Trance, Breakbeats, House, etc

[Matth3w]

I really dig certain types of genre of electronica. Ive been a dj for a few yrs now and recently got into producing. Until I actually started learnin about the music I just called it all " Techno " ... But there are many differences.

Before I get into the different styles and sayin what I like.. Id be interested in some thoughts on this type of music. I am aware that alotta people think its crazy and sometimes even evil since most people are doing drugs to it in the late night clubs. But I am here to say this type of music is my ANTI-drug and I dont know what I would do without it.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

I really like electronic music too. I'm not into it as I am into indie rock and hip-hop, but I don't hate. I more enjoy either very pastoral compositions, or just jungle and house stuff that is so bananas that I feel like my body will break if I don't dance.

 

[Barry Egan]

Check out DJ Shadow. He's a straight up hip-hop producer in the way he does it. I mean, his music might not sound hip-hop at all sometimes, but he pays his dues and digs in the crates just like Prince Paul or any other great producer. He's got some stuff with Thom Yorke, some with Blackalicious, and even Kool Keith.

 

[Goldfinger]

I like to listen to happy hardcore and eurodance.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

Check out DJ Shadow. He's a straight up hip-hop producer in the way he does it. I mean, his music might not sound hip-hop at all sometimes, but he pays his dues and digs in the crates just like Prince Paul or any other great producer. He's got some stuff with Thom Yorke, some with Blackalicious, and even Kool Keith.

I've been into Shadow for 5 years, but thanks.

 

[Matth3w]

Cool replys!!!! Im gonna throw some some djs and producers of different genres that I enjoy maybe some of u can relate ..

Armin Van Buuren
Gabriel and Dresden
Ozgur Can
Perry O' Niel
Markus Schulz
Leama and Moor
James Zabiela
Nic Fancuilli
Sander Klienenburg
Lee Burridge
Dave Seaman
Danny Howells
Sasha
John Digweed
Meat Katie
Elite Force
Dylan Rhymes
Lee Coombs
.... wow haha ok Ill stop

 

[TheDandyMan]

Check out acidplanet.com. It's rather sweet.

 

[Oblivious]

I consider it all Techno too :o - I would love to hear what the differences are.

Some of my favorites:

Paul Oakenfold
Paul Van Dyk
Darude
DJ Tiesto

 

[Links234]

EBM is better than all of them.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

I consider it all Techno too :o - I would love to hear what the differences are.

It's like the differences between all types of cheeses.

 

[Matth3w]

It's like the differences between all types of cheeses.

cheese??

 

[TheDandyMan]

They're quite hard to distinguish, as it is with the various epochs of the world of electronica.

 

[Western Deity]

I must be lactose intolerant .

(Oots oots oots oots...)

 

[Verv]

It is not hard to distinguish the genres of electronic music that you like.

As someone who DJs house music, telling the difference between Disco House, Funky House, Latin House, Tribal House, Prog House, Hard House, UK Hard House, Filter House, Dubby House, etc. is quite easy.

I am mostly into House with some Drum & Bass (the hard Jungle and 'Jump Up Drum & Bass', the Ragga, and that experimental Drill & Bass); I also really like some of the 2 Step that they have been making lately (Beber & Tamra really work it well).

 

[stonetoflesh]

I can appreciate most flavors of "electronica", but while I can differentiate between the major styles (trance, house, jungle, etc.) I start to get lost when it comes to the micro-pigeonholing that seems to happen within each style!

I can certainly say that my ears tend to like ambient the most (ambient dub, ambient trance, spacemusic, etc.) with a bit of goa/psytrance here and there. I also like a lot of "experimental" electroacoustic and electronic music, but for some reason I don't really think of those as falling under the "electronica" umbrella... Or would they?

 

[Verv]

If you go to www.discogs.com - the place that definitively categorizes and catalogues music, having started with electronic music -- most anything that uses unnatural sounds is considered 'electronic.'

I really dislike it when they start REALLY making pigeonhole genres; 'Dark Step' 'Tech Step', etc. I guess I just do not really understand or appreciate those genres so as a result I guess I just fail to see the point.

I remember back in 2002 you would always see: "UK Garage/2 Step", or "Garage/2 Step", and now I am starting to see them actually classified as separate entities, which has made no sense to me.

I think that it is reasonable to classify some things, but sometimes it gets very specific and outlandish.

Recently Punk rock has had a lot of people separatng the concepts of 'Street Punk,' '77 Punk,' 'Oi!', etc. and I guess I can see how they are separate, how the sound is different, but I feel as if it was useless to really make these new classifications up like that.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

I really like breaking things into useless genres though

 

[stonetoflesh]

If you go to www.discogs.com - the place that definitively categorizes and catalogues music, having started with electronic music -- most anything that uses unnatural sounds is considered 'electronic.'

Discogs is a great site, I've contributed a few releases there. I haven't visited in a while though, not since they started including rock, rap and other music styles... I'll probably float in again soon though.

 

[Verv]

Discogs is a great site, I've contributed a few releases there. I haven't visited in a while though, not since they started including rock, rap and other music styles... I'll probably float in again soon though.

Oh yeah - I have contributed 111 releases so far, and I am not going to stop; been a member since 2002.

I really enjoy the sit ebecause it is great for keeping track of your collection; I was very glad that they expanded it to include rock because I want to have a spreadsheet of all of my music, and plus I feel that it could serve Rock music beneficially.

Great site.

 

[Oblivious]

If you go to www.discogs.com - the place that definitively categorizes and catalogues music, having started with electronic music -- most anything that uses unnatural sounds is considered 'electronic.

Thanks for the link - that one is getting bookmarked.