History of Techno

Re:History of Techno by cpach on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:05AM (#26978220)

Just out of curiosity: What do you mean by New Wave in this context? When I hear new wave I think of acts such as Adam and the Ants and Duran Duran. But are they related to techno?

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Re:History of Techno by kristopolous on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:23AM (#26978308)

Yeah, absolutely. You're just a few steps away with a lot of Duran Duran (Rio era) and records like Night Move's Transdance arguably gets there.

I mean heck, take Polices Synchronicity part 1, https://youtu.be/Si5CSpUCDGY. If someone told me that was how an album by underworld or say sasha started from 1999, I'd believe it, swap the vocals and the physical drums with some synths and it's basically done

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Re:History of Techno by l33tbro on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:42AM (#26979484)

I feel no-wave also might have been influential. ESG could easily be read as proto-techno in this context. 'Erase You' and 'Dance' have that same kind of reductionist, tribal sensibility.

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Re:History of Techno by kristopolous on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:59AM (#26979580)

Their track "Moody (Spaced Out)" shares a strange similarity with Atmosfears "Dancing in Outer Space". I'm sure it's independent, it just made me think of it right away

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Re:History of Techno by l33tbro on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:36AM (#26979841)

Both great tracks! You ever see the criminally underrated film 'Vampire's Kiss' with Nicholas Cage? Features ESG playing that song live in a club.

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Re:History of Techno by jjgreen on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:13AM (#26978585)

In the UK in the late 70's, New Wave was just post-punk without the vomit.

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