I like my techno dark, hard, and foreboding. The more doom and ribcage shaking the better! It’s music that challenges you to keep up with it and that’s why it’s so exciting. A great techno record or a great techno DJ set makes you forget where you are, makes you forget the rent is due, or that your dance moves look a little foolish and plus you’re out in society so maybe you shouldn’t be literally dancing down the sidewalk (but dis bass doe).
Techno strips away all of that because it’s music for the body. Any and all bodies. It climbs into you like a spirit, and the only way to get it out is to dance. Unlike pop, which has verses and choruses and hooks and things to sing along to, techno doesn’t give you much. When I have a Beyoncé jam like “Drunk in Love” stuck in my head, I can sing it to help coax the ear worm out. With techno, there’s usually nothing to sing to, so the only way to squeeze the song out of you is to dance to it, to move to it.
A lot of people hate techno, and for the life of me I can’t understand why…But the beauty in techno is that you have to listen to it — really listen.
So let's begin with some DEEP and then wrap it up with the masters.
Techno strips away all of that because it’s music for the body. Any and all bodies. It climbs into you like a spirit, and the only way to get it out is to dance. Unlike pop, which has verses and choruses and hooks and things to sing along to, techno doesn’t give you much. When I have a Beyoncé jam like “Drunk in Love” stuck in my head, I can sing it to help coax the ear worm out. With techno, there’s usually nothing to sing to, so the only way to squeeze the song out of you is to dance to it, to move to it.
A lot of people hate techno, and for the life of me I can’t understand why…But the beauty in techno is that you have to listen to it — really listen.
So let's begin with some DEEP and then wrap it up with the masters.
Anyway. My favorite thing about techno is how different the dance floors are from other types of clubs. You go to a Top 40 club, gay or straight, and people are grinding on each other like they will never be able to jizz again. At a techno club, folks dance separately-together. The crowd moves together like a giant mass, separately but together.
The dance floor is a beautiful place. It’s hard to resist the constant pulse of a steady beat, even if you don’t know how to dance to it, and even if all you can do is tap your foot to it. A few weekends ago I was at club named BPM(Beats per Minute) in Hyderabad(India) and even while I was dancing I loved watching how people worked to the beat — how they danced, which tracks they danced to, and how hard they worked. One girl came with radium paint all over her hands and face, stood in the corner and basically went nuts. She was so awesome. There we were, all of us in our own little worlds but united under the shared promise of the beat.
Bass is a magical thing.
Awesome bro!
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