i like minimal techno. minimal techno is cool.

is it anything like this NITZER EBB Record?
THAT TOTAL AGE



JOIN IN THE CHANT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3A72L3rj4

This is an interesting point, in that I was one of those people that was listening to stuff like Mudhoney after exposing myself to the whole House thing. Although I was listening to bands like SY, Swans, etc. before it.

Although originating in the US, House music didn't cross-over into the American mainstream until the early 90s - and even then only very slightly. This was a good few years after it completely exploded in Europe, where American artists like Derrick May, Jeff Mills and Juan Atkins now live - aware that what they do simply isn't acceptable in their home country - at least outside of the gay scene.

The attitude behind the 'Disco Sucks' movement in America in the 70s still seems to resonate there today. Why this is I don't know, but it definitely suggests to me a certain conservatism that rests at the very heart of American culture. It's also part of the reason why an album such as Loveless had to come from the UK and not the US. MBV were positively steeped in that culture at the time of recording the album.

i kind of sit on the fence with this, while i'm not as extreme as rob, most house and techno just makes me think of kitchen appliances. that said the stuff from the 80s that is raw and weird sounding is great, like this tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPjRzVtvpw (even though it came out in 1993 i think)

HA HA HA HA!

I think Slam's Positive Education is a perfect example of a track that would make no sense outside of the context of a club. Most people listen to music at home, so it's inevitable that that kind of techno doesn't appear that regularly in many people's CD players. Saying that, while I can't drive, I imagine that'd sound classy pumping out of the old Kenwood while bombing down the M1.

I loved me some drum and bass parties back in 98-99. not on drugs though, i always was more of a booze person

I wanted to post a Phuture link here, but all the stuff on youtube is crappy and pointless. But hail Phuture anyway!

LOL. Rob's gonna have a total orgasm when he hears Acid Trax.

bunch of geriatrics

i love a strain of techno so minimal that it is often mistaken for ambient

Do you mean stuff like this? Listen to it all the way through for some of the most beautiful percussive sound patches I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtM4K3_ER8Q

Just a shame the person who made the video cip didn't have a bit more of an imagination.

????

Does anyone have a link to some blogs that have house / techno mixtapes worth inspecting?

I wasn't there in 1988, but lately acid house and equivalents have been something I've bothered to check out further.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxx_k2vUuE

http://www.rsso-media.net/mixes/Bria...e_Acid_Age.mp3

I love that Jaydee record.