The BOA Guide To Real Hard Techno

[MARK ANXIOUS]

There's alot of new artists for ppl to get their heads around in this new digital age :)

It'll be a great idea I think to post a thread where we can all say who some of the artists are that are really cutting it and a paragraph underneath about them.. Where their websites are, perhaps a pic,a small bio, a link.. etc...

Then we make a guide to it as a press release for the various worldwide hard copy magazines.....

But don't post your own shit here.. just post people you're willing to stand up and recommend... They must be prolific current.... OK perhaps you can put yourself but if anyone doesnt think it's right after it's been posted, let me know on info@markeg.com and I'll take it down!

Off the top of my head as of now, I would ask of you to put recommendations about

Virgil Enzinger
Luis Ruiz
Ritzi Lee
Reeko
Andreas Kremer
Oscar Mulero
Vegim
Oinks
Glenn Wilson
Mattias Friedel
Ryuji Takauchi
Mike Humphries
Machine Code
S-Tek
Andreas Florin
A Paul
Patrick DSP
Brad Lee
Concrete DJz

But I'm so sorry, there's TONNES i have missed out!!!

None of the tribal stuff, or schranz guys. Let's keep it to the hard techno thing...

[DannyBlack]

There's a few on there I would have to strongly disagree with. Hard Techno? Nah, slow and derivative, yes.

Virgil Enzinger- yes. One of my favorites. Interesting moody Techno.
Andreas Kremer- a legend in everything he does be it hard or schranz or whatever. Good music.
Glenn and Mattias- Agreed. I love their stuff. It's off the beaten track for me but it works.
Ryuji and brad lee- savage. Same goes with Paddy DSP. Marvelous.

I can see that there are some that apply to the Hard Techno tag- but there are a lot there that I don't understand.

A Paul for instance. I don't get it. I find it formulaic. Build ups of white noise that go up and up and break with nothing. Let me just add that this is no dig. respect to him for doing his thing and I'm sure he's a nice chap. (he's Portuguese, they are lovely people)

There's a good few that haven't made your list for now. But there is some very very new talent waiting to break that deserve a mention here.

Darren Gale.
Little Fella/Ben Deviant.
Luke Downie/Oris.
SPR.

There's a good few more. The above are the stand outs for me- watch this space too ;-)

[blistanbul]

There's a few on there I would have to strongly disagree with. Hard Techno? Nah, slow and derivative, yes.

Virgil Enzinger- yes. One of my favorites. Interesting moody Techno.
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ah mate i am confused. on the other thread about dj ghost mix you were going on about how mediocre it was yet there it is:

DJ Ghost - Godfathers Of Techno Volume 1 (CD) at Discogs

track 12.

[gunjack]

who was it that said he had heard "recent stuff" from slovak crew? rumenige? loktibrada? olga+yozef???? haven't heard anything new from them since 2005 when the bottom dropped out of the spanish/slovak thing....

"techno" artists who ring my bell these days are tony wetworks, pat dsp, jay wong, luke creed, sinistra to name a few.... classics i alwasy gravitate back to would be golden age surgeon stuff, old PVC/antidandruff, jay denham and millsy of course....

here is one that has been with me since i was but a wee fuc ker:

YouTube - DJ Hell - Allerseelen (Jeff Mills Remix)

LOVE the acid bit that seeps in at about 2:40

that was the original "HARD MINIMAL" sound fresh off the invention of minimal techno by rob hood...and where it all basically started for me nearly 15 years ago...



GJ

[Numeric]

here is one that has been with me since i was but a wee fuc ker:

YouTube - DJ Hell - Allerseelen (Jeff Mills Remix)

now that is a classic track, still have it on vinyl although it's a bit knackered now, the dave clarke remix on other side is quality too, i always get them mixed up though

[basslinejunkie]

who was it that said he had heard "recent stuff" from slovak crew? rumenige? loktibrada? olga+yozef???? haven't heard anything new from them since 2005 when the bottom dropped out of the spanish/slovak thing....

GJ

your not looking hard enough then mate! they are still releasing excellent music,most of them anyway

[Woksaus]

your not looking hard enough then mate! they are still releasing excellent music,most of them anyway

Their remix of 'Radial - Smoking Kills' _O_

[gunjack]

your not looking hard enough then mate! they are still releasing excellent music,most of them anyway

homie, olga+yozef = loktibrada +rumenige = toki and dalo from .sk, link me to new stuff by them and i will be a happy camper! i havent heard anything since the jaxx days....

