Weird I never heard of "schranz" before, and so today I am going through the Sonic Groove list of new releases and see like 3 releases described with the word "schranz" appearing in there...
Either I wasn't paying attention in the past, or someone at Sonic Groove has lately started using this word. ~Dave -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:59 AM To: 'Fabrizio Nahum'; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing There are a few different thoughts on how Schranz [the word] originated (some say that it was used in WWII comic strips as a loud onomatopoeia) (others say that it was made up combining the German words Schrieen (to Cry or Yell out : To scream) and Tanzen (to Dance) - which would mean dancing and screaming at the same time...). Chris Liebing started using this word on his release in 97-98, and it has come to define a form of techno that sound like really fast organ grinder music (ala the Stigmata releases, or alot of umek records, you can also hear that sound on alot of schall-platten records). This created a movement in Germany, where there was a large following of "trendy" types of clubgoers - alot like the "Trance" following in America, which may be where the "bad word" connotation stems from (bad meaning "tasteless" not offensive). Cheers, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Fabrizio Nahum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:46 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Chris Liebing yes but apparently it has some negative connotations......as if it is a swear word or something along those lines fab ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian cheshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Jernej Marusic'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'m a t t [d]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > shranz is the german way of describing hard techno. I think :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 July 2003 01:33 > To: 'Jernej Marusic'; 'm a t t [d]'; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > > What is "schranz"??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jernej Marusic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:18 PM > To: 'm a t t [d]'; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > I've heard him 2 months ago. Really boring hard techno (schranz), and > his > mixing was also boring. He seams to like playing with gadgets, so he had > Alesis AirFX, Korg KaosPad2, some music to midi sync thing and laptop > with > final scratch. Most of the mixes was like one track playing with fx, > second > track playing with fx... but all the rave kiddies seam to like him > around > here. > > > Jernej > www.soundoflj.com/octex > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: m a t t [d] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 16. julij 2003 15:07 > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: (313) Chris Liebing > > > > > > > Anyone seen Chris Liebing spin? He's here on Friday @ > > Space34 and I was > > > going to go check him out I was wondering if anyone had > > heard him before. > > > > I saw him at the End for an 'open for torture' night. I'd > > heard some good > > sets of his before so I was hopeful. However when I saw him > > it was the most > > soul destroyingly bland hard as nails techno with very little > > imagination. > > Technically able, but there was no real funk to it. I like a > > bit of hard > > techno but he completely turned me off. > > > > There again, people have told me since that that's what you > > get at an 'open > > for torture' night anyway so maybe he's better at a place with a less > > proscribed music policy. > > > > Matt > > > > --- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 14/07/03 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 14/07/03 >