Detroit Techno - Crap/Not Crap

[Dask]

It's the 303 that does it for me

Yeah one of the greatest 303 riffs ever, surely?

 

[Dirty Martini]

The first one I could find - not listened to it so can't comment on the quality of the mixing, but can't fault the tracklisting
http://kriss.kortz2.free.fr/KrissKortz_TributetoDetroit_mix.mp3
1 / Ur – Amazon
2 / Martian – Star dancer
3 / Aril Brikha – On and on
4 / Infinity – Game one
5 / Rob Hood – Museum
6 / Jeff Mills – Kat race
7 / Jeff Mills – Alarms (first mix)
8 / Dj Bone – Shut the lites off
9 / Derrick May – Icon
10 / Choice – Acid Eiffel
11 / Ur – Code breaker
12 / Scan 7 – Power
13 / Ur – Electronic warfare (Aux 88 mix)
14 / E-dancer – Pump the move
15 / Rob Hood – The pace
16 / Aril Brikha – Groove la’chord
17 / Sean Deason – The shit (2003 remix 3)
18 / Kenny Larkin – War of the worlds

I'm enjoying this. Never really clocked what Detroit techno was all about, though I do have 'Landcruising' (doesn't everyone?).

Any other good places to start?

 

[gentlegreen]

I've tried to stay pure the past couple of days, but inevitably my listening has now drifted off in the direction of Deep House - I find the detroit techno sound a bit elusive ..... my disco roots go very deep ..

currently listening to:

Deep Mix Moscow

http://85.21.79.5:8040/listen.pls

 

[chooch]

i picked up 'final frontier' on vinyl the other week.

Cor. Can remember playing that out many years back through a great system. Sounded so good. Love the b side too- the really minimal beaty one.

 

[killer b]

i saw galaxy to galaxy at the weekend - the second track they played was final frontier - which they mixed krafwerk's 'numbers' into for about 10 minutes. was majorly

 

[Orang Utan]

i saw galaxy to galaxy at the weekend - the second track they played was final frontier - which they mixed krafwerk's 'numbers' into for about 10 minutes. was majorly

Shut Up! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

 

[killer b]

there was a place on my sofa for you afterwards orang. you'd have found the money if you'd cared...

 

[spanglechick]

I was given a "different kinds of dance music" primer last weekend - and cooly enough, detroit techno was what I liked best - could have listened for hours (whereas some other things I wanted switched off after 15 seconds ). I'm not implying it's techno for beginners, btw - rather that I obviously have excellent and refined tastes.

 

[Orang Utan]

I was given a "different kinds of dance music" primer last weekend - and cooly enough, detroit techno was what I liked best - could have listened for hours (whereas some other things I wanted switched off after 15 seconds ). I'm not implying it's techno for beginners, btw - rather that I obviously have excellent and refined tastes.

That's quite evidently the case!

 

[Orang Utan]

there was a place on my sofa for you afterwards orang. you'd have found the money if you'd cared...

I would have had to rob an old lady and I don't think Mike Banks would have approved of that

 

[killer b]

I would have had to rob an old lady and I don't think Mike Banks would have approved of that

true... i was dissapointed with 'mad' mike banks - he seemed far too sensible. not a fright wig or whoopee cushion in sight!

 

[chooch]

i was dissapointed with 'mad' mike banks - he seemed far too sensible.

The deep Detroit techno / novelty waistcoat, braces and bow tie niche is still open.

 

[killer b]

i had this image of mad mike being the office joker at submerge - a sort of david brent meets malcolm x figure.

sadly, i was wrong.

 

[chooch]

office joker at submerge

 

[xes]

Ok then,I'm ready to open my ears and my mind.

i will download some of the stuff posted on here and give it my honest opinion.

 

[Apathy]

Final Frontier is amazing.

It's proper when the strings come in.

got lost in that track in a cloud of dry ice a few times

the vision - 'message to the majors' as well, class

oh and 'red planet#2'

i voted 'ACE' but i do like my acid techno as well

 

[maya]

some detroit techno is amazing, but i'm not a purist in any way-
any good techno does it for me, not that there's much of it around these days...

 

[xes]

hhmm,not the sort of thing I'd want to go out and dance to,but I'm quite happy listening to it. It's a bit funky and soulfull for me,I prefer it hard as fuck and dirty.