Techno music?
 

Ok, I've never been a big fan of techno music. This girl I just started seeing is into the whole techno scene/club/possible rave deal, I'm not. But I want to get laid so I have to pick my battles.

So, to get used to the "nn tss nn tss :ughdance: nn tss nn tss nn tss." What are some good groups I can start listening to? I would just type in techno on Pandora but being in Germany I don't have it over here.

it depends... what does she actually listen to?
Techno is a very broad term. but here are some artists
The Advent, Juan Atkins, Daniel Bell, Joey Beltram, Adam Beyer, C. J. Bolland, Frankie Bones(I met this dude in Chicago once), Thomas Brinkmann


I am more partial to house music...

but there is a lot out there, eruo-synth, acid, trance, jungle, trip hop, hard house, dubstep(which is pretty awesome)

Isamu thanks for the response. Now I can stop thinking it's just one type.

He's right, there are many many different types. Thing like ATB to Paul Van Dyke, all different sounds...

Kascade and Deadmau5 usually always hold it down... Along with the additions of what others have posted.

The genre of music has really expanded with the addition of dubstep becoming so big...

dubstep is all about big breaks and massive bass lines and some other things in the middle...

Im really digging this as of late

Nero - Guilt VIP

http://youtu.be/D02SODXELuk


Now take our advice, go get LAID! :tup:

i love techno! So your in germany? i was stationed there a while back, is she a local or military....german is a great place to get your **** wet on pussy and techno

QFT I loved Germany

^^^These are good and maybe David Guetta (he has gone mainstream now). Older stuff but still cool: Paul Oakenfold, Benny Benassi, Tiesto, Armin Van Buren, and Darude just to name a few.

Corona - It depends on what you like yourself, and what she listens to.

Your best bet would be to just let her play her music and listen to how it sounds. Ask an artist name or two and that will point you in the right direction. But to assist you in trying to find the right stuff...


David Guetta - Good beats, more vocals if you don't want just the uhn tiss

Recommended listening:

Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)
Love Is Gone ft. Chris Willis
Memories ft. Kid Cudi
Sound Of Letting Go ft. Chris Willis
When Love Takes Over ft. Kelly Rowland

*Personal Fav's


Deadmau5 - Awesome beats, awesome cocals (Canadian), kind of a made it himself kinda guy. Didn't just have money and go... Built his empire himself. (Yes it's spelled with a 5 too lol)

Recommended Listening:

Arguru
Careless
Edit Your Friends
Faxing Berlin
FML
Ghosts 'n' Stuff (And all remixes)
Hi Friend
I Remember
Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff
Not Exactly
Try Again
Waking Up From The American Dream
8bit

*Personal Fav's

Armin Van Buren/Paul Van Dyk - Kind of in the same arena if you like the more melodic sounds. Good stuff to listen to if you want to mellow out.

Recommended Listening:

We're Alive (Van Dyk Mix)
For An Angel (Julian Ressive Club Remix Edit)
Heaven
Let Go
The Other Side (Martin Roth Remix)
Tell Me Why

*Personal Fav's

If she is German, she might like Basshunter which is essentially a guy who takes other songs and makes techno beats for them. Can't understand him unless you speak Germany, but to keep you in the know, it would help to know him.

Since you're in Germany a big hit there was Guru Josh Project with their song Infinity 2008 (You'll recognize it as soon as you hear it with the Saxaphone chord) Good song, hopefully they aren't a one hit wonder...

If she's more into Drum and Bass, or the now so called 'Dub Step' which is I guess the eventual continuation from what DnB started, you could go back to the roots with Black Sun Empire. Look for the song Arrakis and that will let you know if you like that sort of thing. (Highly recommend listening to it on a system that you KNOW has good bass. If you like it, thank me later)

But when talking about Dub Step there's now 50 some odd artists out there doing it. One I like is Skrillex who's kinda come up under Deadmau5's wings. But good stuff none the less...

Recommended Listening:

My Name Is Skrillex
With You Friends
Rock 'n' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (And All Remixes)
All I Ask Of You ft. Penny

*Personal Fav's

Now for all time favorite, we have the great Tiesto. His music is everywhere. And he branches out into a little bit of everything and makes it work together with seamless transitions. I'd recommend starting with him and see what you like of his work, that would help you figure out what you can tolerate and what makes your ears bleed.

Recommended Albums (The song list would be too long):

In Search Of Sunrise 4: Latin America (Disc 2)
In Search Of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles
In Search Of Sunrise 6: Ibiza
Elements of Life
Just Be
Magik 1 - First Flight
Nyana
Parade of the Athletes

*Personal Fav's

This should be enough to get you started. I will leave you with one bit of advice. Tiesto is great for sex. Trust me on that. Put the disc on, and just let things happen. It's good pacing too. :rofl2:

Hope this helps. :tup:

:bowrofl:

OH... one more thing, I dunno if it was asked before or not... But whats her nationality, if you don't mind me asking...??

House > Techno... just sayin

Well it's always subjective based on personal tastes just like Rock > cRap or Rock > Country.


