This forum was made for chat about techno/trance/underground music etc. Talk about your favorite DJ's or anything else on the subject.12 responses total.
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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