Promoting Hardhouse alongside Techno??

[Tobe Cypher23]

Believe it or not Trance/hardhouse sounds too formulated for me these days and need to move on IMO

Had to sneak that one in :P

Agreed...but I feel techno lacks a kick that a lot of people need. So why not mix it up.

We've been mixing techno, hardstyle, hard NRG, Acid Trance, Trancecore, Hardcore and Gabba for years at our parties. People either love it or hate it.

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

[The Divide]

Yeah its your kinda nights that make it work coz you know what your getting. :)

[Tobe Cypher23]

we've lost lots of people by having this policy though..but gained a regular following.

For example we had Sy playing old skool and then we caned everyone with hard trance, NRG and hardcore....some hated it and don't come back. Where as some who just came fer the old skool have heard new sounds for the first time and loved it.

Helter skelter was awesome. They had everything there. Went to one event at Bowlers and had the one of the best nights nights of my live. Best large rave. Wish I'd gone more. The HS at the sanc I don't rate...just D+B/Garage...too rude.

Have had lots of grief from acid techo heads in Leeds, taken them along while to accpet us (some can't)...not underground enough for em cos we are not minimal enough or their version of underground.

People should be more understanding of other styles of music.

I can dance to anything if I'm in the right mood. Just got to keep and open mind to sounds.

[The Overfiend]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.

That's the bottom line. Ya heard holla!!!!!

[Paul Nisbet]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.

This is my first post one here so hi...!!

Any way I agree with mark but from the other prespective I play Hard Dance (On the v.hardside) with a lot of london techno thrown in. All summer I play on a free party sound system and play the same style and the amount of tme I get techno heads come up and ask WTF's this it sounds excellent really suprises me as if I told them it was hard house they'd probabaly run away (so I tell them hard NRG ;) lol) So from my point of view it's all good if people are dancing who gives a shit.

It's been going on in London for years.

i agree dude...im quite pissed off being segregated from other styles of music.... i play hard in most styles..... no point dividing all the styles up when we can all just go for it too different sounds of different genres.

[crime]

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

Yeah, but you gotta appreciate not everyone is into HH/Trance etc... I don't like Hard House/Trance, but I wouldn't say it's me being anal about the music, I just don't like that stuff, end of story..
I wouldn't consider myself a purist, I mash up Electro and Ghettotech, Booty House and other experimental stuff with techno... i like music with a bit of funk and to me HH/Trance has no funk to it... I can't get with all the fluro stuff and glowsticks neither.....

[crime]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

[Col]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

couldnt agree with you more, people who do this really get on my tits, they claim to be so passionate about their music, yet they throw themselves at the next thing, banishing everything related to the music, that they were previously & supposedly, in love with.

you begin to wonder if these people really care about music, music isnt a fu*king popularity contest, get with it

[Esox Lucius]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

couldnt agree with you more, people who do this really get on my tits, they claim to be so passionate about their music, yet they throw themselves at the next thing, banishing everything related to the music, that they were previously & supposedly, in love with.

you begin to wonder if these people really care about music, music isnt a fu*king popularity contest, get with it

well said both of you.

[Tobe Cypher23]

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

Yeah, but you gotta appreciate not everyone is into HH/Trance etc... I don't like Hard House/Trance, but I wouldn't say it's me being anal about the music, I just don't like that stuff, end of story..
I wouldn't consider myself a purist, I mash up Electro and Ghettotech, Booty House and other experimental stuff with techno... i like music with a bit of funk and to me HH/Trance has no funk to it... I can't get with all the fluro stuff and glowsticks neither.....

Fair play. I wasn't refering to just techno only or anyone in particular. Just thinks there is a lot of crossover in most music but people won't give it a chance based on the stereotypes or quick judgemenst they have made on it.

[slre1]

doesn't matter to me
just play what gets people going
and what you like.
sometimes the commercialism of hard house brings in a few people who get into techno that's not a bad thing is it?
you don't have to go if you don't like it
which is a point the commercialism of hard house would keep techno lovers away too.

hmm the jury's out

Very true!

Here's a case in point:
How do you think you'll go down/fit in at Twist playing between Danny Gilligan who's very much europhic hard trance and Peter Ward who plays an intelligent funky kind of hardhouse?

Also, a general point, what do you guys think of funky house, moving into funky techno over two sets?