What happened to "proper" techno?

What happened to "proper" techno?

Umek and Valentino Kanzyani don't play it anymore and I'm seriously disheartened - they were my favorite DJs, but I last saw them in Spring 2005.

The music they play is more like slower dingey darker techno material now (unsure whether it's minimal or not), and where I still think it's alright it doesn't have that 'party' mood to it where everyone's jumping up and down and loving it after every breakdown.

I demand great techno.

im not to hot on techno but i would describe the stuff kanzyani was playing as funky techno

listen to some of his older sets.. that's funkier..

http://www.nucastle.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61384

Get yourself along sometime

shameless

Re: What happened to "proper" techno?

I got his cover CD on mixmag and remembered you goin on about Umek ages ago but it wasn't anything like i thought it was gonna be, now i obviously realise hes changed his style since then!

UMEK's new style is a bit gash from what ive heard... its like cheesy minimal

I used to love his aswell

I was saying this the other day, techno as i liked it seems to have dissapeared all together

Of course (but still true )

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What sort of thing do you mean?

There have been a lot of producers jumping onto minimal in the past year or so, but there's still plenty about if you look for it.

If you list some people you used to like, I dare say I'll be able to give you a load of producers and DJs that are playing that sort of thing

rossy, you rock :groovy:

yeah this sorta stuff tbh i can never be arsed to search through stuff because of the ammount of minimal about, which i can only take in small doses.

Rossy completely knows the score here, thats exactly what I would have said.

Can you think of example DJs Chris?

Re: Re: What happened to "proper" techno?

I'd feared it since hearing other 'percussive techno' djs from 2002 onwards suddenly changing their style when i've downloaded their 2006 sets.

Fair enough if one or two hopped onto minimal but why all the big names? Minimal just isn't as fun?

I really am disappointed and I am going to start actively looking for good techno DJs by randomly downloading sets posted in various spots.

http://www.nucastle.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61590

I suggest everyone visits the above link.

Give these a go - http://www.nucastle.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60729

umek is releasing stuff like minimal and electro house, and so in valentino. very disappointing.

check this beef out
http://www.nucastle.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61604

lol dewy eyed faggots