The REAL American Techno Scene Thread.

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techno needs more breakdancing bears :clap:

for sure!!

:lol: :lol:

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techno needs more breakdancing bears :clap:

hell yeah! haha

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you guys wanna start a crew or what

i have a pretty cool panda mask

[The Overfiend]

Seriousness?

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sorry i have a.d.d and tend to go off on tangents like that

ill stay out unless i have something construstive to say

[djshiva]

Actually, that is what I don't see in my area. People play that idea a lot of lip service but, when it comes down to it and you are possibly in a slot that someone else wants, the same type of petty bickering and backstabbing comes up. I got so tired of it that I, and the others I make music with, went completely nomadic and won't affiliate with any crew. In fact, I find that the people who talk about the unity and support they have for everyone in my backyard so much to be the biggest liars. To put it simply, their actions do not live up to their words and I've seen my friends andmyself get dicked as a direct result which, later, the people won't even have the balls to come straight with. Rather, they try and blame it on you. It's even like this to a degree at a number of the outlaws. Everyone wants their timeslots and perception of stardom in the immediate area which naturally results in them stepping on the toes of others. For those of us who don't give a shit, it's not even worth playing the
game. I don't really bother sending demo mixes around to anyone anymore unless they ask for one and am much more happy working on my own music at home. I've found the whole game surrounding the techno scene in NYC to be as annoying as entertainment related stuff when I lived in Los Angeles. Nothing that I physically see in NYC speaks to any unity or support from one another in a techno "scene" and that will largely contribute to keeping it stagnant. Hell, when you have crews calling the cops on free park parties, it's a great reminder that it's not all good amongst the techno crowd. But, as I said, I'm still optimistic. However, the people who will be responsible for bringing the spark back to NYC, in my opinion, will probably come from out of nowhere and be completely unknown to most of the people playing the game in the city right now. It will be interesting to see if my guts are right and those people become swallowed up by the old game or create a new one. There were a number of crews a few years
ago that I thought had the momentum to bring this about. But, for multiple reasons, the energy faded out and they fell to the wayside.

come to the Midwest! :) :) :) we are small and there is always occasional drama, but not between the techno heads. :)

[Dustin Zahn]

come to the Midwest! :) :) :) we are small and there is always occasional drama, but not between the techno heads. :)

hahaha, yeah right. Most people get over it though. :)

[krakp0t]

there's a whole slew of prolems with getting parties put together in ny; politics, shitty economy, lack of awareness with the music etc. i think the main thing is that it's gotten so goddamn expensive to do anything here anymore. most bar-with-turntables type venues want $8,000.- in guaranteed profit from booze sales. promoter gets stuck covering the difference if it comes up short. i can imagine people's general reluctance to promote techno when it comes down to the money factor.

i can't complain too much, that party with regis/schoenemann and rohr/verbos/joris voorn was great. only $5 too.