Does hard techno necessarily have to be dance music?

[jonnyspeed]

give us a clue what's differnt BPM?? Acid Techno is like 160? D&B/Harcore 180? Elektro 130? what's 150? i really dunt know - anybody counted?

[RDR]

I get a bit bored of slow techno. Hardness isn't everything.

tell the ladies that...

(sorry, thought i'd lower the tone a bit...)

As for hardness, i like using the word tough instead.

[tocsin]

Most of the hardcore I spun (or still do on occassion) was 200bpm minimum. I like the underproduced quality of a lot of it as well. It's hardcore techno. It wasn't about studio tricks as much as it was just raw energy. Despite some of the really clean/well-produced hardcore I've heard come out over the years, none of the tracks have come close to hitting me the same way the raw and loud D.O.A. tracks did. I wish the curviving members were still consistently putting out music. Kinda felt like an era/scene almost died with them out here.

[gunjack]

AMOK IS KEEPING THIS SOUND ALIVE. LOOK FOR SOME CRAZY HARD MADNESS COMING FROM GUNJACK AND AMOK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS!!!! : )

[The Overfiend]

Brian and Ben :?: :!: :?: :!:

[holotropik]

I agree with the comments made about how when giving up the drugs the tunes you listen to change as well.

I recently went clean during which I suffered much anxiety coz I thought that I may lose touch with the music. Much to my surprise I found that I went from listening to Funky tech at about 130bpm back to listening to "tough" darker techno above 140bpm - which is what I used to like when I first started listening to tech....??

Interesting how others have also found this phenomenon (makes me think i am not crazy after all)....hehehe.

[rotten]

Let's , put on your red shoes!!

[DJAmok]

140, 150, 160, 170.....


it's all good as long as there is love in it. ...or hate, which can be cool too at times.

As for dancing, different speeds require different moves. So far I've seen people dance to everything from 130 to 180.

[Internal Error Records]

imo techno doesnt 'have' to be dance music. but it does have to have some funk or some swing.... which by default makes it danceable.

Cant have an apple without having an apple core!