Who were your influences?

**djfilthmonger** · 01-08-2006, 08:25 PM

okay
the first 3 techno cds i got off me mate were chris liberator trust da djs 01, adam beyer (cant remember the name), and umek..
and at the time i was mad into dj shadow,..
got in to speedy j big time and of course dave the drummer and glenn wilson..
places: the forum waterford
reds cork
metropoltion and frazers dublin and traffic..
i love techno 2005

**rolarocka** · 02-08-2006, 12:04 AM

cabaret voltaire
renegade soundwave
the shamen
led zeppelin
the doors

**Ms.Rhythm** · 02-08-2006, 12:08 AM

Was brought up on soul, disco and motown so I’ve always loved to dance n shake my ass.
Then when I was about 10 I had a metal head babysitter who influenced me into the metal scene, got heavily into my power/black/death/thrash metal got listening to bands with techno ,hardcore influences like mad capsual markets, aboryum and the bezerker to name a few.
Then when I was about 16 my mates n I went to our first techno club U.T.I in Edinburgh just cause it was at the studios and it was easy to get into with out I.d haha and from there I fell in love with techno, well with what I heard there anyway.
From there on wards I just got more and more into it finding out more about all the different styles of techno. Was really into my hardcore/Gabba/hard tek cause it reminded me of my metal routes and i got really into my funky techno because of my disco routes.
So i guess that explains why i love my hard techno with a lil funkyness thrown in for good measure. Anything i can really shake my boootay too

To be honest with you i love abit of everything apart from happy hardcore .

**loopdon** · 02-08-2006, 01:38 AM

I'd say my biggest influence in getting me into this was Steve Mason with his 'The Experience' show on BFBS. he's still my highest rated dj - shame his show was kicked and shame he doesn't come to play in germany that often (if at all) any more...

/just to keep this short

**RDR** · 02-08-2006, 09:11 AM

errm

first records i got were

the theme from s-express, some inxs stuff, level 42, george benson, beethoven, kraftwerk, paul hardcastle, jan hammer.

Later i listened to - led zeppelin, deep purple, the dead kennedys, the cure, the smths.

So anyones guess realy, but i always listened harder to the keyboard parts, or the synth parts now i think back.

**massplanck** · 02-08-2006, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ms.Rhythm

mad capsual markets

.

:cheer:

**DannyBlack** · 03-08-2006, 03:23 PM

sex pistols, dave clarke, carl cox...
then i got into D.A.V.E the drummer thru DJfilthmonger
thomas krome and all things acid,
got into the liberator DJ's. then i bought true defective on vinyl (julian lib)
ju ju drums and on the B side there was 2 remixes of it by 'sandy warez' and 'leo laker'
and its pretty much been schranz ever since.

favorite venue?
the forum, waterford.

**The Overfiend** · 03-08-2006, 06:00 PM

Thomas Krome is the daddy.

**dirty_bass** · 04-08-2006, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by loopdon

I'd say my biggest influence in getting me into this was Steve Mason with his 'The Experience' show on BFBS. he's still my highest rated dj - shame his show was kicked and shame he doesn't come to play in germany that often (if at all) any more...

/just to keep this short

what the ****ing**** happened to Steve mason?
I loooved Experience grooves and Experience 2000
Acid Phonk by 2 Bald Men - Belter of a tune
And the Jark Prongo remix of White Knight by the Drumbeaters - that tune still gives me the shivers now.

**Sunil** · 04-08-2006, 02:29 AM

Yeah, Steve Mason is a blast from the past alright, kinda like a lot of people though... he disappeared off the radar. I had a quick look there and found his site: http://www.steve-mason.de/

Looks like he's still going, although not on the same scale as before. Experience 2000 ended a while ago now, seems like that was his last label or production project.

**Si the Sigh** · 04-08-2006, 12:12 PM

Acid Phonk by 2 Bald Men

...a track I've been after for bloody ages and can't find for love nor money.

**Jay Pace** · 07-08-2006, 01:28 PM

In roughly chronological order

Old school hardcore & jungle
Chemical Brothers, Prodidgy
Sasha & Digweed
BT, Rennie Pilgrim & nu-school breaks
The End & Bedrock @ Heaven
Carl Cox, Darren Emerson
Sonar Festival, free parties

Seminal techno moment was first time I saw Jeff Mills at Lost in the East India Docks warehouse. Man that was good...

