Techno?

[HornyToad]

I'm not a big techno listener and I want to get into it, but alot of the songs I like i can't find anywhere and I don't know any good artists.

What do you guys recommend?

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Techno?

You need to be a little more specific. Techno is a HUGE genre.

There is house, trance, drum n bass, IDM, happy hardcore... and easily 10+ other sub divisions of techno.

[HornyToad]

Re: Techno?

Trance, Drum&Bass I like those kind of songs

[Chromer]

Re: Techno?

Well our very own Secret Zombie Room is Drum and Bass. Try there and see if you like it.

[Yesssss]

Re: Techno?

https://www.muzie.co.jp

Lots of music you can find there. A bunch of it isn't all that good, but you can still find a lot of good stuff there. Onoken and Phantasma are probably the most famous there for techno. I could think of more artists, but it just depends on your taste.

[Thassodar]

Re: Techno?

www.di.fm

AWESOME internet radio station with alot of stations geared around techno. I spend a hour + listening to their Drum n' Bass station alone.

Artists I recommend: Trance - Paul Oakenfold, DJ Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren
Great Beats (not necissarily Breakbeat)- Propellerheads, Orbital, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Future Sound of London, The Crystal Method, Arling and Cameron (also very House-like sometimes), Basement Jaxx, Junkie XL, To name a few.
Drum and Bass (my favorite): Boymerang, Calyx, Goldie (occasionally), Lemon D, ASC, Pendulum, Muffler, Dieselboy, Soulproof, Photek, Counterstrike, Xample & Bane, Evol Intent, Digital, Stare, RONI SIZE (very big in the Breakbeat genre as well), Shimon & Andy C, Skynet, Limewax, Mumblz & Basic, BT, Ancronix, Technical Itch and ALOT more, I just can't think of them right now...
Ingeniously made: SQUAREPUSHER, Aphex Twn, Mouse on Mars....many more, brain fart....


I think that'll be enough to have you downloading for a few months. Quite a few of those aren't big in America (especially and the DNB section). I had to raid my CD case a bit to remember a few of those; I know Calyx is import only, at least it was for me. I was contemplating getting iTunes just to find some of those bands, but that would mean I would be PAYING for music...

BTW I love techno and people and Texas tend not to so I get alot of weird looks when I'm BLASTING Drum n' Bass in my car (two 15 inch subs) and people look over and see a BLACK guy. The looks I get. I tell ya.

[Mindfields]

Re: Techno?

Yahoo!'s music program (LAUNCHcast) can help you.
What you do is rate artists, songs, albums, and genres on the editing pages, and then the music player will play music based on your ratings, it will play the songs that you like as well as songs that you most likely will like due to your ratings.
The more you rate, the smarter the player is. Things are more detailed on the site; www.launch.com

Tip: If you want it to ONLY play techno, be sure to ban every other genre.

[emccky]

Re: Techno?

di.fm is awesome thassodar, thanks for that.

now to find these songs and download them.. someone have a good FTP? mine are all classic rock/metal/etc.

[Mindfields]

Re: Techno?

Oh, and DI is quite the ****. They have a station for just about every genre of techno. I haven't listened to it in a while, though.

[Pumble]

Re: Techno?

rofl muzie

That internet radio station is super nice, Thas. Nice taste in music too, hah.

Oh, and hornytoad, once you find a few artists that you enjoy listening to, you should check out last.fm and build a profile there to find music similar to the stuff you like.

[Chromer]

Re: Techno?

OMFG Mouse On Mars = sex. Listen to Send Me Shivers by them and you'll see what I mean.

[talisman]

Re: Techno?

or Wipe That Sound.

[dontcareaboutmyid]

Re: Techno?

iTunes radio has DI.fm in their radio section, along with others. They're all easily labled

I also recommend www.beatpick.com

[jewpinthethird]

Re: Techno?

or Wipe That Sound.

or Evoke An Object. LOL. Same album.

Just listen to the entire album: Radical Connector.

[Snapps]

Re: Techno?

http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html

Ishkur's guide to the Techno Music.