33: Tecknowlogy Vol. 10

Right on time for the weekend! And in spirit of our flooded event last Friday I present you with a dark Techno episode. I Had a great time playing for Techno lovers, and hope to see more of you guys on Sept 30th for Linear 1.1 =) This mix starts out with some great kicks and basslines, then builds and builds until the flood gates open up and releases the higher spectrum of sounds. I have a few favorites in this mix... First off I discovered a new favorite artist Steve Parker. I have a couple of his tracks on the mix and they're just plain nasty especially track 8 "Diode". The next one I will comment on is track 3 "Pendulum" it's by an artist by the name of Galan, who is new to me. This track is pretty minimal but has great driving kicks, glitches and sounds. Will definitely be looking out for his work in the future.

You gotta love the way Techno gets into your head. I say this all the time but the moment you learn to appreciate Techno your EDM journey is complete. What I mean by that is you are able to be open and receptive to all EDM music. There is always that point with music where you just get it. For example, when pop music listeners hear house music they usually think "OMG, what is that? Is that even music? It all sounds the same..." But thanks to artists like David Guetta, Deadmau5, shows like Jersey Shore, etc... American pop culture finally accepted "House Music" as a form of music. This is good and bad... good because more people are listening and being exposed to EDM, bad because where there is money to be made the quality of the music/art gets compromised IMO. So where am I going with all this? Listen to Techno!!! lol...

Track List:

1. Interpersonal Relationship (Original Mix) - Jesper Dahlback
2. Depth Charge (Original Mix) - Rich Jones
3. Pendulum (Original Mix) - Galan
4. Fenix The Rat (Original Mix) - Steve Parker
5. Gashouder (Original Mix) - Joseph Capriati
6. Human Waste (Original Mix) - Hans Bouffmyhre
7. Simple Maze (Original Mix) - Adam Beyer
8. Diode (Steve Parker Remix) - Cisco Arias
9. Noise B (Monoloc Remix) - Alex Bau
10. Delta (Original Mix) - Sasha Carassi, Tom Hades
11. Empty Faces (Erphun & Subfractal No Face Remix) - Alkan
12. The Gallery (Original Mix) - Joseph Capriati

I know some of you are like "Gaaahhh another Techno episode". But honestly I've been doing a lot of Beatport digging and I just can't seem to find that many tracks I like within Progressive or Electro. It's not that I don't enjoy doing them anymore, but I usually need at least 50 tracks in my playlist to work with in order to make a mix. Look for the next one to be Progressive.

Thanks for Listening,
Be Happy and Enjoy Yourselves.