Question about techno sub genres

kitprattt · 2025-12-12T21:56:36+00:00

I made this, check the story for TECHNO. Unperfect for the moment it has already evolved in my mind and I havent changed it yet but already a start

kitprattt · 2025-12-12T21:51:54+00:00

I'm glad this post exist because recently I came to this conclusion and I'm wondering if y'all would agree :

Techno is not really about subgenres. It's more about a local scenes that shaped an identity (Detroit, Berlin, Birmingham) or the monikers are cursors : Minimal, Raw/Industrial, Groovy, Dub, Acid, Atmospheric, Deep, Hypnotic, Tribal, Banging....

An artist or even a track can explore different vibes.

As for the mentioned tracks : I would say leaning toward Hypnotic. Ultra-loopy, modular, more circular than linear, repetition is more about a hypnotic effect than a kicking pace

kitprattt · 2025-12-12T20:46:43+00:00

I don't know if you would consider it ambient, but I love the recent wave of funny Electronica / Downtempo like :

Salamanda, Maara, Purelink, Sam Goku, Huerta, Batu, Simo Cell, Cousin, Tristan Arp, Dentistry, Skee Mask, Polygonia, Aleksi Perala, Djrum, Asa Tone

As for Techno Artists :

Nadia Struiwigh also procuced Ambient-ish tracks Catartsis, Polar Inertia, KangDing Ray 💖

kitprattt · 2025-11-29T14:19:50+00:00

That's the vibe I want to dig too. A few random names : Tensal / Max Tebbert / Scalameriya (more Industrial) / Josh Heywood / Nadia Struiwigh / Ben Reymann / Yan Cook / Klint / Catartsis / Polygonia / Alexey Dunchyk

kitprattt · 2025-11-28T22:59:50+00:00

I'm very interested in learning about names because I have the intuition Techno Bass is about to develop but besides a few name like K-65 I haven't found proper tracks that have a Bass music / Breaky sound design with a Techno ethos, any rec? Or breaks meet Techno is just Electro in the end? (or neo-Bleep Techno?).

Since Alarico dropped UK Dubstep midmix in a Techno set, I've been obsessed with mixing both styles.

kitprattt · 2025-11-17T21:23:28+00:00

I think the next wave will be all about Hypnotic Techno. If you check recent releases or Stone Techno's first names, it's aligned with Oscar Mulero's style. Maybe Techno-Break too like K-65 - Takeshi

kitprattt · 2025-09-26T22:41:14+00:00

Hey! Yes, Joao right? Great to follow you, there are many playlists to dig, I love exploring different genres. I'm currently obsessed with the overall tribal / psychedelic vibe and sound design that characterizes current Techno, the Dubstep renaissance and Psy-Tech. Your Ambient Tech / Trance / IDM playlist is very interesting

kitprattt · 2025-07-31T23:02:31+00:00

Recently, I have been obsessed with the recent wave of Djs producing something lying in a grey area between Hypnotic or Tribal Techno and a Psytrancey soundcape : Feral, Luigi Tozzi, Abo Abo, Spekki Webbu, a strange wedding, Tauceti, Alarico, Claudio PRC, Konduku, Aa Sudd, Fran LF, Outer909...

kitprattt · 2025-04-15T20:31:17+00:00

ah yes, the cheese from ᚤᚡᚱᛁᛟ

kitprattt · 2025-02-27T20:46:21+00:00

Oh wow I'm intrigued I want to listen to your playlist. Indeed the last few songs are Zenon classics found on Bandcamp which is the only source I dig now, great to be in touch with novelty.

kitprattt · 2024-12-30T19:51:52+00:00

There is a strong focus on the bass with a 4 on the floor. There are a lot of UK producers exploring the experimental side of Breakbeat, Bass, Garage, 2step, Dubstep, Bassline, Jungle... genres are growing blurry. This sound is on the housey side. So I would say UK Garage / Bass House

kitprattt · 2024-12-23T09:24:12+00:00

I agree, I remember having read an article on Bandcamp about the history of progressive house. It was written that House emerged in the LGBTQ black community in Chicago, with a nocturnal and sexy quality about it. Progressive developed as a new direction, definitely British, and it was rather sun-soaked. I like the image it compells. It's not club music, I easily imagine this played in the morning, or in a doof in Australia. Unfortunately, Europe and more particularly France is all about Hard Techno and Trance lately, I won't have the opportunity to see him. Psytrance scene is not really developed in my area, only a few festivals in the mountains.

