See I consider all of those guys to be of the Perc school. They are melodic where he is industrial, but they all follow the more euro style of techno, ie crisp and clean production with hardstyle gabber elements. Nina is all over the place, which I love about her, and I would say CDW is just a very commercialized version of the others. Can’t stand her. As far as someone who bridges the gap, I’d say Dax J is a guy who falls in between a Hadone and Perc.

    303abuser For me, he is about as good as it gets. His productions are exactly what I am after, and he plays the records in a way that I think they absolutely need to be presented. Very much from the Rob Hood school, especially where his productions are concerned.

        zackster Anyone wanting something that has all of the above should check out Hecktor Oaks. He is one of my indisputable favorites at the moment, and completely on form right now.

        Hector Oaks does straddle most of the en vogue current techno styles and as you say is on form right now. I’d hesitate to recommend him to LT42 though as his mixing style can also be a bit ‘shoes in a washing machine’ at times and so might trigger his aversion to electronic machinery somehow.

        He’s also one of the current DJs who to my mind often hovers too much around the aforementioned 150bpm mark.

            Dan Who Shlomo? I would never in 1000000 years recommending him for you. I’m young, at least by this places standards, and ever I would be slightly old for his scene. Wouldn’t stop me tho!

                hugopal Oh agreed. He is going absolutely bananas at the moment. Take this clip from his recent London gig for example, lol. This is EXACTLY the vibe I am after rn.

                    zackster i shall be doing further research, thanks for the recommendation.

                      So far, has anyone genuinely come up with a legit better CD2 than CD1?

                      Only thing I know for sure from this threat is that Oakie’s 007 CD2 is better than Digweed’s 006 CD2, but Digweed’s 006 CD1 is great than the sum of all parts.

                      Francios X is a guy who walks the line between sub genres quite well. Also worth checking out imo.

                      And nobody listens to techno (let’s go)

                      zackster no way are they “Perc school” - for sure Perc’s current productions are incredibly “crisp and clean”, and occasionally he might use a gabber-esque kick-drum, but that’s where the similarities end. His breakout tracks weren’t even crisp either. His sound is incredibly drum/percussion focused. He rarely has any melodies at all. He also leans more towards the 80s/EBM side of things anything resembling 90s hardstyle/gabber/euro stuff. Ultimately, it’s very British somehow, not “Euro”.

                      I also don’t think Dax J “falls in between” Hadone and Perc - he has a lot in common with the Perc industrial side of things, but he’s very far from the Hadone euro style, I’m not sure he’s come close to touching it at all. I’ve generally considered Dax J more falling between the Perc industrial/British style and the more loopy old-school Detroit, Ben Sims etc. style.

                      Yes Nina is very all over the place, but she was frequently playing 90s fast trance and psy-trance stuff in contemporary techno sets pretty much before anyone, which partly opened the doors to the euro/scandi stuff. She also now plays all the big promos of that euro/scandi stuff alongside all the other random stuff she still does.

                          hugopal I also don’t think Dax J “falls in between” Hadone and Perc

                          Ah see I actually learned of Hadone because Dax J played one of his tunes in a mix which I loved and had to track down.

                            zackster but see, to me that’s basically too fast to really dance to, and when you look at the crowd they’re hardly dancing to it either. There’s no time to do anything other than bop and sway a bit. The music seems be verging on losing the crowd rather than engaging them.

                            It might sound slightly bananas and I like listening to it for a bit, but it ultimately seems a bit hollow and redundant.

                              zackster
                              I think the main problem is the speed of it. Most of the Techno in the early 90’s never went above 130 BPM or possibly less. So all the new stuff you’ve posted is so much faster it just sounds like a racket.

                                  hugopal who is that guy Hadone is in a group with? I forget what they call themselves. They had a set out from a COVID rave that I remember absolutely loving.

                                      zackster I hadn’t clocked that was released on Monnom Black. It must be a more recent development as I can barely recall anything like that from the many sets I’ve heard of him. His 2018 Essential Mix was far from that style. I don’t recall his lockdown sets touching upon it either. His big productions have all been very rhythmic-focused as well, with little in the way of melody.