Pitt Clemens
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« on: 11-13-2003 23:48 »
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Techno music people your thoughts. See also: Electronica Trance drum and bass new-school beats 99.999% videogame and TV theme remixes etc. As for me, I can't seem to go anywhere without toting a little Fiathless, and some BT. Now I need to get my hands on the Stanton Warriors CD. T-minus #X posts until this gets closed, or someone unearths an ancient post.  |
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Beamer
DOOP Secretary
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Techno? Fuck... NO!
Also, why did you post this in the TV forum?
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Juliet
DOOP Secretary
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I think techno music shit and a load bollocks. How can you be into this crap? It’s just the same type of Tune running and running all over again.
Some dance music is good but they are never that great. And I could get the rock and rap music.
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Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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Good electronica is thin on the ground. Having said that, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Leftfield, Fluke, and The Future Sound Of London are all among my favourites.
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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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It would be impossible for me to give a simple yes/no answer to this question, because I have too many opinions on it. I think the majority of Dance music is utter shit! And Bomb Ibiza! But having said that, my favourite band of all time is a Dance band, as some people may have already guessed, Prodigy  There are some other dance acts I do like, but they're very few and far between. Prodigy are alternative dance, they aren't a techno band. However, they do mix a lot of techno elements into their music. Especially on 'Music For The Jilted Generation', my favourite album of thiers. I love the way Prodigy use these elements. It's not just a boring beat, there's so much more to it, so many layers and sounds, so much deversity and variation. Something I find unique to Prodigy, unlike most Dance music. I find there's a real human touch to all their music. And they experiment a lot too. For example on 'Voodoo People', which has a lot of techno elements in it, but also uses electric guitar, an instrument rarely associated with Techno music. There are many more reasons that I could say, but I think I've stated my point and opinion. Every Prodigy track is my favourite dance song, but as for other dance acts which I like, I'm a lot more selective. I really like some of The Chemical Brothers music, but I also hate some of it too. Their 'Block Rockin' Beats' track is probabaly my favourite Non-Prodigy Dance song. I also like some of FatBoySlims early stuff, and I love 'Gangster Trippin'. I also really like Moby's album 'Play' a lot. And there's some other Dance music I like too, and some Old Skool, but that's my favourite stuff. So basically, I hate regular mechanical techno, but I love the way it can be incorporated, and it's elements, when mixed with others |
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Juliet
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Melllvar:
Good electronica is thin on the ground. Having said that, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Leftfield, Fluke, and The Future Sound Of London are all among my favourites. Yeah the Chemical Brothers and Prodigy are good. Originally posted by Melllvar:Council for the defence sights the following as evidence against the plaintiff:
Originally posted by Juliet:
I just seen Shane Ritchie’s video – I Your Man and I thought that he was really adorable in that video.
I also like the video from Will Young – Leave Right Now. The video was cool when there were fights in the museum.
 Ok so I like pop music too. But I don’t like too much dance music. Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk:
Every Prodigy track is my favourite dance song, but as for other dance acts which I like, I'm a lot more selective. I really like some of The Chemical Brothers music, but I also hate some of it too. Their 'Block Rockin' Beats' track is probabaly my favourite Non-Prodigy Dance song. I also like some of FatBoySlims early stuff, and I love 'Gangster Trippin'. I also really like Moby's album 'Play' a lot. And there's some other Dance music I like too, and some Old Skool, but that's my favourite stuff.
Old skool dance music use to be good but the dance music right now is boring and uninteresting.
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Mouse On Venus
Liquid Emperor
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Mikey is yet another reminder of how "techno" is one of the most misused genre terms ever. Good job!  I used to be into techno and tech-house stuff a lot more just over a year ago, but what put me off a lot of it was the fact that most producers would shun experimentation and character for dancefloor-friendly/DJ-friendly identikit fodder, so you'd just have a bunch of functional records that weren't trying to be anything special. Also, few producers seem able of taking electronic preset sounds and giving them a hand-crafted feel. Most techno records feel formulaic, lazy and autopiloted.  Some techno/electronica artists that I am a big fan of include Hybrid, Two Lone Swordsmen, Polar and Drexciya. The former I like becuase of their more richly textured, intricate feel and more song-based work on their new LP "Morning Sci-Fi". The latter three, lesser known artists I like because they take the aforementioned electronic sounds and warp them into pieces of music that are totally unique, often very atmospheric and without the typical clinical, sterile feel of said genre. Drexciya's "Grava 4" LP is one of my fave albums of all time. |
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davierocks
Professor
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I hate it and all other forms of dance music.
