Post your Favorite Techno Songs

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someone explain the difference between techno..trance..house..whatever here in the states 'techno' is whats more overplayed and makes it on the radio and what not

tbh its very hard to try to define the three genres without actual sound... eheh - but ill give it a small go

actually i cant define Techno - its too hard lol

actually i cant define any of them in writing really - sorry

I spose i could try by naming a song from each r sumthin...

Techno: Ron Trent - Altered States

Trance (old Trance): Barbarella - Barbarella (Sven Vath)

House - (Deep House): Roger Sanchez - Livin For The Underground

(but these are all just very small examples from very big genres)

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How I have come to understand the various genres of dance:

in the UK techno is usually all synthesised (ie very few natural instruments), bassy loud tunes from the likes of (Laurent Garnier, Green Velvet etc) and is almost always underground and rarely available on CD (there are some exceptions, with more commercial/mixed CDs) the BMP can vary

House is more varied and often has disco loops and vocals and isn't too high BMP (eg Roger Sanches, Daft Punk)

Trance is usually with longs synths and quite a quick BPM (eg Paul Van Dyke/Tall Paul)

Hardhouse is similar to hardcore (ie early 90s) mixed with euro trance and also has a high BPM (eg Tidy Trax records)

Garage has a more tinny sound and shorter hi-hats and long basslines and can have MCs quite often (eg So Solid Crew)

Drum and bass/Jungle is a quick style with long basslines and breaks (eg Adam F, Roni Size)

Breakbeat is like the sort of beats you get behind hip-hop (ie Nightmares on Wax) electro is like this but more minimal

Big beat is like Fat Boy Slim-style.

There are also genres which have developed more recentky, eg tech-house (a mix of techno and house) and some artists can cross genres. The main reason for genres imo is to allow vinyl dance specific record stores to be reasonably easy to navigate around, without them it'de be a nightmare.

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How I have come to understand the various genres of dance:

House is more varied and often has disco loops and vocals and isn't too high BMP (eg Roger Sanches, Daft Punk)

Trance is usually with longs synths and quite a quick BPM (eg Paul Van Dyke/Tall Paul)

Hardhouse is similar to hardcore (ie early 90s) mixed with euro trance and also has a high BPM (eg Tidy Trax records)

Garage has a more tinny sound and shorter hi-hats and long basslines and can have MCs quite often (eg So Solid Crew)

Drum and bass/Jungle is a quick style with long basslines and breaks (eg Adam F, Roni Size)

Breakbeat is like the sort of beats you get behind hip-hop (ie Nightmares on Wax) electro is like this but more minimal

yeh House is usually more 'funky' and 'phat bassline' oriented (lol that sounds ridiculous)

Yeh and modern Trance often also has sincopated basslines (i.e. in between the bass drums)

UK Garage Drumbeats are descendent from old House/Garage/Chicago-ey drumbeats, but dont have a 4/4 bass drum....

and Breakbeat/Hardcore is the precursor to the schism of Happy Hardcore versus Jungle, then in turn Drum n' Bass...

(lol this is real trainspotter stuff)

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It may be silly to define genres but how else could you organise the thousands if records in a dance store? You'de be searching for hours to find a tune in the style you like.

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hey UKer, how long u been collecting vinyl?, its just I know a Rob from Sheffield whos inte Green Velvet etc....

(althou i doubt its you lol - but its worth a try eheh)

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you guys need to get out more

I play records so I can play out in pubs and at parties - IMO even better than dancing and you get paid sometimes - an most of my mates love discussing dance as it's our fav music.

baphomet - I've been collecting records about 5 years but only managed to get my own decks about 2 years ago.

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oh ur not the same guy then eheh

he used to dj at Kinetix and 'Hardcore Heaven' in the early hardcore days, and Id say hes been collecting vinyl for at least 15 years eheh - he is v good - cant remember his second name thou lol

anyway its good to see ppl buyin vinyl still

'It's never final until its's vinyl'

eheh

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