wonky techno

[DannyBlack]

i love wonky techno, its silly. should be called silly-tech

[crime]

i love wonky techno, its silly. should be called silly-tech

EJECT, EJECT.....

[DannyBlack]

Blast, I'm taking hits from left and right, EJECT, EJECT.....

lol, you misunderstand matey... i actually love wonky techno!
im listening to a set by 'meatsweeper' and i love it. silly=a good thing!

[crime]

lol, you misunderstand matey... i actually love wonky techno!
im listening to a set by 'meatsweeper' and i love it. silly=a good thing!

this is precisely why I'm bailing out of the whole thing, there came a point where it just got too silly... gonna kill off my artist name, give up music for a year, and if I do start up again, no-one will make the connection for a while...

I'm personally pretty serious about my music..

what do you think this so-called "wonky techno" is anyway? I've never heard of what you're talking about...

[DannyBlack]

this is precisely why I'm bailing out of the whole thing, there came a point where it just got too silly... gonna kill off my artist name, give up music for a year, and if I do start up again, no-one will make the connection for a while...

I'm personally pretty serious about my music..

what do you think this so-called "wonky techno" is anyway? I've never heard of what you're talking about...

i never catogorised it as wonky, i just thought it was a hyper funky style of techno...

[Paul Zykotik]

this is precisely why I'm bailing out of the whole thing, there came a point where it just got too silly... gonna kill off my artist name, give up music for a year, and if I do start up again, no-one will make the connection for a while...

I'm personally pretty serious about my music..

what do you think this so-called "wonky techno" is anyway? I've never heard of what you're talking about...

I admit that I have a limited experience of what I would term wonky techno (although perhaps I won't anymore, given this discussion). I have stuff on labels like Don't, Miditonal, Kitty Corner, Neue Heimat, Horspielmusik...and what stood out most for me was that a lot of these tracks were fun. Party tracks. Is that necessarily a bad thing? To me it's important to have tunes that put a smile on your face and I think there are tunes from people like TSR, Edit (or 3D!T ?) etc. which manage to do this without being cheesy. As long as it doesn't get too ridiculous then there should be room for this style in amongst the more serious output IMO.

[crime]

I admit that I have a limited experience of what I would term wonky techno (although perhaps I won't anymore, given this discussion). I have stuff on labels like Don't, Miditonal, Kitty Corner, Neue Heimat, Horspielmusik...and what stood out most for me was that a lot of these tracks were fun. Party tracks. Is that necessarily a bad thing? To me it's important to have tunes that put a smile on your face and I think there are tunes from people like TSR, Edit (or 3D!T ?) etc. which manage to do this without being cheesy. As long as it doesn't get too ridiculous then there should be room for this style in amongst the more serious output IMO.

it was a bit of a rhetorical question... quite funny to think that I wouldn't know anything about what anyone is talking about here...

I made the first record on Kitty Corner, would you not consider that "serious output"?

this is my problem with the wonky term, serious, quality output gets lumped in with stupid rubbish, and whilst sense of humour is cool, there is a point where it goes from being funny, to just plain dumb.. remember the geek at school that thought he was being funny, when at the end of the day he was coming across like a dick?
Noodles = good humour
Miditonal =

[Paul Zykotik]

it was a bit of a rhetorical question... quite funny to think that I wouldn't know anything about what anyone is talking about here...

My original post wasn't referring to your last statement about never having heard of what's being talked about, so I should have removed that sentence when I quoted you.

I made the first record on Kitty Corner, would you not consider that "serious output"?

Indeed. I was originally going to refer to it but didn't believe it relevant. I picked up the most recent release (004, the TSR one) and that was a far cry from your release, which I also have. Which, given the difference, is what made me curious as to what you thought about the less serious side and whether or not it had a place. From my perspective I enjoy both records equally and don't find one too chinstroky nor the other too silly.

this is my problem with the wonky term, serious, quality output gets lumped in with stupid rubbish, and whilst sense of humour is cool, there is a point where it goes from being funny, to just plain dumb.. remember the geek at school that thought he was being funny, when at the end of the day he was coming across like a dick?

For sure - it just read to me like you didn't believe there was room for fun music in techno. Of course it can go too far - look what happened to happy hardcore - but I still believe it's important that the party tunes get a look in. But a tune shouldn't have to be 'wonky' to necessarily be fun...