Quote Originally Posted by SummerOfSam
Depending on the tone or the frequency I don't mind a synth or a stab to be honest. Most of the old Detroit stuff was built on some of those same concepts. But there is cheese seeping in agreed. But I won't concur this a hundred percent to the stuff coming out of Sweden recently. I stil enjoy hearing new stuff from old heroes of mine.
And not for nothing Hertz is good at what he does. I wish people would realize if you want a certain sound in techno to be relevant you really should try to go out and do it yourself. Producers are artists and it is one thing to do a good record that everyone likes. To appeal to everyone you lose a lot in your own sound and what you put forth as well your art. I would go to lengths and say maybe these artists are on their own musical mission and you(general public) don't understand them.
Yes Adam Beyer and Henrik are great producers and have earned their stripes, but for me personally as a producer I dont blame them for throwing in more melodies or synths that may sound cheesy. Because once you produce your open to music, you realize music entails much more than drum snare kick and sample loop. Remember Henrik was quoted to like tangerine dream and miles davis, so I would assume hes getting more an more into composition. So the more musicality coming out of Sweden I commend it and beg other countries including myself to follow suit. Maybe techno would get respect in the music world if we made more songs instaed of headbanging 5 minute beats. Hip Hop did it and it rules the world. regardless of the commercial quality of it I can boldly say right now that it you took kanye west into the studio and showed him 5 songs and said this is techno do it. He would probably compose a better song than most of us. People assume techno is for the brainless and I can see why some think that because our music sounds repeatative, I disagree because i have met some sick uber intellects thru this music. Maybe we should put more energy into making the music instead of slagging each others. AND WHATEVER HEAT OR NEGATIVE RESPONSES I GET FOR THIS I DONT CARE BECAUSE IM LIVING MY WORDS AND I BELIEVE IN WHAT I SAY SO IF YOU SLAG YOUR FIGHTING YOURSELF CAUSE THIS IS MY OPINION.