[qUE]

I was thinking this track when I said Max Walder earlier in the thread :)

YouTube - Max Walder And Manu Kenton - Norton

seem like there's a few similarly disjointed tracks like this one. I only mentioned Max Walder because it seems Manu Kenton's solo stuff hasn't got the same heavyness to it, so I can only assume it's Mr Walder's contribution to the sound that's more in line with what I personally like.

[DannyBlack]

ah mate i am confused. on the other thread about dj ghost mix you were going on about how mediocre it was yet there it is:

DJ Ghost - Godfathers Of Techno Volume 1 (CD) at Discogs

track 12.

er... what? Where in that quote did I mention DJ Ghost? Anyway, here's what I said about that Jumpstyle drivel you posted:

not a fan of this tbh. it's a bit.... well it's a bit... erm... yeah.

[blistanbul]

er... what? Where in that quote did I mention DJ Ghost? Anyway, here's what I said about that Jumpstyle drivel you posted:

what drivel dude?

danny you obviously didn't put two to two together or not reading my posts right. so who is really talking drivel?

i didn't post jumpstyle. if it is a jumpstyle then read the post. why does it contain one of your favourite techno artist? so you can't dismiss simply as jumpstyle or drivel can you?

you contradict yourself.

[gunjack]

ah mate i am confused. on the other thread about dj ghost mix you were going on about how mediocre it was yet there it is:

DJ Ghost - Godfathers Of Techno Volume 1 (CD) at Discogs

track 12.

somebody get this dude a valium. seriously blistanbul stop being such a f uking instigator.... you turn every bloody thread into a drama...

[blistanbul]

somebody get this dude a valium. seriously blistanbul stop being such a f uking instigator.... you turn every bloody thread into a drama...

al

not to be rude, but who was talking to you lad?

is your name danny?

stop looking for a rise.

[DannyBlack]

al

not to be rude, but who was talking to you lad?

is your name danny?

stop looking for a rise.

Cool it man. GJ wasn't looking for a rise, he's keeping the peace. Now relax, lets get back on topic.

[djfilthmonger]

agreed on the A.Paul thing . no interest at all in his music. good production dont get me wrong just boooring

[DannyBlack]

Antonio Lugo. Wetworks. Non stop, no let up consistently interesting hard as nails Techno. A MASSIVE inspiration to me and a top bloke to boot. Hard Techno at it's very finest.

[Woksaus]

Virgil Enzinger
Reeko
Andreas Kremer
Oscar Mulero
Vegim
Ryuji Takauchi

These guys are amazing!

You're forgetting some great stuff though:
Go Hiyama (legend!)
Takaaki Itoh (check out Bloom After Broken Life, wonderful EP)
Asagaoaudio
Exium
Christian Wunsch
Bas Mooy & Jeroen Liebregts (obviously)
And The Advent & Industrialyzer still do it for me ^^

[ritaheed]

Virgil Enzinger
Luis Ruiz
Ritzi Lee
Reeko
Andreas Kremer
Oscar Mulero
Vegim
Oinks
Glenn Wilson
Mattias Friedel
Ryuji Takauchi
Mike Humphries
Machine Code
S-Tek
Andreas Florin
A Paul
Patrick DSP
Brad Lee
Concrete DJz

that list just proves that people's concept of hard techno is way off esp if were going by what they produce nowadays (not a dig)

[teknorich]

Yeah, some of those names are historically harder techno, but their output nowadays has changed.

Ryuji Takeuchi's more recent stuff all sounds like the Dubfire remix of "Spastic" to me - white noise hisses and rolling snare drums. I definitely wouldn't call it hard techno.

[Mattias_Fridell]

Yeah, some of those names are historically harder techno, but their output nowadays has changed.

Truth. Many of us mentioned there changed direction and is changing it even more soon.

One guy I dig a lot when it comes to "harder Techno" is Luis Ruiz. Brilliant producer but I really like his all around work, chicago stuff, sci-fi inspired and detroit flavored beats. Worthwhile to check up all his stuff.