put some light on the term "offbeat"

[Adey]

welcome to proper techno

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/wonky_techno

Wonky techno is a style of techno music that is based around breaking from a formulaic 4-4 beat structure and experimenting with new sounds and rhythms. The sound is often distorted, stuttering, broken and warped, with a lot of influence from breakbeat, glitch and electro. At one end of the scale wonky techno can be very funky music well-suited to the dancefloor; at the other end it can be very experimental and abstract.

The origins of the term 'wonky techno' are under some dispute, with no exact first usage established. Most commonly, the term is thought to originate from Jerome Hill, who collected tunes of this type in a section marked 'Wonky', whilst managing a (now closed) record shop in London called Trackheads (previously Dragondisks). 'Wonky' is generally thought to refer to the non-repetitive structure of the music. Other record shops use terms such as 'experimental' or 'quirky'. The sound is also referred to as 'no skool' due to its attempt not to be defined by a uniform beat, common style of break or specific set of sounds.

The scene is fairly small but growing, especially in London, Brighton, Glasgow and Berlin. Nights such as Coin Operated, Uglyfunk, Iridium and Monox in the UK attract a friendly crowd and are well attended.

Producers of the wonky sound are artists such as Cristian Vogel, Si Begg, DJ Sueme, Neil Landstrumm, T.Raumschmiere, Tobias Schmidt, 3D!t, Dave Tarrida, Jason Leach, Cannibal Cooking Club, Crystal Distortion (formally of Spiral Tribe), Surfin'bernard (formally of Gaye Bykers on Acid), Michael Forshaw, Mascon, Fugo, Bass Invaders, Bill Youngman, Rotorik

Wonky techno labels include Neue Heimat, Sativae, Input-Output, Miditonal, Chan'n'Mikes, Subhead, Don't, Scandinavia, Sub:Strata, Uglyfunk, Shitkatapult, Mental.Ind, Mercurochrome, Feinwerk and Novamute.

Wonky /wong'kee/ adj. To not be the same in size; skew-whiff; to be offset; broken; to be weird; to be strange or goofey; to be warped from its original shape; behaviour seemingly crazy, humorous or amusingly perverse.

[rhythmtech]

welcome to proper techno

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/wonky_techno

Wonky techno is a style of techno music that is based around breaking from a formulaic 4-4 beat structure and experimenting with new sounds and rhythms. The sound is often distorted, stuttering, broken and warped, with a lot of influence from breakbeat, glitch and electro. At one end of the scale wonky techno can be very funky music well-suited to the dancefloor; at the other end it can be very experimental and abstract.

The origins of the term 'wonky techno' are under some dispute, with no exact first usage established. Most commonly, the term is thought to originate from Jerome Hill, who collected tunes of this type in a section marked 'Wonky', whilst managing a (now closed) record shop in London called Trackheads (previously Dragondisks). 'Wonky' is generally thought to refer to the non-repetitive structure of the music. Other record shops use terms such as 'experimental' or 'quirky'. The sound is also referred to as 'no skool' due to its attempt not to be defined by a uniform beat, common style of break or specific set of sounds.

The scene is fairly small but growing, especially in London, Brighton, Glasgow and Berlin. Nights such as Coin Operated, Uglyfunk, Iridium and Monox in the UK attract a friendly crowd and are well attended.

Producers of the wonky sound are artists such as Cristian Vogel, Si Begg, DJ Sueme, Neil Landstrumm, T.Raumschmiere, Tobias Schmidt, 3D!t, Dave Tarrida, Jason Leach, Cannibal Cooking Club, Crystal Distortion (formally of Spiral Tribe), Surfin'bernard (formally of Gaye Bykers on Acid), Michael Forshaw, Mascon, Fugo, Bass Invaders, Bill Youngman, Rotorik

Wonky techno labels include Neue Heimat, Sativae, Input-Output, Miditonal, Chan'n'Mikes, Subhead, Don't, Scandinavia, Sub:Strata, Uglyfunk, Shitkatapult, Mental.Ind, Mercurochrome, Feinwerk and Novamute.

Wonky /wong'kee/ adj. To not be the same in size; skew-whiff; to be offset; broken; to be weird; to be strange or goofey; to be warped from its original shape; behaviour seemingly crazy, humorous or amusingly perverse.

bollox..

its just techno like every other style.. ive heard wonky sets that were nearly 90% 4/4..

offbeat is just what it says.. whatever the time sig is, be it 4/4 4/3 or up in the 6's, then anything that deviates from the underlying main rhythmic instrument pattern (ie the kick 99% of the time) is "off the beat"

for example a closed hat played on the eights has an off beat element.

but i do hear the term getting used to describe a style of techno a lot.. like brad lee's stuff (afaik)

just like anything with a 303 gets described as acid..

just another term for us to pigeon hole our music. blah blah blah