Minimal TEchno

cogi · Post by **cogi** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:50 pm

Holla at me.
Seems to be the latest craze according to the blogosphere, I'd love a bit of advice on who to listen to from somebody who knows anything about it.

To me Techno =

Prove me wrong

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:02 pm

There's definitely been a thread on this here before, but my searching skills evade me.

These labels are good:

Perlon
Cadenza
Kompakt
Vakant
Liebe Detail
Connousieur
Mobilee
Klang
Playhouse
Minus.

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:15 pm

I don't know very much about techno, but I really like Alex Smoke, Trentemoller and Andy Stott.

asc · Post by **asc** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:15 pm

Anything Basic Channel touches is gold. Look for anything on the now sadly defunct Chain Reaction label, which fuses minimal techno with dub influences.

Check out:

Basic Channel
Monolake
Fluxion
Vladislav Delay
Hallucinator
Vainqueur
Porter Ricks

Here's a mix you might enjoy:

Tracklist:

01 - Fluxion - Prospect II
02 - Monolake - Ice
03 - Intex Systems - Fallen Leaves
04 - Bengt - The Last Run
05 - Quadrant - Q1.1 (A1)
06 - Sanasol - Hlyleg (Ruxpin Remake)
07 - Dak - Flux
08 - Intex Systems - Sand Patterns
09 - Fluxion - Lark
10 - Vladislav Delay - Huone

DOWNLOAD

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:25 pm

the sahko label and pan sonic.

there is a new label putting out stuff from the chain reaction camp (Substance and Vainqueur:

http://www.scionversions.de/

ASC that mix looks good.

ekstrak · Post by **ekstrak** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:06 am

Yup,.. as already mentioned. Kompakt, Perlon, Playhouse & Basic Channel are all SICK labels. If you're dubstep head you might be intruiged by just how much better minimal techno has recycled 'dub' than dubstep has. Bit of an irony that.

For listens though.. best way to hear it is in a club or in the mix so head over to www.mnml.nl and feast on the 'DJ & livesets' section. http://www.residentadvisor.net/ has some quality archived sets.. they call em podcasts for some reason but as we all know, people were putting sets together long before Apple decided to rebrand them their own.

**edit.. something you might find interesting on basic channel - http://www.basicchannel.com/label/Rhythm+Sound **

cogi · Post by **cogi** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:16 am

My techno misconceptions are rapidly flying out the window.
Its gotta nice dark garagey feel to it.
Like I need another genre of music to fetishise over.
Proper good for doin English Language investigations into too.

Big up for all the help and opening my ears

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:20 am

theres such a broad spectrum of sound covered by minimal techno, what kind of thing are you looking for?

if you like garage, try...

Alex Under (and other things on Minus, Plus8, Apnea, CMYK) - very clean, crisp, dark, hypnotic and swung

Guido Schneider (and other bits and bobs on Poker Flat) - tripped out but very jacking and swung

Akufen (and Perlon) - more minimal house than techno, although the distinction is slight. but so garagey its ridiculous

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:33 pm

At the end of the day though, it IS all about the glowsticks. I'm afraid there's nothing you can do about that.
Pantyinspector is posting loads of Essential Mixes and WMC sets at the moment which have some pretty good stuff.

Check out the minus party stuff here: http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=17348
and the Richie Hawtin vs Ricardo Villalobos mix here: http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=15765

And Alex Under should be top of your list to check out. I might sit down and do a mix of nothing but Apnea, CMYK, Cyclical Tracks, Mupa, etc. Those Spanish dudes really know how to make techno.

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:59 pm

4linehaiku wrote:And Alex Under should be top of your list to check out. I might sit down and do a mix of nothing but Apnea, CMYK, Cyclical Tracks, Mupa, etc. Those Spanish dudes really know how to make techno.

do it man, i'd love to hear that too, ive heard a lot of little juno clips but they never do techno justice

Cogi i'll try to upload an Alex Under mix i have sometime this week

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:57 pm

4linehaiku wrote:At the end of the day though, it IS all about the glowsticks.

I've actually never seen glowsticks at a minimal night!

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:05 pm

No, neither have I. No fluorescent jackets, white gloves, or rave horns either. It's all terribly disapointing.

seen · Post by **seen** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:27 pm

the man like Onur Ozer has got a good solid sound

jas nasty · Post by **jas nasty** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:59 pm

NICE!

this is nice to see on here, because i play regularily at a minimal techno night here in Ottawa (CANADA) called Techcetera, and i often play dubstep, Burial, and some dubby 2-step (early Tempa: horsepower/ Ill/ Hatcha etc), alongside dub techno,
esp. Monolake who is my current favorite....

a minimal techno dj friend cyan
(name taken from sick Monolake tune) ;P
websites/radio show/mixes etc:
http://www.traktion.com

westos · Post by **westos** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:02 pm

jim wrote:There's definitely been a thread on this here before, but my searching skills evade me.

These labels are good:

Perlon
Cadenza
Kompakt
Vakant
Liebe Detail
Connousieur
Mobilee
Klang
Playhouse
Minus.

they seem to prefer k to c these techno heads.

bossi · Post by **bossi** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:35 am

westos wrote:they seem to prefer k to c these techno heads.

plastiKman

dgg · Post by **dgg** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:56 pm

selector.dub.u wrote:the sahko label and pan sonic.

there is a new label putting out stuff from the chain reaction camp (Substance and Vainqueur:

http://www.scionversions.de/

ASC that mix looks good.

x2 on the mix

Thanks everyone for the tips!

Have been checking out both scionversions / other basic channel-linked stuff and sahko, and I'm really liking what I hear. Sahko in particular, some of that stuff is scaringly good (or maybe just scary, I'm not sure yet)

It's never too late to discover good music, apparently.

[b]racket · Post by **[b]racket** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:10 pm

bossi wrote:plastiKman

I am lucky engouh to have seen Plastikman play full hardware sets live on 2 occassions.

Something of a rarity these days...

jaggi · Post by **jaggi** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:25 am

ASC wrote:Look for anything on the now sadly defunct Chain Reaction label, which fuses minimal techno with dub influences.

Sounds like what I need more of...

Cheers!

journee · Post by **journee** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:34 am

let's not forget Tim Xavier and Camea makin much noise out in Brooklyn.

http://www.myspace.com/timxavier
http://www.mindshiftrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/djcamea

Gotta mention Matthew Dear and the whole Ghostly camp as well.
...versatile bunch right there ...
(dabrye aka tadd mullinix aka sk1, todd osborn aka soundemurderer, jeff samuel, lusine... etc) ....

http://www.ghostly.com/

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