I'm curious.. I've never taken the time to listen to techno, and I'de like to listen and see if I like it, so any suggestions as to good techno, Dj's whatever....also try explaing the diffrence between the types of techno, such as house, trance, ect.

much appreciated

richie hawtin
aphex twin
future sound of london
kraftwerk
mouse on mars


lots...

Aphex Twin is always good - and if you can download the video Window Licker - one of the best videos ever.

Peace Renegade,

Yeah the windowlicker video is wicked. Did you notice that the limo is braking, but then it starts to like speed up again before finally stopping. Hilarious.

Bling bling my nigga.

yeah there is some good techno out there, has anyone noticed no one likes anybody elses techno?

A scottish Happy Hardcore/Techno band called QFX are awesome for some old school feel good beats. My brother has seen them a few times at the local venues and he knew the girl who sings - if you can get a picture check em out - Adidas tracksuits !!!

There best song is -

Freedom (with Braveheart Sample)

Peace Renegade,

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good techno
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that's an oxymoron

First grab Kazaa Lite if you don't have it. http://www.kazaalite.com

Don't worry about the genre differences. Genre classifications are fickle and usually arbitrary, but in general I would avoid anything labeled trance. :P

Download stuff by:

Roni Size
DJ Krust
Dieselboy
Scooter
Daft Punk
Basement Jaxx
Prodigy
Crystal Method
Richard Humpty Vission
Atari Teenage Riot
Thievery Corporation
Aphex Twin
Fatboy Slim

That should give you a good sampler...

BTW, drum n bass/jungle is the best genre

Richard D. James is fucking awesome!

So is Coil. Coil is the group that Richard D. James (the many names of Rishard: Aphex twin, Caustic Window, AFX, etc.) But Coil stuff is usually pretty hard to find, and when you do find it (in America) it usually costs a lot of money because they're imports. Still good stuff.

~meaty

Dune owns for techno/rave, they are one of my favorite techno bands. Also try George Acosta, his new ablum Awake is very good.
As for techno/trance try The German Trance Alliance, they are pretty reliable for good music, some of it's over done but still good.

good techno? well... techno is good but its not all that varied, its really when you get into the offshoots and weird splintergroups that it gets interesting.

for example: electro, electroclash, house, dark house, gabba, hardcore and all the other names for the progression of techno style music. drum n bass and jungle are in a whole new genre of their own and well worth looking into.

good techno stuff:
bolz bolz - take a walk
ritchie hawtin
aphex twin
scan 7
aux 88
dj assault
dessert storm
alec empire
squarepusher
plasticman
radioactiveman
golden boy


look out for stuff on the tresor label, its usually pretty good.

Coil?

I never heard of this. Is it RIch d. James or just one of the many people pretending to be him?

check out some GOA, trippy n fast, its great


specifically
Infected Mushroom
Astral Projection
Hallucinogen

these three kick ass, its good enough to give you a good mindfuckin if yer on the right chems...

x-dream has some really good stuff

Coil is fun, Adult is better.
Pick up the Adult album Recusitation...

adult are amazeing! that track "hand to phone" is one of my favorite tunes at the moment.

listenin to mouse on mars at the moment - good stuff, not really "techno" though.


"What is techno?"

hehe, can you guess what it is yet?

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Originally posted by quandary:
Coil?

I never heard of this. Is it RIch d. James or just one of the many people pretending to be him?

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Coil has been around for much longer than aphex twin.

~meaty

This 'Adult' intrigues me, but i can't seem to find anything of theirs anywhere. where can i find their music?

this is the only adult stuff i could find (mp3.com aint working for me) its pretty poor quality and in real player format. apart from that its pretty good stuff. http://www.ersatzaudio.com/html/disco/ezcd15.html

Hi!
sorry i'm a bit late but still ready to help.
Most of the stuff you should check out first is already mentioned. If you want to get a picture what different genres of techno music are listen to some of these CDs.

Ambient:
Various Artists "Chillout guide" (Ministry of sound;2001)

Breakbeat:
DJ Hyper Bedrock Breaks (Bedrock;2002)

Drumandbass, jungle:
Goldie
Platinum Breakz (any) (Metalheadz) acctually anything from Metalheadz or good looking records
LTJ Bukem
If you like good lyrics try also The Streets but its UK-Garage though

Triphop:
Massive Attack
Thievery corporation
DJ Krush

House:
John Creamer and Stephane K. (progressive)
Bad Boy Bill (Chicago)
Felix da Housecat (Chicago)
Richie Hawtin (Detroit)
"Global Underground" evry time very good compilations with best house and trance DJs

Hardcore, Gabber:
"Atari Teenage Riot"
"Alec Empire" are the best part of hardcore normally it's a very fast and loud noise. Gabber is even faster about 200bpm.

Can't really say what it is but if you like Aphex Twin try also Autechre and Two Lone Swordsmen. All of them sound great but i can imagine that for a person who hasn't listened to techno before they may seem a bit strange so try to listen first to some goooooooooooooood, "normal" stuff like
Leftfield
Orbital
Underworld
Chemical Brothers
The PRODIGY
I mean it's just MUSIC but made mostly on computer.

"Drugs are changing, music is changing, you can't sit all your life in this room stoned and listen to Iggy Pop" or something like that said Diane to Renton so try to move on to something so new and exciting like techno music. I found it for myself wish you the same.
And keep away from Eurotrash like Scooter or anything what they show on mtv. Commercial techno stuff is just disgusting.
Acctually it's the same with fans everywhere
i mean everybody thinks that HIS music is the best, me too.
If you want to take a glimpse at life and love translated in techno check out "Human Traffic". Very, very good drug movie also.
OK i'm done for today hope you are serious about it

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Originally posted by Renegade:
A scottish Happy Hardcore/Techno band called QFX are awesome for some old school feel good beats. My brother has seen them a few times at the local venues and he knew the girl who sings - if you can get a picture check em out - Adidas tracksuits !!!

There best song is -

Freedom (with Braveheart Sample)

Peace Renegade,

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rofl@QFX they were playing in cumbernauld few weeks ago almost went out of sheer boredom, seriusly though check
aphex twin
adam freeland
KMFDM
Razed in Black
Chemical Brothers
Orbital
Josh Wink
Kosheen
Primal Scream
Squarepusher
Underworld
ok i know that aint all techno but its all good electronica type shit check them out

im surprised no one has mentioned the best djs in the world. people like paul oakenfold, paul van dyke, john digweed, sasha, tiesto, blank and jones, timo maas. they are the world best dj's, producing the worlds best techno. anything under the label of gatecrasher or (older stuff, their new stuff is plain softcore shit) the ministry of sound will pretty well gaurantee good music. or most things that pete tong puts his name to.

people have been neglecting the most popular section of techno. some people argue that trance is not a sub of techno. i say it is.

sorry RAOVQ, but the only people who play electronic music in a club environment that i would rate are the people who do actual live sets i.e. bring a sampler, 808 (or equivalent), computer and actually make up the tunes live. i just don't see how someone can gain recognition for putting other peoples records on. i mean sure they can beatmix or do snyde effects like backspins or other cheezy things. i haven't heard a comercial D.J. in the last 4 years that has done anything even remotelly new or special. i've been to many good nights when their has been a D.J. on but the best ones are when they are accompanied by someone doing something live. i have many freinds who can D.J. better than anyone on the ministry of sound, but they can also do live sets. beatmixing well isn't that difficult and once you've mastered that its all down to whoever elses's music you put on. The fact that these big name D.J.'s get all the money and the people who are actually wirtting and makeing the music get virtually nothing.

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KMFDM
Razed in Black

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Those are the only names you need to remember