Electro Thread

Electro is a fairly broad term, so yes, Mylo does fall under the electro umbrella - the same way that Kylie Minogue releases tracks you could arguably could "house music".

But Mylo is certainly not Drexciya or AUX-88, or even Trentemoller for that matter.

One good thing about artists like Mylo and Felix Da Housecat and Ladytron and Trentemoller and Tiga is that they are pushing electro sounds out to the general public.

If they like that sound, then they can dig deeper and find Miss Kitten, and deeper still and discover Anthony Rother or Larry McCormick or the Hacker or Frequenzberater or whoever.

I do think electro has a bigger chance in this city than breakz. The key difference is that breaks is not very big anywhere (except maybe Sydney), whilst electro is absolutely massive in central europe.

This post has been edited by dbb: Jun 17 2006, 08:45 AM

Progressive or Stagnent

Your Choice..........

I'm probably retreading what has been said before but here goes....

Like every genre there's good electro and there's bad electro, much like that current other obsession 'minimal.' Just because its got a distorted bassline doesn't make it electro, let alone a good track. The problem is that when big tracks come out such as Mylo 'No More Conversation' or TV Rock 'Flaunt It' which aren't necessarily bad tracks (and may even be quite good) less *ahem* discerning punters go out and all they want to hear are tracks that sound the same. Witness for instance how Stardust 'Music Sounds Better With You' became more or less the template for house music from 98 onwards. The problem this brings is that as the market gets saturated with substandard so called 'electro,' 'minimal' or whathaveyou as producers and labels rush out to appease fickle tastes, punters eventually get bored with the sound and move on to 'the next big thing. I actually can't think of anything more boring or painful than listening to hours upon end of roughly the exact same thing.

Every genre goes through this backlash and some have experienced it for far longer than others.

Personal aside: The whole 'progressive is a four letter word' debate bores me to tears considering pretty much everyone who says it has no idea what it means to be 'progressive' in the first place. Just because it sounded like that 5 years ago doesn't mean it sounds like that now - thats kinda the point...

Yes there are strong electro elements creeping into every genre but thats only natural. Once the inevitable change comes then that will be incorporated and bastardised but it won't mean that electro is dead or has ever been. Good music will always be good music and its up to listeners - whether they be casual listeners, avid fans or (maybe especially) DJs - to know the difference and not shut their ears to something just because of how it is labelled.

There was a point to all this but I seem to have run onto a totally different tangent. Ummm... but in summary: Electro for the sake of electro = Bad. Good track that just happens to be electro = Good.

This post has been edited by archon99: Jun 17 2006, 02:00 PM

Rumour has it that two PUNTERS are working on something ELECTROFYING....

August is the month where our dreams and aspirations come true...

Electro forces both locally and interstate are eager to join the crew...

Stay tuned if you want to join the dreamers in making something happen...

WE ARE GOING TO ELECTROFY THIS CITY LIKE IT OR NOT !!!!

I say I like it but what do you say ???? We will wait and see shall we ????

Electro is shit!

It has already ruined enough techno tracks to be banished for ever! I thought the idea of going out to a club was to dance and have a good time, not stroke your chin whilst listening to hours of beeps on an empty dancefloor.

all the best and may your dreams come true

ProfessaB ... you are ignorant.

Listen to Anthony Rother and Drexciya and The Hacker and tell me they sound the same.

It would be like me listening to Martin Solveig and Bob Sinclar and announcing that all house music sounds the same.

dbb is on the money.... I really must meet you, I need my groove is in the heart mixes....

:shear: alsong all the people who support the underground elektro and not that poxy shit they pass as elektro :nugget: then everything is cool banana's. I mean i'd rather see an elektro set with elektro lovers in the room who appriciate it, then some fags going wow this techno music is good cos they have no idea bout it :lol:

my 2 cents

where does everyone else get their tracks from apart from beatport which I have been using for awhile.

If I told you, I'd have to kill you ;)

Seriously though try 3 Beat Digital and Magnetic Grooves. Their interface is a cunt to work with but if you persevere there are some top first release tracks to be had.

This post has been edited by archon99: Jun 18 2006, 11:20 AM

trentemoller is hot.

that is all.