Techno addiction...

[wenna]

for me it's the subtleness of it all. in your face without being in your face if u know what i mean? :cheer:

[wenna]

actually i'll add a ninja to that:

[massplanck]

Like someone else said, I have a love hate relationship with techno. I'm not quite sure why I love it/am addicted to it. There has got to be a reason... what the hell is it!?

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You used to/still take ecstacy tablets?

[Spire]

I used to, not now though.

[Miromiric]

there you go - you still associoate techno with a good feeling of being on extacy pill. that`s a common association, nothing wrong about it. techno is, after all, a drug music.

[Spire]

That's one reason.

I actually think I can't stop listening to it because it makes me feel special, like I'm involved in some kind of revolution. Without techno, I see myself as just another lemming listening to the mainstream music, radio, and MTV with nothing special to offer. I keep sticking with techno waiting for it to finally rear it's head and slam all other music DOWN TO THE GROUND, but it never happens. ;[

[thetonewrecka]

techno is, after all, a drug music.

My machines take no pills ergo I take no pills
The chills that spill with every drumfill can instill a brill-iant euphoric sense.

Here's my take on it as I explained to Dj Esp one day when he asked me why I thought people like techno.

When you are listening to techno, you feel like you are cheating time. There is no reference to a bridge, chorus, 3rd verse etc.. that popular forms of music all follow. You know that those songs are moving forward and will be over at a certain point and you are traveling along with it. 3 or 4 minutes and you're on to another reference point of time gone.
Now, get "lost" into a techno groove and you have just frozen yourself in that moment that is now working on your brain (and making you smile, or jump, or pump your fist (yeah kool mo dee...sorry had drop his name) and jam it. Percussion may change and sounds ebb in and out, but it is more like the same picture is morphing and developing and evolving while you sit enveloped in it.
Oblivious to the hours passing outside, the soundsystem in a dark room is truly a modern day "time stopping" machine.

[Si the Sigh]

Techno is more trancy than trance with it's shed load of breakdowns.

[RDR]

its defo standards.

Loving all music seems to come naturally to children, we loose that as adults and then have to teach ourselves to get it back.

[stjohn]

Techno is more trancy than trance with it's shed load of breakdowns.

yea...i always thougt this. techno is 'trance' music, in the conscious sense. pulsing weirdness!!

[force]

techno is, after all, a drug music.

My machines take no pills ergo I take no pills
The chills that spill with every drumfill can instill a brill-iant euphoric sense.

Here's my take on it as I explained to Dj Esp one day when he asked me why I thought people like techno.

When you are listening to techno, you feel like you are cheating time. There is no reference to a bridge, chorus, 3rd verse etc.. that popular forms of music all follow. You know that those songs are moving forward and will be over at a certain point and you are traveling along with it. 3 or 4 minutes and you're on to another reference point of time gone.
Now, get "lost" into a techno groove and you have just frozen yourself in that moment that is now working on your brain (and making you smile, or jump, or pump your fist (yeah kool mo dee...sorry had drop his name) and jam it. Percussion may change and sounds ebb in and out, but it is more like the same picture is morphing and developing and evolving while you sit enveloped in it.
Oblivious to the hours passing outside, the soundsystem in a dark room is truly a modern day "time stopping" machine.

You've hit the nail on the head there mate! Some of the best nights i've had have been the ones i can remember nothing about! Not cos i've been wasted, but cos i've been lost in the groove all night. Lights come on and i'm like " what the f*ck", is it over already? Like you said, 'Time stands still'

I'd say i'm addicted to techno :)

[module]

the reason i used to love techno sooo much os the reason i'm becoming bored of it..

it doesnt mean anything


all song based music carries stories or words that give substance to them. techno doesnt. it doesnt stand for anything the way a dylan record or a public enemy record did. its jus rhythm & little else.

thats not to say i think its a bad thing. i jus personally feel outside of the 'havin it' part of techno, it has little or no use to anyone. when i hear old Pearl Jam records like 'Drop The Leash' or 'Hard Days Night' by The beatles, theres a substance & meaning & story. and as good as Badger Bite or Reverting is, it doesnt actually mean or stand for anything. now, when i was 22, that was ace.. it was such an escape from the day to day drudgery of life.. but now ? i'm almost 33 & tbh, i get more from a Coldplay song than another Ben Sims tool, or ubercompressed 150bpm german banger. same with mnml.. for all the bleeps & clever use of reverb, it still dont 'mean' anything..


*sits back & waits for 'old man' slurs ;)

[dirty_bass]

There is plenty of techno with strong emotion and feeling in it. I just think your getting old.

[Little_Fella!]

That's one reason.

