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Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:15 am**

jrkhnds wrote:"a bit"? Osiris is so stale and bait even Hotflush are laughing.

yeah osiris is pretty dry innit

that Killawatt EP wasn't half bad though ngl, i mean it didn't really try to be dubstep and techno at the same time like they do, was just techno

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:30 am**

nobody wrote:
ezza wrote: go to one of the parties, get some gurners, and just let techno find you
This. Best way to find out if it's for you or not.

Agent's expertise finally comes to fruition.

All your hard work is paying off now, big up

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:45 am**

^ I see a career opportunity here..

"Rave coach"

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:09 am**

OGLemon wrote:
Harkat wrote:Hey

I'm in a city where dubstep's in short supply but there's nuff techno nights about.

I know fuck all about techno, don't really even know enough to judge wether I like it or not.

Andy Stott is considered techno right? Passed Me By is a top album.

Actress is techno right? Splazshsz is a big album too.

Joy & Boddika's big tunes like Swims, Mercy etc are massive, are they techno?
some good youtube channels
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aKZM ... wUwAJ1QlsQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQT-h- ... H5BsAF0GDA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYAVA ... IeNWJdCZmQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJFVe ... jclj5oc93A
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ObDM ... 4zdUMLVfYQ

This is missing the channels by 'mickooyy' and 'Fuccyootoo'.

But honestly, harkat is pretty much anti 4x4 so the Headstrong night is
a really good shout.

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:40 am**

jrkhnds wrote:I love listening to techno, I love raving to techno, but I have a hard time "getting in there" and digging for gold. as with every genre, I want to know its roots and then work myself up from there. however, techno is so varied and has so many facettes (and tons of really shit music gets labeled as techno), it's nigh impossible to jump that train now... at least that's how I feel.

A decent book to read on the roots of Techno is Dan Sicko's "Techno Rebels". Goes through a lot of the early days/roots of the sound. It's extremely interesting but because it was written in the late 90s doesn't cover any of Techno's more recent trends (minimal lol). I think if you want to get into new techno, check out sets from Surgeon for the UK Sound (seems like you've already seen him), Stroboscopic Artefacts is a great label to check out also. For more classics, Tresor is one of the benchmark labels. Clone also puts out a lot of nice Techno releases. Also 50 Weapons for new school stuff and anything Skudge for minimal, punchy awesomeness.

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:45 am**

Surgeon also opened for Lady Gaga last night. Pretty good stuff from what I've heard.

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 11:51 am**

thanks Lewis! I think I'm pretty familiar with current british techno. but that's about it. I know nothing about the history apart from some Detroit classics and Basic Channel. thank you for the book recommendation, I'll note that down.

Posted: **Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:25 pm**

No problems. There's HEAPS of good shit out there. Just gotta be constantly on the lookout, hopefully that book will give you some places to expand and look too. Also, I think there is a PDF floating around on the net though I personally prefer a physical copy.