However, I will not go on a rant about how bad it is cos it is not really my place to slag off others music taste. We are all different after all.
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kip
Professor
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I think techno is ok. Although I'm pointing more to Electronic, Dance and Trance. None of this Drum and Bass shit. Favourite artists are Faithless (yes god IS a dj)... BT, Hybrid (The 3 welsh guys who mix dance and orchestral) and Ladytron.
Other than that I'm a all round house man, daft punk, casius, dj falcon, thomas bangalter, together, chicken lips, Layo and Bushwacka, ILS, Medicine8, Mirwais, PlumpDJ's, Organic Audios, Pepe Deluxe, PPK, RobD, Alex Gopher, Tim Delux, Demon, Crystal method, Overseer, DJ Shadow and Cosmos.
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Just Chris
Urban Legend
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.: high-fives Speli :. Kraftwerk rules! Techno is more than filler. Besides, it's the only thing I can really groove to. And experienced techno listeners (like me) diss all the mainstream dance stuff. I like my stuff either more hardcore or more original. Out of all the electronic music genres, dance and uplifting trance have the least creative artists. My favorite genres are the darker Goa trance (eastern melodies with some guitars), jungle and breakbeats. Like many people mentioned before, Prodigy makes great music. I'm not into the club culture, I just listen to it at home or on the go. Good electronica is out there, you just have to look around. Follow this detailed (although sometimes biased) guide to electronic music. If you don't have broadband, it's probably too big for you. All of those popular DJ bands that came out back in 2000 like Gorillaz and Basement Jaxx came from the UK. If you see the VMAs of the UK you would see that a lot of the bands that win lean towards dance and DJ. UK and the rest of Europe is VERY different in what is popular and what isn't. It seems like techno is the UK's version of pop music. Is that why so many people here hate it? |
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Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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Best examples of good techno, in my opinion, are: Chemical Brothers: - The Private Psychedelic Reel
- Song To The Siren
Leftfield:
- Original
- Open Up
- Inspection (Check One)
Prodigy:
- The Narcotic Suite
- No Good (Start The Dance)
- Rhythm Of Life
- Climbatize
Fluke:
- Absurd
- Reeferendrum
- Atom Bomb
Crystal Method:
- Busy Child
Juno Reactor:
- High Energy Protons
The Future Sound Of London:
- Papua New Guinea
- We Have Explosive
Josh Wink:
- Higher State Of Conciousness
As well as breakbeats, I love arpeggiated synth-lines and great orchestral chords (Liam Howlett is particularly good at these.) - the jury's still out on whether I prefer with vocals or without, both of Leftfield's best are collaborations with vocalists like Curve's Toni Halliday (Original) and John(ny Rotten) Lydon (Open Up).
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sheep555
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #36 on: 11-15-2003 07:13 »
« Last Edit on: 11-15-2003 07:13 »
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Originally posted by Just Chris:Follow this detailed (although sometimes biased) guide to electronic music. If you don't have broadband, it's probably too big for you. I did like "Bristol turns out [trip-hop] artists the way Seattle churns out grunge bands" Originally posted by ghoulishmoose:
I've recently discovered just how much I actually do like some techno music. I own both the Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions soundtracks and I love the music on there, I really do. I was playing synths in a band, and we played a version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" a month or so ago. I kept plugging it to everyone I saw - the conversation would go something like this: Me: Hey, I'm playing some Massive Attack, want to come along Random Guy: Who the hell are they? Me: You must have heard of them - "Mezzanine", you know? Random Guy: Oh yeah. I think I heard of them. I'm not really into that crap. Techno's just shit. Me: There's a Massive Attack song in the Matrix...at the start, when Neo wakes up in front of his computer Random Guy: I really liked that song - yeah, I'll come along So, thank you Matrix
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