This forum was made for chat about techno/trance/underground music etc.  Talk
about your favorite DJ's or anything else on the subject.

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I'll bite.  

I've been (vaguely) actively trying to learn stuff about
techno/industrial/goth/trance/whatever music for a little while, now, with
little success.  This isn't something you can really find out about by
listening to the radio, at least not where I live.  I'm too old/busy/lazy to
investigate the club scene on any regular basis, though the few times I have
gone to places like City Club I've liked what I heard.  
  So, how does one become/stay hip in this collection of genres?  What's out
there, and how do I find it?  

Pst!  I'll go club-hoppin' wit'ya.....:)  Just lead the way....:)

I haven't gone to research more about Moby's stuff.. but what 
generally was put out on the airwaves as hits I've pretty much liked.

man, I miss that old MTV techno show.. what was .. amp, that's it.

Yeah, I miss Amp too. I used to tape the show when it was on (although I only
got the occasional episode). It was some of the best stuff on MTV. My personal
favorite was the Portishead video for To Kill a Dead Man. It was a great long
video.

I have not checked out Moby beyond his MTV hits, but I would gather 
that he is a good artist to begin listening to for the techno groove.
I remember that I also liked Lords of Acid, from what little I've 
listened to.

As far as staying hip, I don't know, but I think I'll agree with 
people here that Brian Eno is a good historial reference point.

resp:1 Greg, I really think your best bet is to start with a specialty 
record store that is ready to help you look through the catalogs, and 
have listening stations that will let you sample the music.  This area 
is pretty big-- besides what was mentioned, the following styles are 
also out there:

trip, trip-hop, drum 'n bass, technobass, electronica, acid jazz 
(although I doubt that's much of a club scene on that particular 
style), and many other styles I just don't remember.

As far as underground music, going to Net Radio is a real good idea.  
If you use a 56k dialup, I'd be sure you're not running any other 
applications.  I'm not sure how smooth transfer time is with cable and 
wireless modems (i.e. DSL and ISBN), but I'd gather it's better.  
Check out www.groovetech.com stations-- I found Seattle and San Fran 
pretty easily on Real One.  They play continuous feed of underground 
music that is part of the scene for the local area.  I've listened a 
bit to London, too, but I'm not sure what else is available.

just for mynxcat:

there was a band called smart e's that had a hit called "sesame's 
treet" that mixed the old Sesame Street theme song to some phat techo 
beats.

DJ Shadow is a techno DJ, I think.  I'm not familiar with much of his 
work at all, but I did listen to his mix of Depeche 
Mode's "Painkiller" titled "Painkiller: Kill the Pain (Depeche Mode 
vs. DJ Shadow)"

The big prob with techno, I guess, is that it really didn't become 
much of a mainstream genre-- Moby, I think, is the only one who broke 
through.  Usually your best bet is to go with compilation recordings, 
or just, well.. go to the clubs.

Techno as such may not have become mainstream, but it has strongly influenced
mainstream styles.  Listening to the current pop trash as opposed to that of
a couple years ago, you can hear the influence.  

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Hmmm.. yeah, headphones, especially closed-air, have a way of 
enveloping you in the sound.

Apparently, discussion on techno has permanently moved.

See item:101

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It's not my item =)  And this happens quite a bit.  This time, there 
were fewer responses in the first item (i.e. here).

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