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Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:24 am
by zerbaman
What is the difference?
When did the two become distinctly separate?
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:15 am
by dickman69
techno is more driving more droning
house is more dynamic
imo
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:16 am
by dickman69
also 1 is from chicago & 1 is from detroit lol
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:20 am
by mks
Man, similar influences, different directions.
From talking with some of the Detroit cats, I know they were traveling to the Chi to dig on the Warehouse and the Music Box.
But the D brought a whole different mindset to it.
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:25 am
by dickman69
also i feel like house was built so much on sampling
while techno for the most part no? (not really sure b/c i dont know a ton about techno)
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:30 pm
by skimpi
I used to be like this
But I kind of feel the difference is that techno is more strict, and house has a bit more of a groove and swing to it maybe.
Also house tends to be like 4 to the floor with a clap on the 2nd and 4th beat, but techno isnt really restricted to 4X4 or having claps anymore.
Some techno is more techy, and also i feel it can have more repeated patterns, like a chord progression that will loop every 1 or 2 bars, where as house would have a more traditional progression that might be a more groovy chord pattern over like 8 or 16 bars.
Then there is tech house though, which is mainly shit, but like also what would be a good mix between the two lol
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:44 pm
by wolf89
Honestly Techno sounds more machine like
House is more on the soulful sound. Even at it's least human sounding there's still some sort of trace to the groovyness in disco.
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:31 pm
by Hashkey
don't want a flame war but i find both genres boring as fuck.
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:35 pm
by wolf89
I find posts like that boring as fuck
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:38 pm
by fragments
When did they become distinct and separate? The answer is always.
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:03 pm
by outbound
wolf89 wrote:Honestly Techno sounds more machine like
House is more on the soulful sound. Even at it's least human sounding there's still some sort of trace to the groovyness in disco.
Yeahhh I'd agree with this, it took me a long time to be able to 'get' the difference between the two as there are a lot of similarities rhythm wise.
I see techno as the darker more introverted one. Sounds are a lot more gritty, more emphasis on filtered synths that sound 'organic' and has an industrially vibe to it.
House seems more livelier, more uplifting I guess.
Just keep listening to the two genres, find what you like and eventually you'll be able to hear the difference.

Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:12 pm
by dickman69
Hashkey wrote:don't want a flame war but i find both genres boring as fuck.
good job
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:56 pm
by Dustwyrm
I always thought the biggest difference was the BPM/fastness of techno to the slower bpm of techno.
I associate techno with fast nightcore stuff.
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:00 pm
by wolf89
Nah Techno can still be slow as hell
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:09 pm
by CYRHEN
*Logs into dubstepforum* *Talks about house and trance*
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:20 pm
by chekov
lol who's on about trance
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:21 pm
by Mason
less bros like techno
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:44 pm
by skimpi
Hashkey wrote:don't want a flame war but i find both genres boring as fuck.
lol, I find your dubstep boring as fuck
Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:05 pm
by CYRHEN
skimpi wrote:Hashkey wrote:don't want a flame war but i find both genres boring as fuck.
lol, I find your dubstep boring as fuck
Hey everyone lets sit here and pound a 4/4 beat..nah if It Isn't electro house, dubstep or drumstep I definitely don't want any part of it

Re: Ignorant House/Techno question.
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:07 pm
by chekov
CYRHEN wrote:a 4/4 beat..nah
CYRHEN wrote:electro house