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Support freedom You write techno music??...Techno is such a catch-all term...Well I guess "computer generated rhythmic sound experiments" is a wee bit pretentious... Whatever we choose to call it, it's 'our' music, and it's the reason most of us are involved in the scene, directly or indirectly. but what do we really know about techno? we might know that there are certain kinds of techno that we like, whether it be house, breakbeat, drum'n'bass, garage, trance, gabber, two-step, ambient, trip-hop, or whatever… but do we really know (or care) where these styles of music came from or how they developed? And why do we even like techno at all? Is it the repetitive, trance-inducing beat? Is it the cool electronic effects? Is it the lure of the substances that some of us choose to use? Maybe it's simply the 'cool' thing to do now -- a simple cultural code like the fashion, dances, attitudes, or rituals of any subculture? what makes 'techno' (and therefore raves/house parties/events/etc.) so special, if anything at all? It must be said that techno is not just 'mindlessly repetitive dance music' made automatically by computers. Nor is it just 'kiddie' music, made to listen to while sporting really big clothes. nor is tech music the 'bastard child' of rock 'n' roll. Let's drop some knowledge. Hopefully this is informative for ya... Tech music, in fact, has a long history that stretches back much further than you might think... techno did not begin in 1999 with MOBY's ever-present blues/electronica album play; nor in 1998 with FATBOY SLIM's platinum-selling album you've come a long way baby; nor in 1997 with DAFT PUNK's funky french house hit "around the world"; nor with THE BUCKETHEADS' infectious 1996 offering, "the bomb! (these sounds fall into my mind)"; nor in 1995 with JOSH WINK's impossibly squelchy "higher state of consciousness"; nor in 1994 with ARMAND VAN HELDEN's primal house hit "witch doktor"; nor in 1992 with LA STYLE's new beat stomper "james brown is dead;" nor with MOBY's 1991 hit "go!" or with sheffield's LFO and their bleepy bass album frequencies, of the same year; nor with 808 STATE'S 1990 single, "cubik"; nor in 1987 with the silky detroit-souled "strings of life" of RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM (featuring DERRICK MAY) or JUAN ATKINS' paranoiac "no UFO's" (used in 2000's ford focus commercial); nor in 1984 with NEW ORDER's coldwave 12" epic "blue monday;" nor with AFRIKA BAMBAATAA's spacey 1982 single "planet rock" (and all subsequent 'breakdance' music, now called 'electro'); nor in 1982 with CYBOTRON (featuring JUAN ATKINS), and their darker, leaner, detroit-style 'techno bass' music (such as the 1983 single "clear"); or THE HUMAN LEAGUE's glam/technopop masterpiece album dare; or even 1981 with KRAFTWERK's bleepy techno-bible, computer world (KRAFTWERK's own history goes even further back, to trans-europe express from 1977, autobahn from 1975, and experiments as far back as the late '60s!). although each of these were very important benchmarks in recent techno history, there has been a lot of other music which could easily fall under the category of 'techno,' or 'house,' or 'electronica,' including: the earlier 'pop techno' of MOBY, ORBITAL, DEEP FOREST, THE ORB, THE MOVEMENT, ENIGMA, BLACK BOX, INNER CITY, THE KLF, and many others... the early '90s the 'new beat' music of NITZER EBB, FRONT 242, and LORDS OF ACID... Oh so much information!! What do we do with it?? Relax Remember the roots and enjoy the music. Kevwrex
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