Is anyone doing anything but techno on thier Electribe?

[djfrogstar]

I'm starting to work on some Polish Waltzes and various Byzantine Choir pieces using my tribes, LOL....I mean these are grooveboxes, dudes, that means lots of bleeps, bloops, and tick tock bang! In other words techno of one form or another...although I can see the ESX being more flexible.

Just because it has bleeps and bloops doesn't make it techno. It depends on the drum rythm and BPM mostly.

I agree and disagree... Labels for each form of music just throws you into a corner. I mean there are dozens and dozens of hybrids... and at the end of the day or night... its for the most part electronic music.
for example in case you havnt seen this by now... many many years old.
here is a guide that has 5 or 6 examples of each stereotype of electronic music. If your old enough you probally got to experience them all in one form or another before they even had classification
http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/

[Aciphecs]

I'm starting to work on some Polish Waltzes and various Byzantine Choir pieces using my tribes, LOL....I mean these are grooveboxes, dudes, that means lots of bleeps, bloops, and tick tock bang! In other words techno of one form or another...although I can see the ESX being more flexible.

Just because it has bleeps and bloops doesn't make it techno. It depends on the drum rythm and BPM mostly.

I agree and disagree... Labels for each form of music just throws you into a corner. I mean there are dozens and dozens of hybrids... and at the end of the day or night... its for the most part electronic music.
for example in case you havnt seen this by now... many many years old.
here is a guide that has 5 or 6 examples of each stereotype of electronic music. If your old enough you probally got to experience them all in one form or another before they even had classification
http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/

I just hate when people throw every type of electronic music under the techno umbrella. I've heard it for years now and it seems to never die.

[djfrogstar]

well your definition of techno umbrella is missing my point.

[Aciphecs]

well your definition of techno umbrella is missing my point.

I didn't define techno umbrella, so you're missing my point.

Yatmandu wrote "that means lots of bleeps, bloops, and tick tock bang! In other words techno of one form or another"

The use of electronic sounds (bleeps, bloops, whetever) does not mean that the music is techno, sorry.

I'm from the Detroit area and I take pride in our techno roots. Not trying to be a prick, just fed up with every type of electronic music being called techno.

PS. I don't even make techno music on my box, mostly electro, breakbeats and hip\trip-hop.

[djfrogstar]

from wiki
To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central preoccupation; essentially an expression of technological spirituality.

[Aciphecs]

from wiki
To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central preoccupation; essentially an expression of technological spirituality.

Yep and from the same wiki page:

Music journalists and fans of techno are generally selective in their use of the term; so a clear distinction can be made between sometimes related but often qualitatively different styles, such as tech house and trance. "Techno" is also commonly confused with generalized descriptors, such as electronic music and dance music.

This is my point.

[Trancient]

I found the same "problem" with the techno definition. Actually, techno is just one of the many genres of electronic music, with its own specific features and sound, as this wikipedia thingie shows, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_el ... sic_genres but it's true that here the term is used in order to point to a generic electronic music with the typical 4/4 beat and dance-floor oriented intentions. I do that mistake, too, when talking about this or that pub or something and the live music it makes, but it's just an 'idiomatic definition', just to have a quick idea as regards the kind of live set and evening it is going to be.

Btw I make a strange cross between Minimal (but I'd rather say Maximal), Deep Techno, a slow form of PsyTrance, all quite IDM influenced. I don't even know how to define it in one word. Sometimes ambient music, too (ElectricBirds-inspired). In other words: "enormous", delayed sounds with a beat whose range of bpm is from about 105 and 125 usually. Sometimes trip-hop and glitch-hop, too (but I crave for a granular synthesis synthesizer). I'm influenced by Moderat, Extrawelt, german "techno", Amon Tobin, Electric Birds, Byetone, Dalek, Massive Attack, Vladislav Delay, middle-eastern and indian traditional music (from which I take many samples out).

[djfrogstar]

I use electronic music most of the time... its either electronic or it isnt.
And at the end of the day it doesnt matter what it is called. Everyone is going to call it whatever they want to call it. Its all a matter of opinion Full stop

[Aciphecs]

I've been working with a friend on some tracks where it's just me on the SX and him on his acoustic guitar. Waiting for my Tascam recorder to ship so I can get some tunes on here. Definitely a mix of electronic and non-electronic sounds together. Happens all the time and can lead to some great music.

[mortimer]

I use an er1 and an es1 mk ii for drums, while my partner and I play guitar and bass over top, sort of post rock-type stuff. My boss rc-50 starts and stops the electribes, and controls tempo for them and for effects on the stringed instruments via midi. Not really techno, and not really 'electronic' music by most standards. Link via the 'www' below this.

[sadist%vince]

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[Flincher]

Dunno what you'd call it really!

I've been calling it dirty electro... but it's a bit of a mix of punk/indie/electro and anything else to throw in....

anyway, check it out,

www.myspace.com/bearcageuk

all done on ESX

That is awesome stuff!

I don't have any EMX stuff online but it's in a similar vein to the stuff at reverbnation.com/flincher

mainly hip-hop sort of beats with pianos (now distorted pianos) and sort of noisy bass. not at all techno, and also not at all uplifting.

[johnagiambalvo]

[quote="Aciphecs"]I've been working with a friend on some tracks where it's just me on the SX and him on his acoustic guitar. Waiting for my Tascam recorder to ship so I can get some tunes on here. Definitely a mix of electronic and non-electronic sounds together. Happens all the time and can lead to some great music.[/quote]

So I have been listening to all of these cuts and to me all are boring. I am so glad you mentioned that you are going to put some real guitar to work here. I plan to do the same thing. I play guitar and keys for over thirty years. I hope to post shortly. I just got my EXM and ESM? is that right? Well lets show these knob twisters what interesting is!!! Later Johnny G There is only one bad type of music and that is BORING MUSIC!!!!

[Aciphecs]

Welcome Johnny!

I think you meant the ESX and EMX Enjoy man, I love my tribe! Yea i was looking forward to recording with my friend with his acoustic, but it never happened...hard to find dedicated people who actually want to jam when we get the time.

Looking forward to hearing some of your stuff!

[sadist%vince]

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