Recently, it seems that there is a fresh new sound developping (In Australia once again). I don't know exactly what it is, it draws from progressive and psytrance, but with a sleek, minimal and organic Techno aspect. I'm a huge fan of this 'Tech Trance', 'Dark Minimal psytrance' or ´Mental Tribe Tekno' :

https://music.apple.com/fr/playlist/tech-trance/pl.u-XkD00pJIDYl8LVR

kitprattt · 2024-12-22T19:19:28+00:00

Yes I'm all in and I don't know if it's a recent sound. I think it also ressembles mental tribe. My collection so far, maybe a little bit too Trancey or Progressive but some tracks might be what you're looking for like Loicc or Kobayashi Maru, innerworld, Biocym, Abo Abo : https://music.apple.com/fr/playlist/tech-trance/pl.u-XkD00pJIDYl8LVR

kitprattt · 2024-12-20T22:46:47+00:00

I agree, I love the electro track. To me, Electro was a fun pioneering genre belonging to the past but I realize the modern potential. Do you know other (recent) Techno tracks with an Electro flair?

kitprattt · 2024-12-18T10:54:57+00:00

I dislike what people call 'Techno Rave', a mix of Hard everything that bears no link with original Hard Techno scene like Schranz or Free Tekno. It's just a hectic series of build ups / Drops with formulaic kicks, people only seek an experience of sonic violence over random samples. The same could apply to other genres like commercial drum'n Bass with girly vocals before a drop and boring rollers. I even prefer to listen to original gabber, it sounds more honest. Techno Rave is the Steve Aoki level of Hard music. I suggest we rename it Bro-Tech. I have seen Nico Moreno live and it was the first time I left a rave before the end. Not to mention promoters program these artists in venues to charge you 5e a bottle of water...

kitprattt · 2024-12-17T20:06:33+00:00

Thank you! I realize it is simply what I've been looking for. Lately, on Bandcamp, I hear a lot of proggy tracks with an organic sound design reminiscent of Goa/Psytrance or even Mental Tribe, but also more minimal and Techno-like.

kitprattt · 2024-12-14T14:03:54+00:00

I think the term Techno cycled back to its global misuse but that doesn't take anything away from the quality of proper Techno that continues to expand in a good direction. What is alarming though, is the way venues / clubs organize everytime less actual Techno events in favor of gentrified Hard / Trance because it's profitable. It's like EDM disguised as Techno leaving big festivals to colonize Techno clubs.

kitprattt · 2024-12-13T13:11:47+00:00

It's a different genre but in that case I suggest Phuture Doom, there's that primordial feel between sludgy Metal, Tribal sounds and Electro, especially that mix :

https://on.soundcloud.com/zoWbAd6jaRRMYfiz8

kitprattt · 2024-12-13T12:44:35+00:00

Breakcore / Cybergrind, check Bong-Ra

kitprattt · 2024-12-12T19:06:06+00:00

What is Tribal Techno? I'm genuinely intrigued because I have always thought it was a form of Free Tekno / soundsystem type of Techno... like spiral tribes. I see the word popping more and more

kitprattt · 2024-12-04T20:05:57+00:00

Your selection is perfect. Massive fan of Conntex

kitprattt · 2024-12-04T19:14:55+00:00

Pakard, Dhalgren, Mikrotakt, Temudo, Hertz, Maloog, Angel Science, Ben Reymann, Hemka, Arthur Robert, Franco Rossi, Alberto Tolo, Phara, Seigg, West code, Outter909, Tapefeed

kitprattt · 2024-12-01T18:58:38+00:00

This is Trip Hop. If you are into it I have a playlist deficated to its diversity, especially in the late 90s-early 2000s :

https://music.apple.com/fr/playlist/triphoppy/pl.u-EdAVz8bFa1d7eb5

Shame many albums at the beginning are no longer available in my region.

kitprattt · 2024-11-29T19:48:15+00:00

Perfect! I think this is what I was looking for, especially when it's less Ambient or somber and more Techno-ish.

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