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[Dev]

Was just thinking about this yesterday as I was listening to some 80's punk last night. Nowadays Techno seems to be the "in" thing. I was just wondering how many people out there on Dave's like the stuff and whether you think it's music.

When I listen to the stuff, I tend to think it's not music. A techno "song" seems to have no distinct parts like a chorus. Seems to be just an abstract collage of interesting sounds. People get excited over it applauding and cheering the club djs.

I like Techno, but prefer musicians and singers.

* Please do not flame me because I don't understand the genre. Please educate me about it.

[djsmnc]

Before ecstacy, I kinda felt that way too

[tiger fancini]

[happeningthang]

[seoulsucker]

As it has grown as a genre, there's bound to be more interesting stuff, and also more crap.

Sasha's Involver is one of the best albums I've ever listened to, and I'm not that big on techno music. It's mellow, hypnotic, with a lot of variety between tracks. It beefs up towards the end and has one of the best closing tracks to a techno set I've ever heard. On top of that, it's done completely on a digital platform (Ableton Live), which is pretty unique.

It's easy to find online, check it out.

He's actually playing at the Kayagum Hall Walker Hill this Saturday. If you're curious about the genre, that would be a good place to start.

[jinju]

[eamo]

It's definitely music!!! C'mon! Don't you realise that about every 10 years in the 20th century a style of music came along that everyone dismissed as,

"That's not music!!
That's just noise!!
Now in my day we had real music....blah, blah...."

I thought we had all realized that each generation see's their music as superior to the next generations.

Personally, I believe standing in a street and just listening is music too.

Don't be a Grandad before your time!!

[flotsam]

I hate reading Dev's OPs, the bruising to my ocular cavities caused by my rolling out of control eyes is just no fun.

[laogaiguk]

[flotsam]

[Ron Stevens]

considering "techno" has been around maybe 20 years can we say LATE!

if you read up on the origins of this music you would see that it originally emerged out of an african american subculture with influences as disparate as P-Funk and european producers such as giorgio moroder

of course as dance music there is less emphasis on melody and more on the groove

a lot of "techno" producers have done more "musical" pieces with live muscians and vocalists

Sasha is certainly someone at the more commercial end of the dance spectrum - not a good place to start any serious exploration of this music

[Beej]

My problem with " tecno' is that it doesnt spark emotions or feelings, just base anamalism, bumping to the beats.
When i hear an old song, I think of that time in my life. Lyrics can be interpreted to have meaning that corresponds to your life.

Years from now will old married couples in their seventies say " dear, remember when we first met, they are playing our song, get out the glow sticks and pacifiers" oonsa oonsa oonsa

[happeningthang]

[safeblad]

[Demophobe]

Yeah, I get kinda lost with the terms Techno, Trance, Electronica...

The closest I get would be The Crystal Method, but I think they are a mix of styles, not really sold to one or the other. Paul Oakenfold, some DJ Shadow...