Classic electronic music

[6744ef4511e1eicemann]

Funny you post these tonight, as I've been making music for the first time in aggggeeeeeeesssss. DnB stuff as per usual.

My game needed 4-5 tracks. So I've finally got around to sitting down and doing them. I'm divided on the first one I've been making. Starts off with a System Shock-ish style then evolves into something different. Much work ahead.

[6744ef4511f6eicemann]

Quite like Architex. Good tune.

The one I put together for my game. I think I went a little crazy with the drums 3/4 onward:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APCToDugH2k

[6744ef451214bJoin2]

4Hero - Parallel Universe

Dave Wallace - Flight

PFM - Love & Happiness

Arteq - Amazing

[6744ef45122edfox]

Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse

A classic sounding new track from a proper legend with a classic looking video.

[6744ef4512403icemann]

Man that's a trippy music video. Very Observer-ish.

Listened to all of the above. Quite liked all of them except for the Arteq one.

[6744ef451258eicemann]

Some further DnB'y music for you Join:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olnzyffEmE

Second gameplay video, for my upcoming release of CrossTrix, and my second game to be released on Steam (when it's finished which will be quite soon). Video features my new tune for the game developed today entitled "Final Roll".

[6744ef45126d8fox]

Demdike Stare - Passion / Trailer by Michael England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwYRGpFLO74

Demdike Stare - Passion

[6744ef4512886Kolya]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bri3tdoqoVk

Classic as in 1976. Manuel Göttsching is probably better known as Ashra Tempel.

[6744ef4512bfbfox]

Classic as in 1976. Manuel Göttsching is probably better known as Ashra Tempel.

Still nice to listen to and very impressive how modern it still sounds.

I currently enjoy listening to Aleksandir, a contemporary artist when I drive to work very early in the morning darkness. Nothing really special about it but I dig the cozy vibe that reminds me of my clubbing days around the turn of the millenium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnW6rQ_z9Ug

[6744ef4512d13icemann]

I really like that one.

[6744ef4512e60icemann]

Join2 if your still haunting the forums here, you need to listen to this one right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnCCuTpmSs

Heard it on the way out in the car tonight. Was quite tricky to track down. Really good DnB track.

[6744ef4512f58Join2]

Not DnB, but nice nonetheless. Thanks.

[6744ef451304dicemann]

What genre is that song if not DnB? Sounds very drum and base-y to me.

[6744ef4513154fox]

Sounds very house-y to me. I guess "tech house with a pinch of speed garage" would be the most fitting sub-genre label.

[6744ef45132b0icemann]

Fair enough. Been listening to the artist's albums on Spotify since discovering that song. Some nice tunes.

[6744ef4513415fox]

It is a really nice track indeed.

Brings to mind DJ Rolando

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0f96HQbCY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ra7jPONi4

[6744ef451353cicemann]

Liked about the first half of that, until the female voice starting taking center stage. Got annoying. I like these sorts of tunes, voice-less.

[6744ef451372efox]

Funny, because I was about to write something about the combination of human elements with electronic music that always intrigued me, especially in many house tracks (songs, whatever) - like the Omar-S track you posted. I do like voice-less tracks too but it's a different appeal and after a while I start to crave something with an audible human touch again (could be voice, could be organic sounds, could be some kind of imperfections).  That's what I  had in mind when I selected the Herbert-track. The DJ Rolando was because I feel like it shares a kinship in terms of the overall style with the Omar-S track (Detroit house, in that case).

What do you think about these?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD7euZRQOnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LGI5qAwKP8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjzMYc1F3xk

[6744ef45138cdicemann]

I should correct myself a bit, and say that I don't mind some speech in these sorts of tunes. Just not in a center stage style way. As in, I like it more subtle in the background type thing, since I like to use this music as background music whilst I'm doing something else (eg coding).

As for the tracks you linked:

Wasserman - W.I.R - Not bad. The voice stuff in that, is not as distracting as the other one.
Miss Kittin & Hacker - 1982 - Man that song lives up to it's name, with the subtle Space Invaders sound effects. I really like this one. Very 80s synth-y sounding + the music video. I'd not play that as background music, as it's very attention grabbing. I still quite like it though as a song.
Carl Lekebusch - Reverted - Good song. I'd have that in my playlist. This is the sort of stuff I like to have playing.

And yeah the one I linked did have some words in it. Majority of it did not though.

[6744ef4513a29fox]

I think you could be up for some minimal house/techno then.

Here's one of my favourite Boiler room sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZu4BCi644

Another one I happen to enjoy a lot, but it's more attention grabbing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq2z2u58ma0

[6744ef4513b59icemann]

Yeah that's my jam, so to speak.

I love any good background style stuff. The crowd behind the DJ in that first video is amusing. Trying to dance to something that's not really heavy in beat. I guess it's fine to sway back and forth to. I think I'll leave that running for the next few hours. Sounds good.

If you haven't already, check on all the stuff me and Join linked in the earlier pages, as there's some great stuff in there.

[6744ef4513c86fox]

I have and I will but DnB as a genre is a bit difficult for me. There are plenty of great tracks and I can thoroughly enjoy them in the right mood but overall, it was never my scene and it evokes a very different set of emotions and memories then other kinds of electronic music. Often it feels quite somber, melancholic or even both to me. I'll attribute that to an over-exposure of Metalheadz releases during some personal rough times and the local party scene that took over the Jungle and Dub/Ragga spots.

[6744ef4513dd8icemann]

Fair enough. I grew up with friends with musical tastes all across the board, and I used to listen to DnB + jungle (though I had no idea what genre it was at the time) etc on the radio growing up when I couldn't sleep at night as a kid around the age of 13. And then video games incorporated much of similar sounding music into the mix.

Then when I was older I really loved trance clubs, even though I'm not a drug user. I only say that as I used to get the response "so what drugs do you take?" when I said that I loved trance clubs, and I'd be like "Er bourbon and coke + cigurettes?". Lol. Anyway. Anything that has a good background beat I just love.

[6744ef4513ec4fox]

DJ Koze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaL2NH16Q50