Strongly agree... especially from the viewpoint of dance music, some tempos are too fast, unless you are going to jit or breakdance or something... but that type of dancing, while fun, is not necessarily good for bringing groups of people together and creating some type of group consciousness that is bigger than the individuals. (Although, I did play a Detroit electro / ghettotech set at like 145 that was uber fun the other day at a friend's house party--amazing how well those records aged everything I played sounded great still).
For me there is without question a spiritual component to music, and I think that for the best spiritual vibe on the dancefloor, a vibe that people can connect with regardless of whether they have ingested intoxicants or know how to breakdance, 118-128 bpm is really where you want to be. Even within that spectrum, these days for me it's actually often a lot closer to 118 than 128. This means, unfortunately, it's hard to play most actual "Detroit techno". Of course, to me house and techno are a continuum and the Detroit house I play often still has that Detroit techno influence even if it would normally be sorted into the house bin. ~David On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Aidan O'Doherty <aidan.b.odohe...@gmail.com> wrote: > as i get older, i find it harder and harder to listen to nose-bleed > inducing bpms. it just sounds wrong to my ears now. thankfully, most > detroit techno ain't that fast, or sounds grand slowed down. > > good to see jamie read on the tracklist. love LHAS and his album on fragmented > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Placid <pla...@acid-house.net> wrote: >> Essentially records which I have but have not yet managed to put into a mix >> as they are either too fast or too bonkers or a combination of both. >> >> Naturally, my idea of bonkers and yours may vary, but I can only go by my >> own bonkers induced reality and upload the result. Looking back, theres >> only a couple I'd class as full on monsters, but the not so full-on are >> blooming fast… oddly enough i still ended up playing them at about -4, the >> thought of hearing them on 0 or + anything baffles me.. >> >> anyway enough warbling.. >> >> mix is here - http://www.acid-house.net/technomonsters.mp3 >> >> Basic Channel – Phylyps Trak - Basic Channel >> Aphex Twin – Aboriginal Mix - White >> DJ ESP - Fresh Air - Generator >> Sterac - promo >> Dark Comedy – Clavia's North - Art of Dance >> Sympletic – Noname (Remix) - Ifach >> Planetary Assault Systems - Forms - Peacefrog >> The Memory Foundation - m-Plant >> Anthony Shakir - The Random Hustle - Dust Science >> Mystic Rythem – Track Relaxer - Peacefrog >> Woody Mcbride - Rattlesnake - Magnetic North >> Jamie Read – Vibe Nations - Ugly >> Blake Baxter - Vision of Truth - UR >> The Source - Untitled - R&S >> Basic Channel – Octaedre - Basic Channel plank promo 003 i think >> Monolake – Cyan - Chain Reaction >> Indio - Blue Fantasy - Transmat >> Jeff Mills - Untitled - Axis >> Like a Tim - Avanger - Djax-up-beats >> Nico - Withdrawl - ESP >> Perfect Sync - Down the Deep >> Paresys – Untitled - Re-Load >> Mike Henk – Untitled - Pulsar >> >> Done in one hit on 2xtechnics 1210s - approx 2 hours (just under) @320 kbps >> 280mb. >> >> FOr more infos, gigs and musics - like me - >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Placid/191249620933551 >> >> enjoy >
