All techno sounds the same at the mo

**conflict** · 09-01-2006, 05:52 PM

have heard this so many times recently

can someone please give me some audio examples?

**Winds** · 09-01-2006, 05:54 PM

Was just thinking exactly the same thing!

**rhythmtech** · 09-01-2006, 05:54 PM

haven't got any samples handy...

but the crazy frog released 2 tunes last year that used a similiar vocal. i guess thats what all the fuss is about.

**conflict** · 09-01-2006, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by rhythmtech

haven't got any samples handy...

but the crazy frog released 2 tunes last year that used a similiar vocal. i guess thats what all the fuss is about.

yea but the crazy frog is allowed

he rules

**rhythmtech** · 09-01-2006, 06:05 PM

take that back...

if i ever get my hands on that little amphibeous bastard!

**dirty_bass** · 09-01-2006, 06:38 PM

I think a lot, not all of techno in the main, is repeating itself, and can be placed next to stuff from say 99, and it sounds the same, no progession.
It`s not so much sameyness as lack of personality in the music.
You can take 60% of new releases now, and if you have been collecting it from say 98, you will probably already have about 30 or more releases that sound damn similar.
Sure there should be tools, but that term is almost irrelevent now, cos it all lacks personality and can just be tools.

There are more labels now days, and the majority just don`t stand out.
I mean, go to Juno.co.uk, click on techno releases from the last 8 weeks.
Look how many labels are like on release 001-002 or 003
loads of new labels, and how many of them are doing anything that isn`t really available on about 15 or 20 other labels?

On the plus side, all this homogenous techno has caused a lot of very individual stuff to spring up, and there is some really crazy shit out there. Hopefully this return to just making mad electronic dance music will gather momentum and slowly more people will be willing to take risks, and not just follow the sound that is expected.

**rhythmtech** · 09-01-2006, 06:44 PM

but what if that techno "standard" is the sound you love and the sound you enjoy making?
i mean is there a "glitch" standard? and if so will all bored glitch artists turn to acid techno to be differant? what i'm trying to say is that whats normal to me maybe alien to you and i just think all the styles co-exist and you should do whatever gives you a hard-on for makin music. or not.

**module** · 09-01-2006, 07:17 PM

i think all this 'its not as good...' crap is jus ppl not realising they've become too familiar. and that their tastes have changed.

ive seen so many threads with older guys ripping into shranz & the kids laughing at derrick may & juan atkin stuff from 92.

things change & noveltys wear off. the older you get, the harder it becomes to find new joyous things, purely on the basis youve been on the planet so long.

course it was all much more exciting as a youngster, there was clubs & labels & djs to find out about. now, 13-14 years later, nothing very much suprises me. because it has all pretty much been done.

but, techno is young. give it another 15 years & see if its up to the likes of jazz or soul. see if it lasts. i'm pretty sure it will.

**mikehumphries** · 09-01-2006, 11:05 PM