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Post by V6 on Sept 21, 2016 17:11:51 GMT
I am also looking forward to a day off and listening to some of these suggestions. Please post any decent new electro you stumble across in this thread  A very old tool I have used since discovering the internet is music-map.com You simply enter the band name you like then it suggests similar alternatives. The closer the name, the more similar it is. Combine that with Soundcloud or Spotify and you are away. |
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Post by atlex on Sept 21, 2016 18:24:53 GMT
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 9:11:05 GMT
I am also looking forward to a day off and listening to some of these suggestions. Please post any decent new electro you stumble across in this thread A very old tool I have used since discovering the internet is music-map.com You simply enter the band name you like then it suggests similar alternatives. The closer the name, the more similar it is. Combine that with Soundcloud or Spotify and you are away. That sounds awesome, will definitely check that out. |
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 10:20:47 GMT
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 10:39:12 GMT
Wow! This is awesome. Thanks for sharing! That's my YouTube viewing sorted for the next few days  |
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 10:54:01 GMT
Just watched the blondie drum synth one, and what he says at the end is very true for me - I sit in my studio now with 1000's of plugins but it just feels overwhelming. Because these guys could only work with really basic tech, it made them more innovative and original as a result. I could spend years listening through all my plugins and effcts but I still wouldn't come up with anything as groundbreaking as what these guys were doing.
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 11:05:46 GMT
I once spent a whole week off work watching the RB Music videos. All of them are inspiring.
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 11:26:02 GMT
That's a great guide and brings some sort of structure to the random sprawling history of it all ps I just got unexpectedly trapped in Techno Dance - school disco nostalgia diversion |
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 11:55:16 GMT
That could do with being brought up to date, there's a whole bunch more now!
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 12:07:22 GMT
Just getting back in touch with my mid nineties Trance, or Progressive Trance. That fits in with when my car was built haha |
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Post by atlex on Sept 22, 2016 12:10:59 GMT
I spend all my time listening to booty house. it is the highest form of music there is.
"face down ! ass up ! that's the way we like to canoe!"
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 12:15:15 GMT
I was well into Miami Bass back in the mid nineties, for about a year. But my love of trance really took over that. Then Ibiza dominated. Then I did it all to death. Looking back now there are some classics amongst the dated stuff.
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 12:41:09 GMT
It's easy to look back on 90s Trance now and consider it to be a bit cheesey, but it really was groundbreaking - as groundbreaking as dubstep or hiphop was when they first emerged. I remember being so impressed by the huge expansiveness of the synth sounds and the liquid sounding melodies. It was (and still is) really beautiful
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Post by V6 on Sept 22, 2016 12:48:41 GMT
I can time travel and get back into loads of these genres. But on a day to day basis, listening to tunes in the car or while working, some are more timeless and so way less dated than others (even if they are in modern terms bloody ancient). For me I like stuff that isn't trying too hard: slower, chilled, subtle. Otherwise it can become tiring and dated very quickly (Liquid Funk is a prime example I went through - London Elektrcity, Nu:Tone, High Contrast etc - used to smash 'em out, now sound too try hard).
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Post by Meerkat on Sept 22, 2016 13:05:09 GMT
I know what you mean. There are definitely some styles that age quicker than others. For me though I find there are certian individual tracks in every sub-genre that manage to stand the test of time, even if the majority of the content in that genre now sounds dated. I think that is the true test of a music composer or producer - does their content still sound fresh and engaging decades later?
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le sigh