid house revival though really.. and if you made that just to sell records you wouldn't be doing what you wanted to do...

Personally right now I'm feeling like techno is over for me in many ways, I mean, I did just write a live act because someone booked me to do it in LT which was good motivation to do it, and I was really happy with the end result, I'd never have done it if I hadn't been given that motivation of a gig at a festival abroad, but I find it hard to find the buzz I used to get before everything was everythinged...

I need to get that piano, get practising and finally acheive my life long ambition of becoming a jazz pianist :P

jazz pianist ?
thats the one.

[basslinejunkie]

It's a real shame that it's getting nigh on impossible to sell any "Techno" music that doesn't fall into an easy marketing demographic... minimal - Schranz - Loop techno - whatever, that's it.. if you fall outside these brackets it's easy to feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall.. So many records are tailored for the distributors...

is that true?

i always thought techno was about if its a good tune or not, not weather its the latest 'shranz anthem'

if i like it i buy it,simple. maybe people are more nieve than me tho. youd know this i guess as you sell records and i just buy them.

[The Overfiend]

is that true?

i always thought techno was about if its a good tune or not, not weather its the latest 'shranz anthem'

if i like it i buy it,simple. maybe people are more nieve than me tho. youd know this i guess as you sell records and i just buy them.

It's too true, distro's wont take you unless you will garner a return on investment.
Digital is the way to go.
I understand the whole mastering sound quality control debate and what not.
But back when all this was fresh there was none of that.
It was honest.
I'm out to bring these days back, **** the ruels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AkRuLVp0eY

[crime]

is that true?

i always thought techno was about if its a good tune or not, not weather its the latest 'shranz anthem'

if i like it i buy it,simple. maybe people are more nieve than me tho. youd know this i guess as you sell records and i just buy them.

If techno was just about good tunes, then why would the market be flooded with absolute crap? I really wish it was about just the quality of the music, but it seems these days it's the people that can market it the best that do better than people with just pure talent sadly..

And yeah, digital is cool and everything, aside from the fact that that is completely flooded out too.. I guess it's cool that so many people want to make music.. just a shame that people don't seem to be listening so much...

[The Overfiend]

If techno was just about good tunes, then why would the market be flooded with absolute crap? I really wish it was about just the quality of the music, but it seems these days it's the people that can market it the best that do better than people with just pure talent sadly..

And yeah, digital is cool and everything, aside from the fact that that is completely flooded out too.. I guess it's cool that so many people want to make music.. just a shame that people don't seem to be listening so much...

last part is exactly the point.
the audience isn't there, it seems like we're the fans/producers/artists/dj's/performers