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Top Ten Techno Songs of 2012 – January’s Roundup of The Best Techno Tracks

// January 31st, 2012 // No Comments » // music genre informative

Top Ten Techno Songs of 2012 – January’s Roundup of The Best Techno Tracks

It’s only been a month of 2012 and my ears have already been spoiled with some delicious techno dance floor destroying motha f*@!ing ch00n so I thought to share with yall! Enough of me yammering and let’s cut to the chase. Order does NOT mean ranking, what’s the point of ranking them when they are all perfect? (it’s like ranking a full room of beautiful women – something you just don’t do).

*WARNING CONTENT INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*
*Curtains Drop*

SEI A has been quiet…quietly being a genius and once again bending our perception of the beat-norm with these enigmatic beats. WHAT THE FLUX!

Bass king Christian Smith has produced a complete dance floor murder with nothing but a beat and some change. Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun…Get it Done!

They say that techno is for rebels and I say it maybe true…the new school techno is not trying to impress you, in fact it doesn’t give a f*** that’s why it’s good.

Honestly I couldn’t find a less distasteful album art version of this track, so there you go you know this song is about about bootyay.

Yea I realize at this point I stepping into dangerous territory, what’s dangerous? My middle name?

Wood peck me a woodpecker then peck me some wood pecking peckers.

Hot Release from the Dirty Dirty Dirty Bird Label, damn just sick.

Usually I’m not all about remixes of rock songs because it’s all usually done with poor taste, let me know what you think of this one?

That’s all for me right now. Drop me tube links in the comments if you find good tracks and i’ll add them. The last 2 spots are for yall.

-djsm0ke

Top Techno Songs: Best techno songs from 2010 to March 2011

// March 30th, 2011 // 6 Comments » // music genre informative

What are the “top, best techno songs” so far? I always wanted know what goes on in people’s heads when I give the non-conventional answer to “what kind of music you play?” I had trouble in the past replying with “I play techno music” and there are some good reasons for it. The techno I’m talking about is not the extremely over-used term that lumps all genres of electronic dance music together known to most people as “techno”. So I always feel guilty and because the techno I’m talking about would probably scare the average inquirers away.  What “techno music” am I talking about? I’m talking about “minimal techno”.

I say this every year, so I’ll just say it again now that techno is making a come back in 2011. It’s time for people to understand techno is not some boring 4 bar loop that just repeats over and over. Techno music is the abstract art of electronic dance music, it’s simple beats creates complex rhythms, using minimal amount of synths and other things to create music (or art) that is seriously over 9000 times more complicated. Enough of me babbling about how much I loooove techno, let me show you what I mean.

The song that gave me that feeling for a come back is ironically named “Back In the Race” by Umek and Beltek. Released toward the end of 2010, this track certainly had all the elements of being a completely dance floor destroyer, I kid you not, listen to this and all other tracks with good sound system/headphones please.

Next up: “Booka Shade – Regenerate (Pan-Pot Remix)” This song completely blew my mind, I mean come on it uses gunshots as lead-ins for the bass drops. Gunshot + Bass = you can’t be more dead if you don’t think it’s legitmately badass.

Moving right along to some underground techno, I discovered this acid remix of 303 by Spencer and Hill, mind blown again. 303 for those that care refers the Roland TB303 Bass Line and it has a well-known “acid” sound. mmm acid…sound

Definitely not the last best techno song so far, I gotta give to my man Cirez D a.k.a EPIC Prydz, Pryda – Eric Prydz. Your track “Tomorrow”  really makes me wondering why you haven’t won a nobel prize yet for being the sickest producer like ever. It’s time to join the dark side