44 year old "House Dad" here too. Was into "faster stuff" in the early/mid 90's (big Rising High Records fan back then). The bpms have slowed down for me over the years as well.
The only parties I get to spin at here in the US are the ones where I'm involved with bringing in the main act from Detroit, but it's all good ;) Joe On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Odeluga, Ken <ken.odel...@dowjones.com> wrote: > 45-year old techno dad here. > > Still throwing parties [nowadays, they’re not parties which are liable to > get busted.] > > Still listening to electronic music for dancing and myriad other forms of > music. > > Still making tracks. > > > > Ken > > > > From: kent williams [mailto:chaircrus...@gmail.com] > Sent: 24 April 2013 16:03 > To: Kerr Knoll > > > Cc: list 313 > Subject: Re: (313) KRU Noise Radio 2013-04-20 > > > > I'm going to be 56 in August. My first appreciation of electronic music > happened when I was 14 or 15 (Kraftwerk! Tangerine Dream!) -- unless you > count Switched On Bach, which was in heavy rotation at our house when I was > 11 or 12 ... During the disco period (which ran roughly from when I was 18 > until 21 or so) I gravitated to the more electronic stuff like Giorgio > Moroder. I got into techno & house music seriously about 20 years ago... > > > > The mixes I post are from Noise Radio KRUI (Iowa City) -- I don't get asked > to DJ in clubs very often. Since I'm mostly using Ableton Live, some > premeditation is involved, and my mixes are sorted from lowest tempo to > highest. If you can start out at a lower tempo, the higher tempos later > are felt as an increase in energy. > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Kerr Knoll <kerr.kn...@me.com> wrote: > > I'm 38. I'm another techno-dad. I understand there's a few on this list :) > > > > When I was younger I made couple of techno tracks on an Amiga computer and > when I listened to them recently I had the same kind of reaction. They were > about 160 BPM and I didn't really think about that at the time. It wasn't > like what I listened to, though I'd been into Hardcore, or UK breakbeat as > well as techno before then. I may have put that down to youth as well, but > I'm not sure. > > > > On Apr 24, 2013, at 02:43 PM, Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks new email > address <andrewdukecognit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm 44. I'll leave Kent to share his age if he so desires. > > > > In explanation: I've mellowed somewhat in terms of the speed of the tempos I > produce and mix as I age. > > > > Example: > > I was lucky enough to have a track released on Matrix back in 1995, but > quite soon thereafter lost my > > master and copy of the CD compilation. At the time the song was produced, > it was the tempo I was into. I only recently > > reacquired that CD and I knew, as I was about to first listen to the track > in 18 or so years, that it was going > > to be faster than what I produce/play these days. I figured it would be a > bit faster than > > what I'm playing these days. Well, it was VERY fast. I shudder to listen to > it now simply because it is so incredibly fast, > > it gallops along like some out of control train. Anyway, that's the way I'm > feeling now as I get older, > > I still listen to a huge variety of styles of music, much of it much faster > than the music I play on the show, of course, > > but personally I tend to make and mix music at much much slower tempos than > when I was 20 years younger. > > > > http://andrewdukeinthemix.com > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Kerr Knoll <kerr.kn...@me.com> wrote: > > Well said :) > > > > On Apr 24, 2013, at 02:24 PM, "Lechowicz, Thomas" <tale...@pointpark.edu> > wrote: > > On the note of age, I'm 21 and thoroughly enjoy the material you guys put > out. Regardless of age, a good mix is a good mix. Keep em coming :) > > ________________________________ > > From: Kerr Knoll [kerr.kn...@me.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:09 AM > To: andrewdukecognit...@gmail.com > Cc: list 313 > Subject: Re: (313) KRU Noise Radio 2013-04-20 > > Really? I'm not sure what age has to do with it though I suppose it's more > measured with less urgency but no less lively. It's grown-up music. I'm > neither young or old either. I'm not sure I can tell that much from music or > whether or not it really matters. There's maturity and taste, and that > counts. > > > > http://k-os.net/music/kerr-knoll > > http://soundcloud.com/kerr-knoll > > > > > > On 24 Apr 2013, at 02:31, andrewdukecognit...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Thanks for the kind words. I'm guessing the laid back-ness is likely > > because Kent and I are both so darn old! ;) > > http://andrewdukeinthemix.com > > http://cognitionaudioworks.com > > > > > On 2013-04-23, at 10:01 PM, Kerr Knoll <kerr.kn...@me.com> wrote: > > I note that both Kent and Andrew's mixes are about 2 hours each and filled > with quality tracks. Thoroughly enjoyed those too. They are filled with > laid-back & colourful techno vibes. > > > > There are a lot of mixes about but you guys are doing a great job with these > and well worth listening too. > > > On Apr 22, 2013, at 02:17 PM, "Kerr Knoll" <kerr.kn...@me.com> wrote: > > We are spoiled for quality mixes today :) > > > > Been listening to the Darkwave 11 and thoroughly enjoying it. Looking > forward to listening to Kent and Andrew's mixes next. > > > > On Apr 22, 2013, at 02:10 PM, Martin Dust <mar...@dustscience.com> wrote: > > Here you go :) > > >> >> re: The Black Dog; just saw a new >> DarkWave mix posted; Martin; can you share the link here please? > > http://www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/2013/04/the-black-dog-darkwave-11/ > > > > > >
