jrkhnds wrote:I love listening to techno, I love raving to techno, but I have a hard time "getting in there" and digging for gold. as with every genre, I want to know its roots and then work myself up from there. however, techno is so varied and has so many facettes (and tons of really shit music gets labeled as techno), it's nigh impossible to jump that train now... at least that's how I feel.
A decent book to read on the roots of Techno is Dan Sicko's "Techno Rebels". Goes through a lot of the early days/roots of the sound. It's extremely interesting but because it was written in the late 90s doesn't cover any of Techno's more recent trends (minimal lol). I think if you want to get into new techno, check out sets from Surgeon for the UK Sound (seems like you've already seen him), Stroboscopic Artefacts is a great label to check out also. For more classics, Tresor is one of the benchmark labels. Clone also puts out a lot of nice Techno releases. Also 50 Weapons for new school stuff and anything Skudge for minimal, punchy awesomeness.
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thanks Lewis! I think I'm pretty familiar with current british techno. but that's about it. I know nothing about the history apart from some Detroit classics and Basic Channel. thank you for the book recommendation, I'll note that down.
AxeD wrote:I dunno, there's some thoroughly unemployed people on this forum.
No problems. There's HEAPS of good shit out there. Just gotta be constantly on the lookout, hopefully that book will give you some places to expand and look too. Also, I think there is a PDF floating around on the net though I personally prefer a physical copy.
