What is Techno?

[eyeswithoutaface]

techno is everything and nothing all rolled into one. Techno is being at the front of a crowd of 1000 people at the mercy of a sickening soundsystem with your fave live artists or Dj's playing your favourite records. Techno is being alone at home listening to a Stewart Walker album with the lights off, bong out getting stoned. Techno is meeting new people in clubs, events, festivals etc etc and realising that alot of people actually have very similiar views and feelings about a type of music. Techno is appreciating the guys who allowed people who were not around at the time to still be able to be involved in a scene that is still alive today, whilst also pushing onwards towards the future and helping to keep it alive for alot longer

It's whatever you want it to be. Unfortunately these days, the actual ethos of what is deemed Techno is pretty much lost on most people, and Techno actually is just a 4/4 kick and uberschall loops badly whipped together. That is Techno

[Aratron]

What is the deffinition of Techno to you? Why do you love it so much and at what point did you commit to idea of loving it (playing it, making it, eating it, sleeping it etc...)

Not Dub-Step

[djshiva]

Not Dub-Step

ROTFL. that horse done been killed, my friend.

at this point in time, i have given up trying to define techno. it got all muddied and kinda boring and then i got distracted by shiny things.

i like shuffle. and bass. and kickdrums. and 909 snares. that fits into techno somewhere, methinks.

[audioinjection]

tiesto & paul van dyke are techno according to the usa

haha

[The Overfiend]

One of the best video games for the NES system
Tecmo Bowl

[ritaheed]

a would say techno is repetitive percussion drivin music.

wot i like about techno is the ability to fire the records in as quickly and whenever you want and also mixing 2 songs for as long as you want within a mix - it then allows the dj/live act to make there own sound from this.......definately compared to the likes of trance and other genre's were its a case of just mixing in and out.....

with techno ye can totally mash up a mix with constant ****in about - fx, cuttin, spin backs, fast/long mixing -

in my opinion there is room for error with techno aswell as alot of the time wen am mixing, im mixing tht quick tht ive not got the tracks on beat but as i bring them into the mix i get them in beat......a ****in luv techno!!!

[C.O.Prodigy]

techno is the future, and whatever people make it

[clubsynthetic]

a recurring loop of drums or frequencies laced with subtle changes which constucts a grove.

[Hoth System]

Techno is a horse writing poetry on a flying carpet, being viewed through a telescope by a giant millipede before it is crushed by a yellow question mark. Forever.

[djshiva]

Techno is a horse writing poetry on a flying carpet, being viewed through a telescope by a giant millipede before it is crushed by a yellow question mark. Forever.

yesssss.

[Mindful]

Techno is a horse writing poetry on a flying carpet, being viewed through a telescope by a giant millipede before it is crushed by a yellow question mark. Forever.

It makes much more sense if you use a caleidoscope instead of a telescope.

[massplanck]

It makes much more sense if you use a caleidoscope instead of a telescope.

What if i told you I had a kaleidoscope but used a telescope on the sly?

[TechMouse]

What if i told you I had a kaleidoscope but used a telescope on the sly?

MADNESS!

Why would you do such a thing?

[RDR]

MADNESS!

Why would you do such a thing?

You know nothing about this world. Walk away now.

The coloured triangles have spoken of your ilk before. sail ommmmmm.

[DannyBlack]

Badger?

[clubsynthetic]

oops i meant groove.

[crime]

What is the deffinition of Techno to you? Why do you love it so much and at what point did you commit to idea of loving it (playing it, making it, eating it, sleeping it etc...)

shit question.. NEXT!

[DannyBlack]

shit question.. NEXT!

Go f*ck yourself.

[crime]

Go f*ck yourself.

Shit reply mate - NEXT!

[DannyBlack]

What do you want me to reply with matey? I'm afraid i don't have your flare for imaginative internet forum trolling, to respond with an efficient enough come back.
Why not start a thread and show us lowly un-worthy people how its really done eh?