Retracing history to predict where techno is going.

[SlavikSvensk]

i always end up saying this on the "techno going forward" type threads, but the key is

fewer tracks
more songs

make more music of lasting, rather than fleeting, value.

ignore trends unless you use them strictly as a frame of reference to make music that has value outside a given tiny substratum of techno or a particular year.

[force]

SONGS??????

You'll be saying 'Make it more R&B'ish' next!!!

[SlavikSvensk]

SONGS??????

You'll be saying 'Make it more R&B'ish' next!!!

the point is simple: make music that's a lasting statement. not just bang-bang-blip-blip like all the rest so no one cares in 2 years.

listen to old basic channel records. they were minimal, they were repetitive, but they were SONGS. and they STILL sound better than any "minimal" made today.

[fac]

listen to old basic channel records. they were minimal, they were repetitive, but they were SONGS. and they STILL sound better than any "minimal" made today.

couldnt agree more

[Martin Dust]

couldnt agree more

There's plenty of good stuff out there, what are you guys listening to that's so shit?

[fac]

There's plenty of good stuff out there

agree again. but for me not among this so-called minimal stuff.

[Martin Dust]

agree again. but for me not among this so-called minimal stuff.

You not feeling things like Bitstream, Stott, Claro etc?

[massplanck]

The future of techno is pretty bleak. A genre of music that relies on electricy more than any other trying to survive in world of energy efficiency & climate change. Its faint memory carried on by Mad-Max style troubadors, haunting the land, singing songs of a world long extinct.

Techno has about as much of a future as ancient greek music did.

[dirty_bass]

The future of techno is pretty bleak. A genre of music that relies on electricy more than any other trying to survive in world of energy efficiency & climate change. Its faint memory carried on by Mad-Max style troubadors, haunting the land, singing songs of a world long extinct.

Techno has about as much of a future as ancient greek music did.

What does that leave for the future of music in general then, minus electronics?

Symphonic, ok I can dig that.
Folk? evil dirge
irish folk? evil dirge that thinks it better than it is because it`s irish
Rock bands playing accoustically? poncey turgid wailing middle class trash

In fact without electricity a hell of a lot of music will die, as well as the means of playing it at home, as well as lighting your home etc.

[djshiva]

The future of techno is pretty bleak. A genre of music that relies on electricy more than any other trying to survive in world of energy efficiency & climate change. Its faint memory carried on by Mad-Max style troubadors, haunting the land, singing songs of a world long extinct.

Techno has about as much of a future as ancient greek music did.

but there will always be things to turn into percussion instruments...so when the world goes mad, we'll all go Einstürzende Neubauten-ish and just roll rocks thru pipes and bang on abandoned cars... ;)

[SlavikSvensk]

There's plenty of good stuff out there, what are you guys listening to that's so shit?

i DO like dust science...

[massplanck]

Sarcasm gets lost on a whole lot of people.