> -----Original Message----- > From: Blackman, Ryan (UKEKT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 December 2003 15:07 > To: Brendan Nelson; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed > > > "Trolley Route - A Occhi Chiusi (Pure Plastic)" > > > Agree with you there. Well produced, hard techno, basically, > that deviates from club fodder yawndom.
It definitely makes me think of that quote, "the hardness in techno comes from funk" - it's hard techno, but it doesn't achieve that hardness by being loopy, heavily distorted or pushing the BPM up massively. Hard techno as it should be! It also puts me in mind of what Aril Brikha has said about how Drexciya's "Black Sea" is one of his favourite techno tracks, as it demonstrates perfectly how something can be fairly hard techno yet still incorporate strings and other elements, rather than just get stripped down to the loopy club fodder. Brendan
