what is minimal?

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what is minimal?

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forgive me because I'm new to minimal. I've been into electro house for about 4 or 5 years now, but lately I've been attracted to minimal (mainly because of beatport browsing). So the question I have is what makes minimal minimal? Is it the progression? Is it the lack of a buildup? Is it the sounds themselves, or the minimum use of sounds?
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Post by MINIMALTECHNOHOUSE »

(lol)

the minimal your hearing on beatport isnt actually "minimal", its just re-packaged electro house shite....

Stick with eric prydz.....
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geeze, didn't know yall were a touchy bunch. what a "Welcome to MNML".

You still didn't answer my question. can you give me a song or something on youtube that has all the classic properties of minimal?
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teknobryan wrote:geeze, didn't know yall were a touchy bunch. what a "Welcome to MNML".

You still didn't answer my question. can you give me a song or something on youtube that has all the classic properties of minimal?
If your really serious, check out some of the dudes on this forums tracks ; )
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reason I am asking is because I am an amateur producer and am wanting to deconstruct what minimal is.
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Post by Atheory »

hopefully whatever it is can't be crystalised into a single post on a forum.

anyway, its probably different for different people. could you not try wikipedia or something? or maybe listening to some music? or searching on the forum?

it doesnt need its own new topic really, theres been loads of ones like this already.

read as much as you can anyway.

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sorry, double post!
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well I can pretty much summarize progressive house: has like a 4 bar or longer melody, like 128 bpm, sidechain alot of stuff to kick, more trancy but slower and with newer drum sounds.

electro house: lots of saws, more obnoxious sounds, shorter melodies (like one or two bar riffs) with not alot of layers playing different things like in progressive.

I'm having a harder time putting my finger on what makes minimal minimal...
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