Top three legends of techno?

[neko]

Sir yes sir! :roll:

That was for Mr Death on a Stick by the way, not you Kitten! :lol:

;)

[Si the Sigh]

maybe they are legends of london squat party techno.

Yea they are.

london really has f*ck all to do with pure techno at this point...

Is this going to go off on a "purist" techno tangent? :roll: :lol:

[gunjack]

LONDON IS A JOKE.

[Si the Sigh]

[gunjack]

seriously though. almost all the people go out and order champagne so they can look upper crusty, they go to some "superclub" and drop some of whatever the next trendy pill stamp is, and dance to jim masters and crap like this all night.

the rest go roll around in human waste in "squats" and listen to the next "big choon" with a 16 bar breakdown and some "clever" vocal sample from a film or tv show.... thinking all the while that they are sooooo underground.

London is a patchwork of rip offs from the worst segments of almost every culture.

[death on a stick]

so you think it is a 'fact' to say that someone is badly informed and a sycophant (sp)?

If it's true, then yes, of course!! Why would it be anything else? What's the point of your question? If you feel insulted and belittled because I choose not to ignore the reality of a situation, I really don't think moaning at me about it is going to improve your perspective, or mine.

and deafmosaic, I really don't need your support on this one. Going on about "pure" techno and saying London is a joke relegates you to the dummies' corner along with people who think Glenn Wilson is one of the top 3 legends in techno.

[Si the Sigh]

Whats the problem with London / Acid techno? It got me listening to other forms of techno. It was a stepping stone for me.

[gunjack]

who said i was supporting you? shit, you can eat polla too for all i care. :love:


btw, "relegates" ??????

[death on a stick]

OK thanks.

rel·e·gate
tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates

To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition.
To assign to a particular class or category; classify.
To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.
To send to a place of exile; banish.

[Eddie]

Dave Clarke :- Got me into techno in 2000, am yet to hear him play a bad set.
Surgeon:- For his ableton live/ final scratch sets, possible some of the best sets i have ever heard.
Jeff mills:- Wasnt really a massive fan and thought he was highly over rated until sonar.

Right now how interesting was that? Am sure everyone of those names have appeared in this post 3 or more times each. Fair play to everyone who has listed Glen wilson or the Liberators, and although they may not be a legend to everyone they still may be to some people.

I did not notice your top 3 techno legends death on a stick?

[G-whizz]

seriously though. almost all the people go out and order champagne so they can look upper crusty, they go to some "superclub" and drop some of whatever the next trendy pill stamp is, and dance to jim masters and crap like this all night.

the rest go roll around in human waste in "squats" and listen to the next "big choon" with a 16 bar breakdown and some "clever" vocal sample from a film or tv show.... thinking all the while that they are sooooo underground.

London is a patchwork of rip offs from the worst segments of almost every culture.

I see you make it over here quite alot then aye ...

[death on a stick]

I did not notice your top 3 techno legends death on a stick?

You should probably pay more attention then, but don't worry, you're not the only one.

Whoever got you into techno seems slightly irrelevent to me. In fact, this whole thread should probably have been locked after the first post, as MARK EG already answered his own question!

[gunjack]

OK thanks.

rel·e·gate
tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates

To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition.
To assign to a particular class or category; classify.
To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.
To send to a place of exile; banish.

[neko]

I could try and explain the point of the thread til I'm blue in the face death on a stick, but you've already made your mind up so what would be the point?
it seems to me that you're just looking for an argument, in which case i'm not going to participate further in this thread. I come on here to chat to like-minded people, not argue.

[Si the Sigh]

Word!

[Eddie]

I did not notice your top 3 techno legends death on a stick?

You should probably pay more attention then, but don't worry, you're not the only one.

Whoever got you into techno seems slightly irrelevent to me. In fact, this whole thread should probably have been locked after the first post, as MARK EG already answered his own question!

It may be irrelavant to you but it is not to me, he introduced me to techno so he will always be a legend in my books, so who are YOUR legends? All i have seen you do is slate people for what they have put and agree with mark on the detroit boys.

[death on a stick]

Whoever got you into techno seems slightly irrelevent to me. In fact, this whole thread should probably have been locked after the first post, as MARK EG already answered his own question!

It may be irrelavant to you but it is not to me, he introduced me to techno so he will always be a legend in my books, so who are YOUR legends? All i have seen you do is slate people for what they have put and agree with mark on the detroit boys.

Jeeez!!! Let me try and spell it out for you...

I agreed with MARK EG because Atkins, Mills and Aphex are the top 3 "legends" within the field of techno. Aphex is not a "detroit boy", he's from Cornwall...but along with Mills and Atkins you can take just about any modern techno record and work your way back to one of these 3 people. That's it. What Dave Clarke or Laurie Immersion or Geezer or any of the industrial bods or Sven Vath or whoever else did is all very much secondary to this. Who your favourite producer, or whichever DJ introduced you to techno is entirely IRRELEVANT.

These are the people who have had the biggest influence on techno as it is today. Arguably Mills has shaped techno more than any other person, but Atkins paved the way. Aphex exploded the whole thing completely. They all did this many years ago, and to an extent everyone else is following in their footsteps, however much individuality they are doing it with.

[schlongfingers]

Top Three Legends

Subhead

Frankie Bones

Saskia Slegers

[The Divide]

You could say that the likes of Steve Reich, Stockhausen deserve a legendry status. Fair play I guess it’s easier to categorize these people as legends of 'electronic music' but they did set the ball rolling for the likes of Jeff Mills and so on. Shit how about Kraftwerk? :lol: Jeff Mills took the previous ‘electronic music’ influences and helped style a genre of techno

Underground Resistance shaped a sound of there own. Not sure how long they have been around for mind you?

Aphex twin took the rule book and reinvented it. Has he been around that long tho? Seriously I dont know. How long has he been around? Pioneer or legend? Or does it matter?



I would like to add Joey Beltram to this list. I think his contribution to the techno scene in the late eighties and early nineties deserves a mention.

[death on a stick]

Aphex twin took the rule book and reinvented it. Has he been around that long tho? Seriously I dont know. How long has he been around? Pioneer or legend? Or does it matter?

Aphex is both. His first record came out in 1991 I think, and still sounds incredible, far better than anything the London acid scene has ever produced. His stuff in the late 90s and since has been patchy to say the least, but his seeds were already sown, we hear his influence in a huge segment of all electronic/techno music in one way or another, and that's why he has that status.