What is techno, exactly?

[The_Laughing_Man]

I think the next stage of true experimention in music will be through looking at the science of sound, how to move air particals. My money would be on it happening in the techno genre.

Already happening, not in techno, but in contemporary composition.
The evolution of what was begun with Stockhausen, Xanakis and to an extent, Cage.

[Igneous]

Already happening, not in techno, but in contemporary composition.
The evolution of what was begun with Stockhausen, Xanakis and to an extent, Cage.

I was thinking more the use of 5.1 Surround sound systems in clubs & new speakers that channel sound into small areas.

There are speakers being developed that work kind like torches, where you can dirrect a sound 20 feet away at someone with out anyone in the room hearing the sound. Once they become standard, musicicains can look at ways of manipulating then

One of the most intersting things I've heared recently was at a small festival where they had a powerfull 5.1 system in a woods. They weren't playing music, just firing signal noises around the area. It had a stangley hypnotic effect.

I think there is probley a bit more scope at looking at how sound frequencys can effect the human body though large soundsystems.

[tonyc2002]

I was thinking more the use of 5.1 Surround sound systems in clubs & new speakers that channel sound into small areas.

There are speakers being developed that work kind like torches, where you can dirrect a sound 20 feet away at someone with out anyone in the room hearing the sound. Once they become standard, musicicains can look at ways of manipulating then

Hyper Cardioid speakers or 'shotgun speakers'! there ****ing well weird. One of the lecturers at my old college actually helped to develop it.

[The_Laughing_Man]

I was thinking more the use of 5.1 Surround sound systems in clubs & new speakers that channel sound into small areas.

There are speakers being developed that work kind like torches, where you can dirrect a sound 20 feet away at someone with out anyone in the room hearing the sound. Once they become standard, musicicains can look at ways of manipulating then

One of the most intersting things I've heared recently was at a small festival where they had a powerfull 5.1 system in a woods. They weren't playing music, just firing signal noises around the area. It had a stangley hypnotic effect.

I think there is probley a bit more scope at looking at how sound frequencys can effect the human body though large soundsystems.

Pretty much all psychosomatic and physical effect research in sound has been done already and most is available on the net.
I got a few papers from the net about infra and ultra-sound and the various moods related to certain frequencies, but most of these frequencies are out of the range of conventional soundsystems. The stuff I found that could be used I put into my last PA ,Facing Choronzon, which was an experiment with psychosomatics, audio sigils, occult techniques and nlp. When I wasplaying it live I did notice some of the intended effects working, but you are heavily reliant on running through a properly set up sound system for this kind of stuff to be effective.

As for surround sound in clubs, we barely have clubs set up properly for stereo, let alone 5.1.

I`m not sure Audio spotlighting has much of an application musically outside of the art gallery (except for advertising) but it is pretty interesting tech.

There`s a lot of this kind of experimentation going on in contemporary composition and "art" music, but not techno.

[Igneous]

The stuff I found that could be used I put into my last PA ,Facing Choronzon, which was an experiment with psychosomatics, audio sigils, occult techniques and nlp. When I wasplaying it live I did notice some of the intended effects working,

What genre of music were you playing? (Does sound very interesting)

I think the future of experimentation is possibley less in sound & will probley be more in the actual club 'experience' & visuals tbh. As you say, most of the kit in clubs is ussually knackered & may hold back experimentation. A few times I've played out I've had to hold back my mixing style a bit due to crappy mixers & badley set up soundsystems.

A lot of lasers & lighting rigs work with mics so you can get the odd tune that makes some mad effects.

[The_Laughing_Man]

What genre of music were you playing? (Does sound very interesting)

Techno idm industrial stuff.
http://iterativemusic.com/db/Voidlos...0Choronzon.mp3

I used a form of Gematria to convert ritual passages from the Goetia and some other occult ritual books into number sequences and then used these sequences to generate chord progressions, note order, rhythm patterns and "melodies". I tried to use sounds I didn`t like or wouldn`t normally use in the process as well.
Fairly pretensious, it polarised opinions, but I learned a lot in the process.

[qUE]

Techno afaics unfortunately seems to be any music made with Technology.



Hard Techno is the dogs bollox tho' 8D

The more weird and abstract, the more I like it personally.

[gunjack]

Techno afaics unfortunately seems to be any music made with Technology.

[Technologic]

I was thinking more the use of 5.1 Surround sound systems in clubs & new speakers that channel sound into small areas.

There are speakers being developed that work kind like torches, where you can dirrect a sound 20 feet away at someone with out anyone in the room hearing the sound. Once they become standard, musicicains can look at ways of manipulating then

One of the most intersting things I've heared recently was at a small festival where they had a powerfull 5.1 system in a woods. They weren't playing music, just firing signal noises around the area. It had a stangley hypnotic effect.

I think there is probley a bit more scope at looking at how sound frequencys can effect the human body though large soundsystems.

5:1?

Why not 7:1 or 9:1?

Anyway, lol at subsonic bass causing involuntry bowel movements and Howard Stern using bass to get a girl to orgasm.

[force]

Anyway, lol at subsonic bass causing involuntry bowel movements and Howard Stern using bass to get a girl to orgasm.

THe Orb made me need a poo at Brixton Academy once.

I'm sure they used that frequency on purpose!!!!

Bowel terrorist, hippy bastards...