I actually think I can't stop listening to it because it makes me feel special, like I'm involved in some kind of revolution. Without techno, I see myself as just another lemming listening to the mainstream music, radio, and MTV with nothing special to offer. I keep sticking with techno waiting for it to finally rear it's head and slam all other music DOWN TO THE GROUND, but it never happens. ;[

Yeah, this is a top statement....

I've always followed dance music as it evolved since the eighties and have always prided the fact that I am listening to what is innovative and at the fore front of whats coming out...

With Techno I feel a part of that innovative movement.... lovely ;)

[rhythmtech]

the reason i used to love techno sooo much os the reason i'm becoming bored of it..

it doesnt mean anything


all song based music carries stories or words that give substance to them. techno doesnt. it doesnt stand for anything the way a dylan record or a public enemy record did. its jus rhythm & little else.

thats not to say i think its a bad thing. i jus personally feel outside of the 'havin it' part of techno, it has little or no use to anyone. when i hear old Pearl Jam records like 'Drop The Leash' or 'Hard Days Night' by The beatles, theres a substance & meaning & story. and as good as Badger Bite or Reverting is, it doesnt actually mean or stand for anything. now, when i was 22, that was ace.. it was such an escape from the day to day drudgery of life.. but now ? i'm almost 33 & tbh, i get more from a Coldplay song than another Ben Sims tool, or ubercompressed 150bpm german banger. same with mnml.. for all the bleeps & clever use of reverb, it still dont 'mean' anything..


*sits back & waits for 'old man' slurs ;)

i dunno.. every track i write has an emotion to it. once you get a groove going you can feel it inside you. you know what it means to you and in properly made techno that feeling comes across. i've heard many trax where you just KNOW what is meant by it. you just know how the producer was feeling at the time.

just because we dont use lyrics doesnt mean we cant convey emotion.. a true musician puts everything into his/her music to try make the emotion come out.

[module]

There is plenty of techno with strong emotion and feeling in it. I just think your getting old.

pickin me wrong DB... again ;)

seriously though, i'm talking about an actual message via lyrics or the spoken word. feeling is in techno, i do know this.. it would take a complete retard NOT to realise this.. feeling such as anger, fear, melancholy, joy, desperation... but there is little to no message to go along with that feeling. the feeling indicates jus that.. a feeling. theres no explanation of WHY the feeling is there... Public Enemys 911 Is A Joke had a message.. not jus a feeling. there was explanation.. as there is in 'songs'

i aint saying this is a bad thing in techno, its jus gettin to where i am, i want a little bit more out of music, more than jus a groove.

[audioinjection]

i love techno

plain and simple :)

[The Overfiend]

I love big titties.
More than I love techno.
I love techno a huge deal.
Not as much as I love big Ta's!

[dirty_bass]

There is plenty of techno with strong emotion and feeling in it. I just think your getting old.

pickin me wrong DB... again ;)

seriously though, i'm talking about an actual message via lyrics or the spoken word. feeling is in techno, i do know this.. it would take a complete retard NOT to realise this.. feeling such as anger, fear, melancholy, joy, desperation... but there is little to no message to go along with that feeling. the feeling indicates jus that.. a feeling. theres no explanation of WHY the feeling is there... Public Enemys 911 Is A Joke had a message.. not jus a feeling. there was explanation.. as there is in 'songs'

i aint saying this is a bad thing in techno, its jus gettin to where i am, i want a little bit more out of music, more than jus a groove.

Ok, I get what you are saying, and I agree.

Techno doesn`t contain many obvious messages, and it rarely spoonfeeds you. It`s a pretty subjective form of music, and kids need a nice strong, blatant tag line to catch onto, which is why dance music has alienated them.

There is no next generation prodigy, or underworl etc to hook them in.

I love Music, and for me, techno is more an attitude or creative process than a specific sound.

[machina]

Ok, I get what you are saying, and I agree.

Techno doesn`t contain many obvious messages, and it rarely spoonfeeds you. It`s a pretty subjective form of music, and kids need a nice strong, blatant tag line to catch onto, which is why dance music has alienated them.

There is no next generation prodigy, or underworl etc to hook them in.

I love Music, and for me, techno is more an attitude or creative process than a specific sound.

...and this is the imo the beauty of techno - not just any techno, but proper emotive techno gives the listener the ability to interpret it however he/she wants... it's not a straight-forward message, but there can be messages in it - it gives you the ability to adapt and give it context you you're life... if you've never been to the 'hood, it's hard to relate to bullshit gangsta rap - it somewhat irrelevant to people that can't relate, but techno, no matter where it's come from can be given relevance by anyone for anything... if it's not shitty techno (and most techno is pretty shitty).

machina