Albums: A downfall of techno?

[Komplex]

i havent read all but heres my take...


album - best on cd & filled with trax worth listening to on headphones late at night. pref not banging ;)

double 12 - dj fodder

I don't see why the two have to be mutually exclusive.

(or why an albumn has to not be banging, for that matter...)

Well if its just bang bang and more banging, it doesn't really make it interesting to listen to. In my oppinion theres gotta be a progressing flow of energy/intencity at the least (and that really goes for dj mixes too)

Speaking of dj mixes, they seem to have substituted the artist album within "dance" music... (hate the term "dance" music...)

[TechMouse]

Well if its just bang bang and more banging, it doesn't really make it interesting to listen to.

Disagree.

I think you just have to be more creative with your banging.

As I said earlier, I rate Loudboxer as an album...

[Komplex]

I think you just have to be more creative with your banging.

The problem with that is not many people are... It's too easy to bang it out hard and throw a bunch of same sounding tracks together and call it an album... thats more suited to ep's or something (and club/party sets).

I still reckon there needs to be a progression of intencity and ideas with a start, middle, some sort of climax and an ending to make a good album. If its just flat, its no fun to listen to and its just disposable.

Creative banging is good too as long as its not flat all the way through...

[nihilist]

i agree that most 'techno lp's' have a few good tracks and then filled up with less inspiring tracks, but isnt that the point of doing an lp? exploring other sounds and styles? otherwise an lp would just be 2x12"s.
but if you are looking for a quality lp give chris liberators 'set fire' a listen a bit old now but all quality tracks.

[francois]

Perhaps there is a lack of sustainability, creativity and down right good-tunery, producing a long player has a completly different dynamic to knocking out a 12
I liked a lot of vitalic's stuff but the LP is frankly weak-not in terms of production but the basic tune craft is lacking