I am a big electronic music fan but I remember a couple of years ago saying I could never listen to proper bangin' techno again in my life. That was a glitch in my taste best forgotten about.
Kraftwerk, Cabs, New Order etc. were still OK.
Bomb The Bass, MARRS & S'Express OK too.
Aphex, Seefeel, Boards of Canada, Mouse on Mars and other IDM artists were OK too. It was the
'faceless Techno bollocks' I thought I could never listen to again like 'ardcore, gabba, jungle, bleep, trance, big beat or anything that was purely designed for you to go mental at a rave, warehouse party or er.. a club whilst under the influence of drugs. Surely that was all nonsense and I was more mature now. Last year however I watched the box set of the British sit com
Spaced which was written by and starring
Simon Pegg &
Jessica Hynes. There was a lot of techno music in the series as well as a character who was a raving bike courier. In one episode they go to a club and dance to some moronic (in the best sense) tune. The fun and excitement was captured so well it made me remember Raves fondly for the first time since well I was goin' to 'em. FUN remember that! It started slowly but I got out a
Pole record and thought this is just repressed faceless techno bollocks- Paraplegic techno. The real thing was comin' soon. There was a bit of
Basic Channel/Chain Reaction. Then chillout ie.
The Orb, Ultramarine, Global Communication, Woob etc.
LFO, Orbital, Biosphere, Polygon Window followed. I couldn't believe I was listening to this stuff and loving it. Then it was
Joey Beltram, Marc Acardipane etc. Next I trawled the net for Belgian hardcore comps Then I was trackin' down Jungle mixes on podcasts from
Woebot, Goldie....... there is a whole bunch of stuff I've never even heard which is waiting for my eardrums and feet in the future. What a strange turn of events.
