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nick the stripper wrote:

ruffers wrote:Forgive my ignorance, but what the buggery bleedin' bollocks is schranz?

clicky

Hmm.. the article is a bit wrong.. the name comes from the style of the pile of records Chris Liebing used to pick up from his local record store, the owner calling in the schranz pile..

I'd definitely rule out some of the names on that list, especially Cari Lekebusch who is a hell of a lot more diverse in his production..

but hey, to most people it's all washing machine music..

Well that's what I thought when I read it, the name that sprang out at me as one I knew, heard some his tunes and sets was Cari Lekebusch and that stuff didn't really fit what I was interpreting the rest to mean.

So, is it fast kiddie Euro dance then?

Nah, far from it.. its a more stripped down, angular and somewhat "clanking" form of techno..

The Wikipedia list is pretty much off the mark to be honest as a lot of artists will record what they consider just to be techno - I have a couple of Umek tunes and they are very different, one being near to early acid house and the other far closer to the schranz sound..

Labels such as CLR (Chris Liebings own label), Fine Audio Recordings and Construct Rhythm are probably good examples of Schranz labels as such..

Out of Germany there's about 3 different styles I like personally those being Berlin Techno (imagine electro techno without the cheesiness it inherited upon arrival in the UK and keeping a very experimental feel..), Frankfurt Techno - big bass, vocals and driving - Kiddaz FM is the best label for that, and of course Schranz..

But at the end of the day its silly to be tied down by one particular form of a music style, my technop records are mainly what I would describe as being "european techno"...

though I do hate all forms of trance especially psytrance, which really is the devil's music..

I'll be having a soulseek then, for evaluation purposes. And for possibly the first time in my life I am using that expression accurately.

ruffers wrote:I'll be having a soulseek then, for evaluation purposes. And for possibly the first time in my life I am using that expression accurately.

Save yourself the time.. use google and put Chris Liebing + MP3 - you should find a set within seconds

try www.UMP3.de - they appear to have loads..

Cool, I've just shared a week with a guy who appeared to be a schranz dj... His definition of the genre is: no melody just beats, so

Gottdammerung wrote:

ruffers wrote:I'll be having a soulseek then, for evaluation purposes. And for possibly the first time in my life I am using that expression accurately.

Save yourself the time.. use google and put Chris Liebing + MP3 - you should find a set within seconds

try www.UMP3.de - they appear to have loads..

Never been there before - thanks for that link

ruffers wrote:

Gottdammerung wrote:

ruffers wrote:I'll be having a soulseek then, for evaluation purposes. And for possibly the first time in my life I am using that expression accurately.

Save yourself the time.. use google and put Chris Liebing + MP3 - you should find a set within seconds

try www.UMP3.de - they appear to have loads..

Never been there before - thanks for that link

he he... I just found it whilst looking for that mix I was going on a bout..

I think my mate's broadband connection is going to get caned when I house sit for him next week...

Gottdammerung wrote:

ruffers wrote:I'll be having a soulseek then, for evaluation purposes. And for possibly the first time in my life I am using that expression accurately.

Save yourself the time.. use google and put Chris Liebing + MP3 - you should find a set within seconds

try www.UMP3.de - they appear to have loads..

Top link!

wow, a live set of Matthew Jonson ... gonna check that out!

If anyone wants, I'll go do some searching and put up some more techno mix links..

I've got a couple in mind already..

(though in a new topic in the general board of course... )

Well I've got a few as previously sent to a couple of HL'ers....

Seems a fairly common musical association does Sisters to Techno, Industrial Groove Machines innit

ruffers wrote:Well I've got a few as previously sent to a couple of HL'ers....

Seems a fairly common musical association does Sisters to Techno, Industrial Groove Machines innit

lol.. yeah, I also think that a lot of people don't get it either..

I fell in love with techno after finding myself in a dirty warehouse in London with a 20K sound system blasting the stuff out and me in a rather messy state...

All's all about the dyanmics of the sound... (man..)

Gottdammerung wrote:If anyone wants, I'll go do some searching and put up some more techno mix links..

I've got a couple in mind already..

(though in a new topic in the general board of course... )

yes please!

Ruffers wrote:Seems a fairly common musical association does Sisters to techno

the reasons i love techno are the same as a lot of the reasons i love the sisters.

We've touched on this before I think - "relentless" was a good word.

OK - due to crazy relationship tings going down currently I am without broadband access this week... I might have it on Monday night so I'll try and have a look about then for mp3 sites...

ruffers wrote:We've touched on this before I think - "relentless" was a good word.

indeed; and "intense" is another good word.

Eldritch wrote:...effective repetition..."

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:the reasons i love techno are the same as a lot of the reasons i love the sisters.

Yeap. It's because there hasn't been a decent record released for twelve years.

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:the reasons i love techno are the same as a lot of the reasons i love the sisters.

Yeap. It's because there hasn't been a decent record released for twelve years.

IZ.

Ba dum tish!

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:Eldritch wrote:
...effective repetition..."

Source?

@Izzy

@ruffers :not sure off the top of my head -i think it's in my "scrapbook" of interviews ...i'll dig it out and let you know.

edit : found it -
"there is....a fine line between monotony and effective repetition" -andrew eldritch. from a postal interview with BLACK magazine,by Gary Kitchener, 1984.

OK - crazy relationship thing is simmering currently, so I should be able to have a poke about yonder net for stuff..

I'll post anything I find...

Gottdammerung wrote:OK - crazy relationship thing is simmering currently, so I should be able to have a poke about yonder net for stuff..

I'll post anything I find...

Are you going out with my girlfriend too

So are we having a secret "techno set" corner then?

And eastmids - ta!

ruffers wrote:

Gottdammerung wrote:OK - crazy relationship thing is simmering currently, so I should be able to have a poke about yonder net for stuff..

I'll post anything I find...

So are we having a secret "techno set" corner then?

Yup, it can be our dirty secret...















....that and the girlfriend sharing....