Just trying to give him options to look into to hear different sounds and see what versions of the 'Techno' world he likes, then once we know we can recommend artists.

holy **** chris you wrote a fking novel.

Tiesto's ISOS series is so badass, Ibiza being my favorite out of them all.

:icon18: :roflpuke2: If you were in the OG Room, you'd see that's exactly what I said. ::inoutroflpuke:

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

:bowrofl: Thanks everyone for the output.:tiphat: I seriously left the forum for like 4 hrs and I got a novel out of it. To answer some of the questions you guys asked, she is a contractor on base and she's Chinese. Definitely started listening to most of the suggestions.

does she have an english accent?

:icon18: Well, she doesn't have an accent at all. Just regular American English sound from California. But I'll let her know you'll be waiting around. :rofl2:

Hardcore > House/Dubstep/Techno combined :rolleyes:

And no, I don't mean hardcore rap or hardcore metal.....I mean HARDCORE!! (Also known as Gabber)


Two types:

Happy Hardcore:




And the real hardcore......ANGERFIST!



To save face, how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know
Static on the way, make us all say whoa
The people up top push the people down low
Get down!


Dear God, please bring Angerfist back to the East Coast!!! I am still :mad: I missed them just a few months ago. :shakes head:

LoL I don't care what anyone says, I love Scooter. Makes me laugh. :rofl2:

:bowrofl: :iagree:

lol Gabber... :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: oh Tony!

I'm going to the next hardcore concert in my priest outfit and smack a few people around with my hair! :bowrofl:

that would be pretty awesome :roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

There have been some great suggestions here. However, since you're in Deutschland (and included club/rave), get familiar with the DJ Westbam (and the annual Loveparade, which has now been indefinitely cancelled). Plan your free week(s) on Ibiza, which is essentially a nonstop party island off the Spanish coast in the Mediterranean.

Tiesto, Oakenfold, VanDyk, Guetta are the slightly-older, more established DJs (who created the wave). Deadmau5 is considered cutting edge in that he's actively creating new material, and his collaborations with Kaskade have been very well received.

Generally speaking, techno is (was) supposed to be the intellectual counterpart to trance. But lyrics are a problem if you're over in Germany.

You can greatly impress your girlfriend with your knowledge / mastery / collection of Brian Eno's music, mostly from the 1980s. He was there before all of them. Electronica should never have a Cleveland Hall of Fame like Rock & Roll does, but Eno was to new music what Don Estridge was to the PC. (A final tidbit from the Eno wiki -- he's the guy who created the Microsoft Windows startup sound.)

And if all fails and you're lost, just put Kraftwerk on the turntable. Can't go wrong.

Finally -- to save yourself a lot of time, search for YouTube videos of any of the bolded names.

:pics: :excited: :bowrofl:

Wait, Tony you like hardcore? Wow, light bulb man, I would have never guessed that.



OP, as mentioned before, there are many diff subgenres of 'Techno'. You have trance, euro dance, arena trance, tech trance, house, progressive, electro, nu disco, list goes on. I would recommend checking out this board:

TranceAddict - Electronic Dance Music Forums


Head over to the tracklists section to find live sets and podcasts available for download. People on that forum post from all across Europe, and around the world, so you'll have an opportunity to d/l music from DJs that are not as widely known as Tiesto, Armin, or PVD, which is a good thing.

Another great site to listen to streaming audio is

Digitally Imported - addictive electronic music

They have the channels broken down into individual subgenres including house, electro, and even hardcore. At first it might all sound the same, but the more you listen, the more you'll be able to differentiate between the different genres of EDM.

Lastly, podcasts are a great way to listen to the latest and greatest from some of the best producers round the world. Some of my favorite podcasts are Tiesto's Club Life, A State of Trance from Armin, and The Gareth Emery podcast. Tiesto plays a very diverse mix of trance, house and even nu disco, Armin is more true to trance music, and Gareth Emery plays a lot of progressive.

Hope this helps. :tup:

this is pretty good!

Yes, I too love to listen to Techno music and High Contrast – Kiss Kiss Bang Ban , Chase and Status – Take Me Away and Sub Focus – X Ray are some of my favorites.

Free live mixes of big names courtesy of Club GLOW in DC ;)

Club Glow Washington DC Podcast - Download free podcast episodes by Glow on iTunes.

They do have: "You're listening to GLOW RADIO!" here and there, but it's free...

Some are better than others, but eh.

older Tiesto is good:

In Search of Sunrise 1, 2, and 3.

Recently, i'm liking Armin Van Buuren's " A State of Trance" episodes.

If you're going to suggest Deadmou5, you gots to recommend Strobe as a song! Also, I would like to add BT to the mix. The guy is incredible.

if your going to look into DubStep you gotta check out Nero, Flux Pavillion, Skrillex, Dr. P, and Feed Me... all good stuff. me and one of my friends DJ so we're always on the up and up with new house music and the such.

techno /= house...

and don't forget joker for dub... joker is awesome

Trance music is better IMO.