I've got some ridiculous videos from Ilovetechno and mayday etc with Bailey, Liebing, many more. I totally forgot they existed. Had them on at afters all the time in 2004 and beyond (the year the genre was killed... along with progressive).
Just shows how fast your culture will betray you. Auld Terance was right indeed.
It's all about that tribal percussive vibe, and that drive; open hi-hats and bongos, tribalism - always called it modern day tribalism - with the right repetition to lock you into that vibe for a hours.
I literally went to clubs and didn't hear any of that from 2004~. Polar opposites instead: plinky plonky minimal and big room electro house.
I honestly can't help but feel like something like that felt like it was by design, knowing and feeling that it's sort of... spiritually special, maybe an anti-dote to all these creeps at a certain forum we definitely ain't invited to. I feel that vibe, with the right mindset and dancefloor... they just couldn't resist; like a - drug - of all things.
BTW. anyone else always listen to the open highs in tunes (even not techno), rather than the kick? I love the way they build and their hidden rythmn. Changes the track entirely. Gonna post a trance track with incredible percussion.
Signum - First Strike (Signum Signal 2004 Remix)
If I'm capable after this joint, I might upload it; the vinyl quality is appalling.
And a prog track which examplifies what I'm talking about in lyrics and vibe
Monkz - Nu Bluez
Gonna start sampling old loops for techno (and progressive). Came close, but the vibe just escapes me. Would love to know what methods were popular... tech house loops you can literally just lay down a loop from a sample pack.
Need to get locked in.