Minimal really isnt minimal....

[AcidTrash]

you think techno has progressed in the last say 6 years, rather than taken a step back???

It's had a plethora of new gltiches and effects thrown into the pallet, sound quality has improved immeasurably and the fusion of new and old has pushed it forward.

I'm juist stunned at how static clubbers as people seem to be in their cloying claustrophobic little bubble and their point blank refusal to mature.

[BloodStar]

yeah but no use just singleing minimal out for that, practically every sub genre of techno suffers from this, with hard techno, as much as i love it, probably being one of the worst offenders

just nature. Someone hears something they like, they want to imitate it, some happen to mould what they do into their own sound, some dont

Yes thats true, it is problem in every sub genre,. but really to me so many minimal tracks, mainly produced by bandwagon jumpers (no offfense) sounds like a copy of Beyer walking contradiction and also that one very favourite record by him, i forgot the name.. it is all same basslines, same percussions,same approach,. boring.. they are good tracks, thats for sure, but in general i really dont see anything innovative on it.

[Little_Fella!]

I tend to think that minimalism is more of an approach than anything else. It's doing a lot with little, or at least attempting to do so. So much "mnml" seems to just be lots of little clicky noises and stuff with sparse processing.

I agree with the idea of it being an approach totally... doing alot with a little..

Maybe some are trying to do too much with too little and thats where the problems lie..

This track by Flinsch 'n Nielsen, for me, hits the idea of how it should be bang on...

http://www.discogs.com/release/852607 :rockin:

I've mentioned this tune before and it was on BOAR last Sept. 21st

[Little_Fella!]

Whenever I am asked what do I produce I always lead with the word 'Techno'...

Then I refer to each track on mi CD, as they are all different, as having ''such n such' influences, be it dubstep, acidic, house etc.

Techno for me, as a semi-definition, is the use of the technology that we have today to create moods, feelings, journeys, stories or whatever you want to call the effect your music has upon a person...

It's taking sounds and scapes that are not conventional and blending them together to create whatever emotional harmony you wish to portray to the listener...

I am proud of Techno and being part of it...

[spiralx]

Sub-genres are handy for describing a track, or finding records in a store... but if you're producing you shouldn't really be thinking of "what genre track shall I make?" Which sadly, I think too many producers do, thus leaving themselves oblivious to the fact that all of the best artists in every genre are into music as a whole, and it shows in their music.

[rooothy]

Sub-genres are handy for describing a track, or finding records in a store... but if you're producing you shouldn't really be thinking of "what genre track shall I make?" Which sadly, I think too many producers do, thus leaving themselves oblivious to the fact that all of the best artists in every genre are into music as a whole, and it shows in their music.

This is spot on...

There are those that can turn thier hand to almost any type of music and that in itself is the mark of a true musician...

The technology that we have now is amazing n it allows us to make whatever we want... we have a 'band' with a 1000 instruments to create with and control...

No one has had this level of creativity before.. celebrate it...

This is Techno....

[eyeswithoutaface]

Sub-genres are handy for describing a track, or finding records in a store... but if you're producing you shouldn't really be thinking of "what genre track shall I make?" Which sadly, I think too many producers do, thus leaving themselves oblivious to the fact that all of the best artists in every genre are into music as a whole, and it shows in their music.

a-****ing-men

[Little_Fella!]

This is spot on...

There are those that can turn thier hand to almost any type of music and that in itself is the mark of a true musician...

The technology that we have now is amazing n it allows us to make whatever we want... we have a 'band' with a 1000 instruments to create with and control...

No one has had this level of creativity before.. celebrate it...

This is Techno....

This was actually my babbling as I was logged in on Rooothy's 'poooter...

Great day out that Rufus by the way.... soundo!:rockin: