Favorite Music Artist

stinkycheese · Post by **stinkycheese** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:25 pm

Jenos Ridan wrote:
static_ice wrote:
Anarchist wrote: <-An Electric Violin!
nice, I know someone who plays "lite jazz rock" and in some of his songs he takes a violin stick (I don't know what they're called ) and plays an electric guitar like a violin
Zepplin did that on one of their songs, now if only I could remember which one.....

Dazed and Confused

Goofydobbi13 · Post by **Goofydobbi13** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:21 pm

black jesus wrote:
When you guys talk about rap-metal the genre is actually called rapcore. which are bands like P.O.D, Linkin Park, Hed Pe, and The Kottonmouth Kings

Your mum is rapcore. Quit being a terminology bore, we all know what we're talking about, we don't need to have the terminology dictated to us by industry executives via you.
Much love!
DM

How about...you go touch yourself while thinking of depressing things....dancing queerbait.

ha-ha?

ha-ha.

I GOT SERVED · Post by **I GOT SERVED** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:56 pm

This thread is in a desperate need of more techno! And more cowbell!

Here's a metric fuckton of techno I have laying around on my compy:

Beck
Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Hot Chip
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
MSTRKRFT
Techno Animal
Trentemoller
Y.A.C.H.T

slash1890 · Post by **slash1890** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:47 pm

Can't forget the Prodigy.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:58 pm

Or DragonForce.

black jesus · Post by **black jesus** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:41 pm

I GOT SERVED wrote:This thread is in a desperate need of more techno! And more cowbell!

Here's a metric fuckton of techno I have laying around on my compy:

Beck
Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Hot Chip
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
MSTRKRFT
Techno Animal
Trentemoller
Y.A.C.H.T

Thanks for posting I have been looking for some good techno music.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:29 am

stinkycheese wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:
static_ice wrote:
Anarchist wrote: <-An Electric Violin!
nice, I know someone who plays "lite jazz rock" and in some of his songs he takes a violin stick (I don't know what they're called ) and plays an electric guitar like a violin
Zepplin did that on one of their songs, now if only I could remember which one.....
Dazed and Confused

I thought so.

Iz Man · Post by **Iz Man** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:36 am

Jenos Ridan wrote:
stinkycheese wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:
static_ice wrote:
Anarchist wrote: <-An Electric Violin!
nice, I know someone who plays "lite jazz rock" and in some of his songs he takes a violin stick (I don't know what they're called ) and plays an electric guitar like a violin

Jimmy Page did it. Frank Zappa did it. Steve Howe did it. Stevie Ray Vaughn did it, and Steve Hackett did it.
That's off the top of my head, I'll find some more.......
Makes an interesting sound. What's cool is if you try it on a 6-string fretless bass with some chorus & flange (guitar players know this) and it sounds great.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:46 pm

I GOT SERVED wrote:This thread is in a desperate need of more techno! And more cowbell!

Here's a metric fuckton of techno I have laying around on my compy:

Beck
Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Hot Chip
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
MSTRKRFT
Techno Animal
Trentemoller
Y.A.C.H.T

DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...

Hoff · Post by **Hoff** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:21 pm

Bob Dylan

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:26 pm

static_ice wrote:DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...

Mate that's not techno...

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:06 pm

Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...
Mate that's not techno...

sorry it is in america

but they do sample, especially DJ shadow, I heard his music is almost 100% sampling, other than when he scratches...

and either way I still like them...

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:13 am

static_ice wrote:
Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...
Mate that's not techno...
sorry it is in america

but they do sample, especially DJ shadow, I heard his music is almost 100% sampling, other than when he scratches...

and either way I still like them...

Believe me its not, even in America. Techno is a very specific type of dance music oiginating for the most part in Detroit. Some particular examples you may have heard are Orbital or Underworld (and if you haven't head them you should, especially Orbital who are legendary in the scene). Kraftwerk were also instrumental in bringing Techno to a wider audience. Usually between 130-140BPM with prominent '4 to the floor' kicks and particular attention paid to bass and synth lines. Very few samples in Techno.

DJ Shadow produces instrumental hip-hop and is a turntablist. Techno is very very different.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:46 pm

Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:
Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...
Mate that's not techno...
sorry it is in america

but they do sample, especially DJ shadow, I heard his music is almost 100% sampling, other than when he scratches...

and either way I still like them...
Believe me its not, even in America. Techno is a very specific type of dance music oiginating for the most part in Detroit. Some particular examples you may have heard are Orbital or Underworld (and if you haven't head them you should, especially Orbital who are legendary in the scene). Kraftwerk were also instrumental in bringing Techno to a wider audience. Usually between 130-140BPM with prominent '4 to the floor' kicks and particular attention paid to bass and synth lines. Very few samples in Techno.

DJ Shadow produces instrumental hip-hop and is a turntablist. Techno is very very different.

so most techno doesn't include scratching/turntables?

and since you know so much about the subject, I absolutely hate mainstream american "techno"...that crap like DJ Caffeine and the like if you've heard of him...can you clarify for me that they too are not "true techno"?

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:58 pm

Other bands I like (besides Pearl Jam) include

Velvet Revolver
Audioslave
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Nickelback
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:22 am

Serbia wrote:Other bands I like (besides Pearl Jam) include

Velvet Revolver
Audioslave
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
Nickelback
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Heard of them all save for Velvet Revolver, 'til recent. Out of them, would only listen to Chilli Peppers and Nickelback.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:07 am

static_ice wrote:
Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:
Guiscard wrote:
static_ice wrote:DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist...that's what I like in techno...but mostly DJ Shadow...
Mate that's not techno...
sorry it is in america

but they do sample, especially DJ shadow, I heard his music is almost 100% sampling, other than when he scratches...

and either way I still like them...
Believe me its not, even in America. Techno is a very specific type of dance music oiginating for the most part in Detroit. Some particular examples you may have heard are Orbital or Underworld (and if you haven't head them you should, especially Orbital who are legendary in the scene). Kraftwerk were also instrumental in bringing Techno to a wider audience. Usually between 130-140BPM with prominent '4 to the floor' kicks and particular attention paid to bass and synth lines. Very few samples in Techno.

DJ Shadow produces instrumental hip-hop and is a turntablist. Techno is very very different.
so most techno doesn't include scratching/turntables?

and since you know so much about the subject, I absolutely hate mainstream american "techno"...that crap like DJ Caffeine and the like if you've heard of him...can you clarify for me that they too are not "true techno"?

Most, if not all, Techno involves turntables when playing it in a club, but the music is made with drum machines and synths (basically).

I don't know the DJ you mention, but Americans seem to lump together all electronic music (real Techno, all the various varieties of House, Breakbeat, Drum n Bass, Electro, Trance etc. etc.) as Techno when in reality Techno is a very specific, pretty minimalist, style as I descried earlier. What Americans usually call Techno is just anything which falls into the category of Electronica or dance music. Or even just everything they don't have a specific media label for (i.e. not pop, rock etc.) If you want to listen to proper Techno I'd recommend Orbital for a start.

DJ shadow is very very much Hip-Hop though. His earlier stuff is pure sample-driven instrumental hip-hop, but more recently he's moved into the San Fran Hyphy scene (rather controversially) and started doing some pretty different stuff. Not Techno though... Techno is electronic dance music.

Iz Man · Post by **Iz Man** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:19 am

That's not music, it's noise........

IMHO......

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:27 am

Iz Man wrote:That's not music, it's noise........

IMHO......

Don't tell me you've just written off the entirety of electronica AND hip-hop...

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:33 pm

Guiscard wrote: Most, if not all, Techno involves turntables when playing it in a club, but the music is made with drum machines and synths (basically).

