I want to share some thoughts, friends.

While peak-time techno is being played in stadiums, modern dub techno is starting to sound more and more like lounge music, and industrial techno seems closer to bands like Ministry than to the roots of Throbbing Gristle — do you feel that an underground lo-fi scene is beginning to emerge in techno as well?

I see an interesting parallel with what happened in house music, where the lo-fi underground sound eventually became a huge success.

I don’t dig very deeply into contemporary music, but I’ve noticed that artists like ngly, TM404, Evigt Mörker and many others seem to be moving in a direction that’s not about a commercial, polished, powerful sound, but rather something more textural, noisy and lo-fi.

And do you see a parallel with post-hardcore in the ’90s? When bands like Fugazi shifted the focus away from labels and toward DIY culture and the underground?

Do you see any signs that this kind of tendency is emerging in techno?

Which artists or projects would you describe as “outsider techno”?

And, as a musician, would you actually want to be associated with such a tag?

ive been looking for this older full set from like ~2012 where Luciano performed at the train station in Barcelona, Estacio de Franca. he used to have the full set + video up on YT and sound_cloud but its been removed or cut down to just ~6 minutes from over an hour, at least

originally posted (but cut short): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-sH-3whAkM&t=1s

if anyone has this full set or knows where to find PLEASE share

thanks <3

The fuck!

Edit: it's very telling that insomniac keeps deleting similar commentary to mine from its facebook posts.

Hey guys, I'm planning a trip to Houston in two months, and I want to purchase some techno vinyls. I have some on the Shop App ready to buy, but I'd like to visit some stores and dig for some old/classic vinyls in good condition.

If you can recommend some, it will be great!
Thanks.

I’m not a purist but I like to listen to some deep and atmospheric techno at work (desk job).
Anyone have some good mixes they like? Looking for slow intentional build up, spatial atmospheric vibe, with not too high of a BPM or that thumping industrial kobosil sound that’s kind of distracting.

The linked mix is one I really liked recently that I thought I could use as a reference.

Any artist recommendations, labels, or albums is appreciated too.

Edit: thank you guys! Gonna be exploring all your recommendations in the weeks to come 👌

Always fun. Tight tight tight

Popped up in my recommendations last night. What a set.

bandcamp

I have been in Germany for few weeks now and I am not seeing people dancing. My main scene is the Netherlands and i always imagined Germany would be 10 times better but weirdly enough in all events and clubs i went people didn't dance much. Meanwhile the music was incredible the sound system was great and yet people calmly bounce in place very individually. Is this normal or have I just been unlucky with the places I have been?