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Cool to see so much discussion about techno on here!

I’ve been a huge dance music fan/nerd ever since I was a teenager and techno is my favourite genre, particularly the deeper and more hypnotic varieties.

Check out Donato Dozzy’s 2008 Labyrinth set for an idea of what I mean, it blew my mind at the time (still does) and redefined my musical tastes quite a lot: https://soundcloud.com/user-602354628/sets/dozzy-labyrinth-2...

Would be cool to chat techno more with people from this site (and further afield, but I guess I’m thinking the shared interest in tech is another thing in common), I find sites like Reddit don’t really work for me for whatever reason... would there be any interest in a Discord or whatever for techies who like techno? (lol, sorry). Could be fun to share musical discoveries and maybe lead to other interesting connections.

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Yeeeeeah dude. Anything in realm of Dozzy is awesome. Check out Wata Igarashi for a polished spacey sound. I also like the funky techno with detroit and hip hop vibes of the Zenker Brothers.

Best techno party ever is No Way Back during Movement in Detroit. Most likely featuring one of the above.

Of course I still like more semi-mainstream techno stuff, Ben Klock and Dettmann. And then even more mainstream, I love Prydz's polished big progressive and big tech sound.

Ah yeah big fan of Wata. His remix of Blachington Mill is one of my fave tracks for several years, his “infinite arpeggio” thing is so unique: https://open.spotify.com/track/5MsKTeSpd6Lehr899HOjdN?si=fu4...

Also check this wicked set he did recently in Japan, amazing music and really nice visuals cut to Japanese nature: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUva4XDGBm4

I’m in London so never had the chance to check out the US techno scene, have been to some great nights in the U.K. and Berlin though. Getting a bit old for regular clubbing now but I’ll still go out for the odd special night. I saw No Way Out have a cool looking live stream coming up actually!

And yea, Dettmann, Klock etc are great at what they do, would happily dance to them. And I was really into Pryda in 2007/8 kind of time so I’m with you there too!

Yeahh that’s an insane track. Spiraling arpeggios into infinite, like you said.

Yeah that set is crazy. New track Cylinder into the crazy unreleased 303 one is madness.

How old is too old? I’ve had a reprieve because of covid and I wonder when I go back if I’ll like it as much as I did in 2019.

I’ve def matured in reducing excesses... And I think I’m less of a chin scratching techno elitist.

What spots or events are best in the UK?

Still want to make it to Labyrinth one day too.

I’m 36... still enjoy late nights but find it messes up my sleep for days after even if I am fairly sensible with alcohol etc., so I’m more selective about when I go out - has to be worthwhile! Day parties I’m down for (tho they have a way of turning into night parties lol)

In London, good venues are Corsica Studios, Pickle Factory, The Cause, Fold... all pretty low key and underground. There’s good stuff in other cities too but I’m not really familiar with it any more.

Yeah, Labyrinth is the dream!

Get yourself over to the continent. If you start partying at 4am Sun morning you can finish at 10pm Sun night and be fresh Monday.

Ha yeah that’s a much better way to do it. Before COVID hit there were a couple of London venues experimenting with longer Berlin-style opening hours. It’s as much a cultural thing as a legal thing I guess though.

Hah savage Sven. To keep it going that long you need a cool crowd and an interesting setup imo... otherwise it's just moreso an "unnaturally" fueled marathon.

I've only done a true marathon (50+ hours without rest) one time in my life in Detroit. No doubt it aged me substantially lol.

Hah nothing like a good all day event that just blends into the night. Or next level, a night that blends into the morning. But so true about the sleep. Guess it's good because it makes you only go all in for the really special ones.

Good to know, might have to try and hit this summer during a euro-jaunt if they're open. Only thing I've seen so far is Dimensions Festival in croatia. Looks decent, although a bit commercial.

I felt the same, it was super nice to open HN and see so many comments on a techno thread.

Not sure if a Discord would be helpful as might need a critical mass to not get abandoned... But I would love to have a place with people from HN to chat techno, feel that could take me to music discussions I haven't had yet, the crowd here is quite interesting.

From my personal background, I've always liked dance music, got more into it when I was 17-18 in Brazil when the psytrance/Goa trance raves were huge. Got tired of the trance scene after a couple of years and went to check out house parties, those took me to techno which grappled me very, very hard.

There is something about techno, this feeling of techy tribal music, the psychedelic repetition and playing just with textures and timbres of sounds to make "music", that attracts me in a deep way.

So deep that about 2.5 years ago I decided I would try to learn making electronic music, not only techno but it was definitely the initial goal. Since then I've discovered a whole new universe and language, I didn't ever think I'd be able to learn music, had a lot of preconceptions while growing up thinking that it was an innate talent and/or you needed to start early in life.

Techno has not given me many, many special moments, not only at parties but with the community, with the friends I've made (and some that I keep to this day, more than a decade later) but also a complete new experience trying to create something akin to art, haha.

There's a few discord communities already if you're interested in joining an established group:

Hypnus server slants to deep/hypnotic same as their label, also has a private area accessible via sub to label boss Michel's Patreon

https://discord.gg/w2G3RcNJ

A Thousand Details hosts Collective Details, which is a techno community and also a collective net label. We (I produce & do admin for the label) have four releases out with the 5th due very soon. More of a producer focus, and a bit broader techno taste, from industrial to deep to hypnotic to mental, but all on the underground flavour.

https://discord.gg/DhE8DxM7

/r/hypnotech has a companion server for their reddit, it has shifted its focus more to cataloguing tracks and labels

https://discord.gg/7fJuTcSq

6AM is an LA based techno event group, I think they sell merch and have a blog as well. They are also working on some integration with their own crypto coin. Music focus here is more on the mainstream / bigroom techno sound.

https://discord.gg/84jPRQSx

Richie Hawtin also has a server, but I literally just joined so I don’t know much about that one.

https://discord.gg/p6GfTaxp

I’m on all of these under the alias neurojacker, stop by and say hi if you’re interested!

Oh, Stoor also has a producer focused discord. I lost the link when I unsubbed but it shouldn't be too hard to find from some googling.

There’s also server hosted by /r/technoproduction, but it was a bit of a hot mess of self promotion.

This is great, I had no idea these existed. When time allows, I’ll take a look.

I’m familiar with Hypnos, some nice music on there!

I already was a member of a couple of them so thank you very much for sharing, will check out the ones I wasn't aware of :)

i've been listening to dozzy's "plays bee mask" constantly for the last two weeks. really excellent ambient/synth/drone/whatever

Yep, wonderful album. Check out his album K for a slightly more upbeat but similarish vibe, and also the Voices from the Lake album.

Bee Mask’s albums are fantastic too. Have been getting really in to ambient lately

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