Quote Originally Posted by mattboyslim
i think TRYING to be different is the problem. creavtivity is something that should flow, not be forced.
of course, by labelling ourselves 'techno' we are following a trend of sorts no matetr how you look at it
exactly see what you're saying BUT you said the problem in your last sentence. we are in techno. i don't want to follow a pattern but i do cause that's techno. but it's not. it's a very hard genre to try to create isnt it - if you're not asking questions and trying to be different then you're not really being techno. but then you're creating a 4/4 kick with hi hats, so you're just as bad as a churner. i dunno man, i think it's how you look at it and your mindset. as long as you're asking questions, that's all good.

i like the idea of going super minimal. you know what i might do. i might look around for a cool hardware sequencer and ditch the clinicalness of software ones. then record the results on nice DAT tape and then put that into something like ableton, tighten it up slightly but not too much, and then see what happens. perhaps whilst everyone is going super tight with timing, billlions of tracks and loops, it might be interesting to try it the other way and then tighten up just to the right extent where it is acceptable.

i dunno. just speaking out loud really. ok another sunday night rambling :)