what is techno/house?

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Ingemar wrote:austere beauty... someone here likes Russel ;)


i can say one thing that techno is not: techno is not rocket science
rocket science isnt rocket science bruv.

stick a load of high explosives under a pointy thing and it will fuk off up into space no problem ;)
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i think that's a good way to put it. there's a very complex simplicity about techno records. even stuff which is stripped down to the bone, it has a complexity about it, which can be demonstrated by the fact that even if you know the instruments, the chords etc etc you would find it hard to recreate the actual atmosphere and feeling of the track.
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Unts, Unts, Unts!
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oblioblioblio wrote:i think that's a good way to put it. there's a very complex simplicity about techno records. even stuff which is stripped down to the bone, it has a complexity about it, which can be demonstrated by the fact that even if you know the instruments, the chords etc etc you would find it hard to recreate the actual atmosphere and feeling of the track.
this is why i love techno..
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rhythm makes my booty shake.
acid makes my soul bake.
where you take me, is where we'll go.
never lost them hi-hats bro.
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ao_xk wrote: To me, techno music, with its steady, relentless machine rhythms, is unusually comforting... Because it captures an ideal: the ideal of flawless and enduring efficacy.
Computer programmers know this: machines never make mistakes. This gives them that austere beauty.
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Simply awesome!
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Post by dirddey_iddler »

i found it on gearslutz,

it describes very good the main differences

Here's how I would separate minimal techno from minimal sound-wise:

Minimal -
1. A softer, rounder, boomier kick and a housier rhythm - 120-130 bpm
2. Patterns of glitchy, strange organic samples played back in a funky way
3. Clicky / clacky, snappy percussion
4. 80% of the time the snappy/verby snare will be the emphasis
5. bassline is bubbly and funky but quirky and deep

Minimal Techno -
1. Harder Kick that's stiffer, more ridgid in it's rhythm - 130-140 bpm
2. Repetitive arpeggios, thick stabbing synths
3. Dark and sometime tribal percussion
4. 80% of the time a dark hard clap will be the emphasis
5. Bassline is hard, funky and aggressive or stuck to/inside the kick
the relation to (typical US based) house is quite easy, slower tempo, typical 909 / 808 Sounds, warm Pads and rough sounding (depends on the used sampler (SP1200, MPC3000, MPC60, S950, S3000, S760 etc.)

Synths are used in both styles are old Roland and Yamaha ones.

A very important thing in House is the way of using Samples and what kind of.

all approaches to mentioned styles are a direct reflection of musical understanding
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:lol: dear lord gearslutz what a load of bollox

sorry i dont mean to insult anyone, but that generic categorization just means nothing to me as a minimal techno producer.

in the ears of the beholder only
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