Bearing in mind I'm no techno fan as a rule.
Mostly I listen to Indie and rock, but I've always been a huge Depeche Mode fan (and Erasure and Yazoo to a lesser extent). I picked up [url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16369-ssss/ ]Ssss[/url] by VCMG (a collaboration between Vince Clarke and Martin Gore). I really, I mean REALLY, like it, but as said before never really considered myself a fan of techno.
I'm sure a lot of people will claim this is either not techno, or it's pitched at the 'softer' end of the Techno scale. That notwithstanding, can anyone recommend me anything similar? Not too bangy...the only words that describe what I love about Ssss is its well-crafted hooks, its energy and its flow.
Cheers,
Andy
Not techno but have a listen anyway
This is incredible
Let me know what you think and I'll recommend some more
Booka shade, body language album
Thanks fellas - please keep them coming!
A few of the classics from Atkins, Saunderson, May and Beltram...
A Documentary that ANYONE remotely into Techno needs to watch... "Hi Tech Soul"...
Some Dave Clarke...
His awesome remix of Fischerspooner's "Emerge"...
Now for some of my personal fave's... These will show the doubters Techno can be, and often is, quite soulful and groovy, not always just about repetitive loops, though sometimes it's that as well!
There are hundreds more, just struggling to remember at the moment! 😕
Yes Knights of the Jaguar - good call! 😀
Making my sunday afternoon working much more bearable.
Possibly my favourite Techno tune ever...
They'll keep coming as I remember more... 😉
Thanks all - lining these up as I type this.
Mate,
Not 'Techno', but If you're Mode fan have you ever listened to any Electro-Industrial groups?
Try -
Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, The Covenant, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails, VNV Nation, Young Gods, Mesh.
Spacebuoy recently supported Erasure - really good band.
Ah thanks for reminding me that that Vcmg album existed - playing on Spotify now, sounds good.
A relatively little-known but excellent tuneful, melodic and soulful techno album that I always recommend on threads like this is 'Mecanno Mind' by Syntax. You might need to play it a couple of times, but it's a real grower.
(Made by someone who was once something to do with Fluke, I think, although I could be wrong.)
deluded, the only band you've mentioned I listen to is NIN. Will try to check some of those others.
Try also Marco passerani, anthony rother and junichi wanatabe.
Far and away my fave techno artiste, Alex Smoke
Nicolas Jaar
Techno, but softer?? erm... Deephouse, Music for Sexy People...is what you need.
Again on soundcloud, check these
My mates in Shoreditch:
[url= http://soundcloud.com/houseprophets ]Houseprophets[/url]
[url= http://soundcloud.com/lukevegas1974 ]Lukevegas[/url] (though Lukes stuff is on podomatic..[url= http://lukevegas13.podomatic.com/ ]Lukevegas on Podomatic[/url]
[url= http://soundcloud.com/marlonhoffstadt ]Marlon Hoffstadt[/url]
I could be here a while, but these should keep you going for some time to come.
Jimmy Edgar has a brilliant new album out - "Majenta"
Remember seeing Depeche Mode for a fiver in Basildon
and Alison Moyet used to be in my College in Aldgate
grantway...you namedropper, you!
schrickvr6 has given you a quality selection of the latest music. All the Oneohtrix records are amazing. The new Actress record is also amazing but my favourite just now is the Scuba record:
RIP is an awesome album 🙂
All you good music lovers get involved in this thread, it's a good way of discovering new stuff - http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tune-association-threadits-friday-and-im-bored
Just found this ep, and loving it