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Odd no one has posted the greatest record ever (as I do in every one of these threads).

I wore the grooves out on this one …

NasserAlazzawi

I’m surprised at how many people didn’t think what I posted above in the other thread was techno. To me it certainly isn’t prog or deep house. Maybe a shade of ‘deep tech house’ if people want to call it that.

We noticed since around 2009/10 maybe later, the lines of many genres became really blurred and there are so many strands of the genres when DJs get into it all. Progressive House isn’t just Progressive House and Prog DJs are happy to move between genres sometimes.

To me, the only techno I used to like wasn’t much - I loved Umek/Valentino Kanzyani around 2001-2004 style (not when they switched to Minimal) and I really loved the whole I Love Techno sound around 2003. And Chris Leibing. But my exposure to proper techno was small, most friends weren’t into it yet.

I agree I wouldn’t play what I pasted anywhere near other examples given - the type of Techno I was sharing was something I would drop in the build up / plateau of a driving prog set, and have done.

Also, to me, power prog doesn’t have to be fast and hard although it often is. There are more dynamics where I can find a peak time prog track make a room go crazy, than just relying on that speed or toughness.

It’s interesting seeing everyone’s perspectives though because we all come at it from only our own personal experiences and never see everything through anyone else’s eyes/ears/brain make up.

      For what its worth the proper techno sound I loved was summed up in a production of I love Techno 2003. I so wish I’d been to this.

      Christian Varela

      Love this drop:

      And I just adore the tribal sound.

      ScottBailey I’d heard this stuff before but I always shied away from it - there was a line I didn’t like to cross with techno and I was cutting my teeth with mostly Trance and Prog in 2000-2004.

      I always thought it was too edgy / anxiety inducing. It’s banging as fuck like.

        NasserAlazzawi I agree I wouldn’t play what I pasted anywhere near other examples given - the type of Techno I was sharing was something I would drop in the build up / plateau of a driving prog set

        That’s because “the type of Techno [you were] sharing” is not techno. It’s pretty simple.

        If you know the phrase “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck”, well what you’re doing is turning up to a duck convention with a turkey and asking “hey guys, why don’t you like my duck?!”.

            hugopal We’ll have to agree to disagree. To me there are too many types of techno and this doesn’t tick your techno box.

                NasserAlazzawi To me there are too many types of techno

                Good point - you know what’s my favourite type of techno? Pop/hip-hop techno. Here’s a recent good example:

                    If Ray and Anita think its techno, who am I to argue

                    Here’s some of Nas’ favourite types of duck:




                      How much you care about arguing is wrong. Don’t strain too hard you might have an accident.

                        NasserAlazzawi

                        I’m not having to strain at all don’t worry - ripping in to you is as easy as targeting a sitting duck turkey.