**RDR** · 07-08-2006, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jay Pace

In roughly chronological order

Old school hardcore & jungle
Chemical Brothers, Prodidgy
Sasha & Digweed
BT, Rennie Pilgrim & nu-school breaks
The End & Bedrock @ Heaven
Carl Cox, Darren Emerson
Sonar Festival, free parties

Seminal techno moment was first time I saw Jeff Mills at Lost in the East India Docks warehouse. Man that was good...

hahaha

was that the one where he did the 2001 film screener?

**Jay Pace** · 07-08-2006, 02:45 PM

Nah... its was the one where he crawled back on stage at the end so that nobody could see him, then jumped up in the air holding a copy of sonic destroyer to play as an encore.

It was mint. You should have seen the forest of arms go up.

**gary_human** · 08-08-2006, 04:23 PM

i was into hip-hop in the late eighties / early nineties, took me a while and a few pharmecuticals before i was into techno, but some of my influences are

billy nasty
colin dale & colin faver on kiss 100fm
all things techno show on my local radio station back in the early 90s
dj housejunkie - anyone know what this guy is up to ? he used to play mad hardcore techno back in the day on the southcoast
lenny d
coldcut
frank de wulf
underworld
dj dag
my washing machine
chris liberator

**TechMouse** · 08-08-2006, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jay Pace

In roughly chronological order

Old school hardcore & jungle
Chemical Brothers, Prodidgy
Sasha & Digweed
BT, Rennie Pilgrim & nu-school breaks
The End & Bedrock @ Heaven
Carl Cox, Darren Emerson
Sonar Festival, free parties

You know what, J, that's remarkably similar to me.

Put Nine Inch Nails / Aphex Twin at the top and you're pretty much there.

**snooch** · 13-08-2006, 06:23 AM

I got into electronic music through industrial- KK records and the like. I got out of grade school and got into my local college's radio station. The second day I was there they decided to clean their record vaults out and I ended up taking all this techno/house stuff like almost the entire definative catalog. I must have taken home 300-400 records as I was the only person there who was into electronic stuff and reggae. At this point, I had never seen a party or a legitimate dj play so I had some small pieces of paper that made my head swim and decided to go see Adam X in Philadelphia. It was all over after that.

One of my favorite party spots was a place off an alley in downtown Philly between 2nd and 3rd street called the rainbow playground. Also Cavalini's and route 66 in Chicago.

Formative artists- T-1000, Hawtin and Aquaviva, Frankie Bones, Adam X and Heather Hart, Soulslinger, Nigel Richards, Billy Nasty, Woody McBride and Jeff Mills.

**tOM B** · 13-08-2006, 02:34 PM

I was playing in a punk band in 95 and i lent my bass amp to my drummers brother to use as a monitor at a free party and went along for the ride. I was already into leftfield, orbital, dreadzone etc so figured i'd like it. I had a great time and i can clearly remember one of the dj's playing an acid remix of x-cabs neuro into london acid city and me standing there thinking funk punk i wanna play acid techno.....

after that i partied loads my major influences were probably: itchy fingers & planet yes dj's, lawrie immersion, chris liberator, mark tyler, geezer, d.a.v.e. the drummer, the macrospasm club night in norwich.

After a few years of playing nothing but acid techno i realised there was loads of other techno out there and know i guess every bit of electronic music i hear influences me in some way

i also play reggae and dub so have to cite king tubby, lee perry and scientist in there as well

**theledge** · 13-08-2006, 07:14 PM

Well techno/trance wise...I started out listening to old M-zone mix tapes about ten years ago

I've progressed through various styles of trance...then acid techno - and I think that Dave the Drummer... and latterly i am moved by the work of Mount Sims...Thomas Krome... Hell... and Martyn Hare

I love my electro too

And not to mention other 80s electronic music everything from Depeche Mode to Jimmy Somerville to Jean Michel Jarre

Aaaargghhhhh there's so much!!

And thats just the electronic dance music I think I need to start a new post for the rest :cheese:

**Little_Fella!** · 14-08-2006, 04:33 AM

OOooh well... better nutshell this n pick the direct route eh:-

First 7" single I bought was 'Cars' by Gary Numan when it came out... good start I reckon ! :cheese:

All early to mid eighties synth stuff... :razz:

Hip-Hop Electro from say 'The Message' Grandmaster Flash etc. n the Electro albums up to number 11... :newstyle:

All Chicago House music that came to our shores...

All Acid House music n dance I could afford during the explosion in the late eighties... :love:

Rave that had hoovers n Belgian stabs in it (n not pianos n vocals breakin up the middle of the tune- gah!) from the early nineties...

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