Is techno too divided?

[Jay Pace]

Bah

Play whatever you want.

Just be a good dj. If you're interesting, you'll get your props.

Screw genres.

[Ritzi Lee]

I can only talk for myself.
My sets are always diverse like techno itself is.
Hopefully organisations will appreciate this kind of approach again in the near future. But now it seems programmers are targeting too much on the styles.

[Aratron]

techno is full of steers and queers

[RDR]

techno is full of steers and queers

So which one are y.......


Oh.


;)

[Roxy Trip]

if there was less pigeon- holing i definatly think there would be more room for different variations of sound.
i think people shouldnt get so attached to labels, theyre only words.
its not THAT important. what is important is wether it sounds good imo
techno is techno, its got a past present and future. but dont see the point in getting arsey about catogorising it :)

[conor256]

i think people shouldnt get so attached to labels, theyre only words

dont see the point in getting arsey about catogorising it :)

100% diddo here.......

at the end of the day a lot of the terms are just adjectives which help describe the sounds that you are looking for/talking about......

and there are lots of tunes which get put into different genres which tbh is great too.... e.g some tunes off ddr's Hazchem label, in one shop ye might find it under techno, another acid techno, another hard house, another in trance....

but music like this has crossover appeal so if some trance head comes accross the hazchem tune and seeks out more on this label or by those artists then that can open up a whole new scene to them...

and 'back in the day' when i used to physically walk into the old record shops i used to trudge through all the other 'genres' or 'boxes' or 'sections' and often come across the odd gem which has been wrongly 'labelled' or 'genrified' (sp)....

which for me was good.....

[djfilthmonger]

100% diddo here.......

at the end of the day a lot of the terms are just adjectives which help describe the sounds that you are looking for/talking about......

and there are lots of tunes which get put into different genres which tbh is great too.... e.g some tunes off ddr's Hazchem label, in one shop ye might find it under techno, another acid techno, another hard house, another in trance....

but music like this has crossover appeal so if some trance head comes accross the hazchem tune and seeks out more on this label or by those artists then that can open up a whole new scene to them...

and 'back in the day' when i used to physically walk into the old record shops i used to trudge through all the other 'genres' or 'boxes' or 'sections' and often come across the odd gem which has been wrongly 'labelled' or 'genrified' (sp)....

which for me was good.....

yeah i know what you mean , I use to buy my Acid techno in me local record shop, it was always under hard dance , which had hardhouse , trance , and acid techno also hard techno like viper xxl, but the techno section had all kinds ,

[Little_Fella!]

@ Dirty Bass and Manga Fish:

I must admit my view point is somewhat limited in relation to actual knowledge of the other scenes,:ohdear: , so thank you for correcting my idea of it all with some very good points...

Plus I tend to go around with mi rose tinted glasses on half the time!:;

Shame tho isn't it, that such division is so common place when music is supposed to be the ultimate unifier amongst folk...

[FILTERZ]

I think the whole electronic music scene is too divided these days ,
it never used to be like this back in the day when i were a lad etc etc etc , blah blah blah .

[clodhoppa]

and here was me thinking it wa just the breaks peeps that thought their scene was too divided!

it's al labout the purists, cos they believe that, as purists, only they have the genres interests at heart, and anyone that strays from the true doctrine is weakening the scene.

personally i think that's bollocks, but you need them there to keep the party line.

[loopdon]

I think the whole electronic music scene is too divided these days ,
it never used to be like this back in the day when i were a lad etc etc etc , blah blah blah .

Hehe, agreed!

[djshiva]

Bah

Play whatever you want.

Just be a good dj. If you're interesting, you'll get your props.

Screw genres.

that's pretty much the point i have gotten to. i have been playing anything from electro to dubstep to minimal-ish to clunky off-kilter house to techno and having a BLAST doing it.

also really opens up the places you can play when you have a lot of different stuff at your disposal. :)