I don't know the DJ you mention, but Americans seem to lump together all electronic music (real Techno, all the various varieties of House, Breakbeat, Drum n Bass, Electro, Trance etc. etc.) as Techno when in reality Techno is a very specific, pretty minimalist, style as I descried earlier. What Americans usually call Techno is just anything which falls into the category of Electronica or dance music. Or even just everything they don't have a specific media label for (i.e. not pop, rock etc.) If you want to listen to proper Techno I'd recommend Orbital for a start.

DJ shadow is very very much Hip-Hop though. His earlier stuff is pure sample-driven instrumental hip-hop, but more recently he's moved into the San Fran Hyphy scene (rather controversially) and started doing some pretty different stuff. Not Techno though... Techno is electronic dance music.

k thanks, yes you describe americans' opinion on techno perfectly

Iz Man · Post by **Iz Man** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:43 pm

Guiscard wrote:
Iz Man wrote:That's not music, it's noise........
IMHO......
Don't tell me you've just written off the entirety of electronica AND hip-hop...

The vast majority of it, yes.
To each his own, but if "electronica" and hip-hop tried anything other than processed sounds and a 4/4 time signature, than it might be slightly interesting.
Sampling, "scratching", and rhyming to a metronome doesn't constitute "music" IMO.
Once again, to each his own.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:47 pm

Iz Man wrote:
Guiscard wrote:
Iz Man wrote:That's not music, it's noise........
IMHO......
Don't tell me you've just written off the entirety of electronica AND hip-hop...
The vast majority of it, yes.
To each his own, but if "electronica" and hip-hop tried anything other than processed sounds and a 4/4 time signature, than it might be slightly interesting.
Sampling, "scratching", and rhyming to a metronome doesn't constitute "music" IMO.
Once again, to each his own.

you like rock, right? do you know exactly how large a percentage of rock is 4/4 time?

Iz Man · Post by **Iz Man** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:59 pm

static_ice wrote: you like rock, right? do you know exactly how large a percentage of rock is 4/4 time?

True, there's a lot of 4/4 time in rock-n-roll. However, there are countless bands that employ multiple time signature changes. This cannot be said for rap and techno.
The lack of any sort of melodic time signature changes is not the only reason I don't particularly care for "house music" (for lack of a better term). As I mentioned before, "scratching" and "sampling" just doesn't do much for me.

You can take a "true" musician and he can produce the same thing with little effort. Give a guitar, piano, drum kit, or bass to a "scratcher" and he'll be lost.
As a rule, mind you. There are always the exceptions.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:39 pm

Iz Man wrote:You can take a "true" musician and he can produce the same thing with little effort. Give a guitar, piano, drum kit, or bass to a "scratcher" and he'll be lost.
As a rule, mind you. There are always the exceptions.

and vice versa. give a turntable set to a "regular" musician and he'll look like a retard. its not as simple as sliding back and forth...

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:11 am

Iz Man wrote:
static_ice wrote: you like rock, right? do you know exactly how large a percentage of rock is 4/4 time?
True, there's a lot of 4/4 time in rock-n-roll. However, there are countless bands that employ multiple time signature changes. This cannot be said for rap and techno.
The lack of any sort of melodic time signature changes is not the only reason I don't particularly care for "house music" (for lack of a better term). As I mentioned before, "scratching" and "sampling" just doesn't do much for me.

You can take a "true" musician and he can produce the same thing with little effort. Give a guitar, piano, drum kit, or bass to a "scratcher" and he'll be lost.
As a rule, mind you. There are always the exceptions.

Not the place for this argument, but I'd just like to point out that certainly 4/4 time signatures are a big part of both types of music, especially the popular elements... But just as in Rock, when you listen to more artists, more underground perhaps or lesser known, there is plenty of experimentation. ESPECIALLY in electronic music, more than any other genre. It encompasses so many and so varied musical elements, every time signature, every tempo... It certainly can be said for rap and techno, but you don't listen to rap and techno music so you wouldn't have heard the bands that do. 'Electronic music' as a whole is perhaps the most extremely diverse type of music in the world in terms of variety. You just haven't experienced it.

Anyway, its not worth pointing out musical merits here. I've done it in countless other threads.