
Right, following a conversation with Jim the other day, where he expressed the view that he was bored of techno, and was generally all about the UK Bass, here's a series of mixes to demonstrate why I'm more excited about techno now than at moreorless any time in the last decade. Gritty, banging, dark, shuffly, rising, glorious motherfucking techno. Yaaass:
Ancient Methods:
http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/35906/downloadZe Germans, zey like ze techno very much yes. How are zey making zis compressed funk sound, we are not knowing. But it is sounding like they have spent a lot of time in Birmingham...
Sandwell District:
http://soundcloud.com/minimalist86/sandwell-district-mix-resident-advisor-podcastDetroit - Berlin - Birmingham. Oroight, oroight, it's the concentrated sound of brummie-umium.
Marcel Dettman:
http://www.factmag.com/2010/05/17/fact-mix-150-marcel-dettmann/Bit of a tour-de-force of 20 years of techno history, without getting mawkish about it like Shed seems to. Finishing on Polygon Window? Ooft.
Marcel Fengler:
http://www.mixcloud.com/dego/marcel-fengler-ra209-podcast/Why are the two leading lights of German techno both called Marcel. Is there some sort of mime connection?
Peter Van Hoesen:
http://www.factmag.com/2010/05/28/fact-mix-154-peter-van-hoesen/The Belgians, they like the techno alscho. Building dark acidic bang-bang.
This shit all sounds the same. It doesn't go anywhere, it's dull, it has no funk, it has no soul. Don't listen to it.
In fact, destroy yourself after reading this message.
Dx