wonky techno

[conor256]

haha i laughed out loud when i saw this thread and immediately thought of Mark exploding with rage in his bunker studio ;)

me too...... i thought ' i hope mark hawkins doesnt see this post'.... ;)

[crime]

no, I've been on the chill, it's all good in the hood ;)

The first link off that search makes interesting reading, I made my points there really, but as I say, I've chilled on it really....

[xes]

I'm not even sure I know what "wonky techno" is. I went to an uglyfunk party about 2 years ago,apparently that was wonky techno. It didn't float my boat to be honest.

[wrong]

yep mark.. as with any type of music, esp. techno, after a while of hearing it nonstop it'll get boring, and thats the same for any generic strand under the umbrella thats following a formula.. in my head 'wonky' could suggest anything, from old relief records to spanking new 3d!T stuff.. from DBX classic suggestive bleeps to raucus subhead records..

by the way everyone, you MUST check out jason leach from subheads label 'death to vinyl' particularly 001 and 003 (which shall be dropping in september).. for me thats the most exciting label around thats releasing new music with the sickest gurn inducing moments whilst keeing it dancefloor rave style... let me find some samples for you...

[rhythmtech]

just checked that out... gotta say overall the ep aint my kinda thing but A1 is a top tune.. belter!!!

[TechMouse]

by the way everyone, you MUST check out jason leach from subheads label 'death to vinyl' particularly 001

Absolutely. That's the best record I bought in the last year.

Blistering

and 003 (which shall be dropping in september)

Ooooooh, save me a copy.

And if you've still got any copies of Crash Course 4 save that too, and I'll be coming round soon.

;)

[wrong]

hmm.. was sure i'd posted a link.. maybe i deleted it when i edited out a longwinded prattle in my post..

to check out the death to vinyl label (especially the tracks 'big girls blouse' and 'bust rucket' go to: www.andvinyly.com click on death to vinyl records

I've also uploaded a taster from the third ep coming soon: www.dont-recordings.com/DTV03.mp3

[wrong]

hey technouse... yep, i have copies of the kugelbox ep. here at the distribution/drop in centre =)

[rhythmtech]

hmm.. was sure i'd posted a link.. maybe i deleted it when i edited out a longwinded prattle in my post..

to check out the death to vinyl label (especially the tracks 'big girls blouse' and 'bust rucket' go to: www.andvinyly.com click on death to vinyl records

I've also uploaded a taster from the third ep coming soon: www.dont-recordings.com/DTV03.mp3

3 sounds awesome.. dark as fuk!

[G-BO]

never knew i was openin up a can of worms there dudes, sorry :)

i look at the 'wonky' thing as a descriptive term for a particular array of records rather than some sort of way of life, which i doubt is the motivation behind most 'wonky' records...question im askin was.... is there too much of it, or not enuff of it, i wudnt get caught up with any particular 'buzz' genre for techno, its just nice to categorise sometimes

[wrong]

@ G.bo... totally wasn't having a pop there mate and you're right.. its just one of many ways to describe stuff... so anyway.. check out the death to vinyl label... what sort of stuff have you been enjoying and i might be able to point you to others you'll enjoy..

[crime]

question im askin was.... is there too much of it, or not enuff of it, i wudnt get caught up with any particular 'buzz' genre for techno, its just nice to categorise sometimes

don't worry, you're not opening any "can of worms" so to speak. in answer to your question, as with any "Genre" or "Category", once it's been defined, the really good stuff can often become obscured by a lot of not so good stuff, so personally IMO I would say there's too much stuff that I don't personally like which is described as "wonky" even though I've often been described as that in the sense of a Producer/live act... then again, I would say what I do is techno/electronic, and I don't like all techno or electronic music so that probably doesn't mean much ;)

One gem I would personally recommend which is probably often overlooked because it's not "wonky" is this:

http://www.discogs.com/release/297951

[clubsynthetic]

too much music? your having a laff!

[Little_Fella!]

Really good thread this... very informative:)

I remember coming across the sub-section in Dragon Discs next to Camden tube... that was where you were was it Jerome? I am a little confused as I visited Access All Areas kinda regularly during that time too..

Was just the right description for setting a section for those tunes that were a bit wierd n that you sometimes didn't get at all...:exclaim:

I notice you guys have mentioned a few tracks to look out for... have you any other recommends, both classic and new because, as you say, it is difficult to sift and find sometimes...:cheese:

Was nice to have a quick chat at the party last Sat too there matey!

[wrong]

Really good thread this... very informative:)

I remember coming across the sub-section in Dragon Discs next to Camden tube... that was where you were was it Jerome? I am a little confused as I visited Access All Areas kinda regularly during that time too..

Was just the right description for setting a section for those tunes that were a bit wierd n that you sometimes didn't get at all...:exclaim:

I notice you guys have mentioned a few tracks to look out for... have you any other recommends, both classic and new because, as you say, it is difficult to sift and find sometimes...:cheese:

Was nice to have a quick chat at the party last Sat too there matey!

yep, i was the guy behind the counter at dragon disc (a lot of the time anyway) and nice to meet you too at the weekend..

here's a list of labels you could checkout that at one time or another have hit the nail right on it's bent head .. many aren't releasing any more so you have to hunt a bit, but a tune is a tune is a tune right? ;)

horspielmusik
accelerate
Peacefrog
sativae
mosquito
tresor
force inc
serial killers haircut
chan n mike's
uglyfunk
don't
victim
crime
monox
minimalistix
shed
coin operated
accelerate
scandinavia
invisible fish
b-rave
null
djax up beats
drought
cloned vinyl
predicaments
nodles discoteque
mecurachrome
neue heimat
nasty colour
relief
dance mania
frankie
panic bridge
death to vinyl
subhead
xtras
feis
kugelbox
miditonal
spectral
early subvoice
klangnet
zinch
mutter

cross referenced with artists like:

cristian vogel
jamie lidell
neil landstrumm
subhead
paul birken
jason leach
luke's anger
dj shufflemaster
TSR
quick and smart
tobias schmidt
michael forshaw
aeox
bill youngman
paul birken
3d!T
luke's anger
mark hawkins
bizz o.d.
dave tarrida
si begg
dj mahatma
norman
daniel benevente
audion
justin berkovi
daze maxim
DBX
esther ofei
x trak
older dj rush
dj ze mig-l
like a tim
cymbol
mem & drosan

or to some it up in one record:

http://www.discogs.com/release/21253

[crime]

http://www.discogs.com/release/21253

Lidell was the bomb when he did techno, y'know, drop 2 records that were absolutely mindblowing, in the ideas, programming and productions, and then just go "right, bored of that, gonna do something else"..

it's like when john clees did Fawlty towers, y'know, 2 series and that's all you're getting, so it never went sour.

[Little_Fella!]

Cheers for that... twill certainly keep me busy!!

I will have a good rumage around...

[djfilthmonger]

is there a different time signature?

[TechMouse]

is there a different time signature?

There are many different time signatures.

Most Techno is 4/4, though if there are odd time signatures to be found, the experimental guys are as likely as anyone.

[clubsynthetic]

though if there are odd time signatures to be found, the experimental guys are as likely as anyone.

any examples?