Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This week's music creation challenge:
Last week we focused on Tempo, being under 100BPM or over 200BPM. This week, we’re getting focused on genres. And one that is close to my heart, Techno. What constitutes “Techno” typically depends a lot on the time period you are thinking about. Be it from the early days, the pre-daw days, the Detroit days, the acid days, there are all kinds of sub-genres and closely matched styles. And nowadays what the folks on TikTok classify as ‘techno’ might not match with what we understand it to mean.
Originally, Techno was not even based around a specific sound, it was created as a nod to Technology, and music that had a Sound that was more linked with the ideas of Technology, futurism and wanting to distance itself from other electronic music types of the time such as House. And the Detroit techno pioneers took the new technology, made a sound their own, and the sound of techno developed, it also started to spread, creating new styles, Berlin Techno, Birmingham Sound Techno and so many more.
So your challenge is to create a jam which sounds like what Techno means to you. Make a track that answers the question, ‘When someone says ‘Techno’ what does that sound like or mean to you?’ Make a track that you could give to somebody who asks, ‘What does Techno sound like?’
For me, the track I generally respond with when asked this question, is ‘Badger Bite - SURGEON
All jams played have been made between Friday 21 - Monday 24th June 2024.
Perforate (youtube.com/watch?v=pB_8bzKvpbo)
HardwareSound (youtu.be/XpG-fvbbAVY)
Getsemani Music (youtu.be/Yt32fLurFTI)
JohnAlchemy (youtube.com/live/9X621wSwYKQ?si=FE7W94KxkLC9_q21&t=4254)
Ty Lumnus (youtu.be/3xjCFlUbQzk)
MariaTD3 (youtu.be/inxrnoB9TC0?si=KlX3Fxr1ZqQzO7AW)
oki (youtube.com/watch?v=2LzR5aO5_qQ)
sinfo_netik (youtu.be/svjKTuWEIzo?si=ttZXPDrMqU4gzpTb)
DM Allegro (youtu.be/uqnwyIXGP0g)
One day in December (youtu.be/913F1ibyM_Q?si=Uz3I-vEzDxDeX8uV)
err: Rawr (youtube.com/watch?v=1ujbnyY9uWM)
PFM Module (youtu.be/B5kDg88B1_k?si=uwLXeKpruJkuxltp)
Lectraw (youtu.be/FgVj-4OxyUw?si=a2rJVfEvhHtsXSUY)
Technonsia (youtube.com/watch?v=7dS9vg7TiUQ)
Lectraw (youtu.be/eP_s6uL_8a4?si=Kkho19rhDjoAJ26o)
Disciplined Commotion (youtu.be/jRpbbsQeahU)
@monosnack (youtu.be/FPaHqVLdEpo)
Wirebaby (youtu.be/ZTOCB-_szSo)
Heppening (youtu.be/10qsubsO5vE)
Abre Ojos (youtu.be/LvwzqgZGrSY)
Cornish Waves Music (youtu.be/YMgACk0vOBo)
Dysmusax (youtube.com/watch?v=-_hOtVd2ndk)
earthfriend (youtu.be/TaDR_JIDu7I)
Inspector Samples (youtu.be/hHntjqYyPmo)
helixrider (youtu.be/9fPZdb_oHfs?si=hm2Z6-i_YTKo6Ys9)
AtticP (youtu.be/RwwYvAJ7fUA)
Lonon Underground (youtu.be/KdoeZaagWyU)
The Anachron (youtu.be/2tVdwX284-E?feature=shared)
Stoneware (youtube.com/watch?v=QLbl_I3OwWw)
Paulio (youtu.be/TLgr_K2HFfE?si=8j022uFhUI1ZUWJr)
Marc Darc (youtu.be/hXsiyOKCqh0)
Jonathan R Cross (youtu.be/sJWot7JGjYs)
Kid Orji (youtu.be/7i1ysLkKeRs?si=mlC_D39I3X3O45kx)
Dr.Synth (youtu.be/uh_91RWpaco)
KGB (youtube.com/watch?v=eKQ1VuksWGs)
cresshead (youtu.be/n9Z4bOqeBeg)
awkesome (youtu.be/E0mtkpCwhJk)
KAIN KINETIC (youtu.be/X1dx3MqxMLU)
R-Brew (soundcloud.com/slimprince/hwj-strike-one)
This week's music creation challenge:
Last week we focused on Tempo, being under 100BPM or over 200BPM. This week, we’re getting focused on genres. And one that is close to my heart, Techno. What constitutes “Techno” typically depends a lot on the time period you are thinking about. Be it from the early days, the pre-daw days, the Detroit days, the acid days, there are all kinds of sub-genres and closely matched styles. And nowadays what the folks on TikTok classify as ‘techno’ might not match with what we understand it to mean.
Originally, Techno was not even based around a specific sound, it was created as a nod to Technology, and music that had a Sound that was more linked with the ideas of Technology, futurism and wanting to distance itself from other electronic music types of the time such as House. And the Detroit techno pioneers took the new technology, made a sound their own, and the sound of techno developed, it also started to spread, creating new styles, Berlin Techno, Birmingham Sound Techno and so many more.
So your challenge is to create a jam which sounds like what Techno means to you. Make a track that answers the question, ‘When someone says ‘Techno’ what does that sound like or mean to you?’ Make a track that you could give to somebody who asks, ‘What does Techno sound like?’
For me, the track I generally respond with when asked this question, is ‘Badger Bite - SURGEON
All jams played have been made between Friday 21 - Monday 24th June 2024.
Perforate (youtube.com/watch?v=pB_8bzKvpbo)
HardwareSound (youtu.be/XpG-fvbbAVY)
Getsemani Music (youtu.be/Yt32fLurFTI)
JohnAlchemy (youtube.com/live/9X621wSwYKQ?si=FE7W94KxkLC9_q21&t=4254)
Ty Lumnus (youtu.be/3xjCFlUbQzk)
MariaTD3 (youtu.be/inxrnoB9TC0?si=KlX3Fxr1ZqQzO7AW)
oki (youtube.com/watch?v=2LzR5aO5_qQ)
sinfo_netik (youtu.be/svjKTuWEIzo?si=ttZXPDrMqU4gzpTb)
DM Allegro (youtu.be/uqnwyIXGP0g)
One day in December (youtu.be/913F1ibyM_Q?si=Uz3I-vEzDxDeX8uV)
err: Rawr (youtube.com/watch?v=1ujbnyY9uWM)
PFM Module (youtu.be/B5kDg88B1_k?si=uwLXeKpruJkuxltp)
Lectraw (youtu.be/FgVj-4OxyUw?si=a2rJVfEvhHtsXSUY)
Technonsia (youtube.com/watch?v=7dS9vg7TiUQ)
Lectraw (youtu.be/eP_s6uL_8a4?si=Kkho19rhDjoAJ26o)
Disciplined Commotion (youtu.be/jRpbbsQeahU)
@monosnack (youtu.be/FPaHqVLdEpo)
Wirebaby (youtu.be/ZTOCB-_szSo)
Heppening (youtu.be/10qsubsO5vE)
Abre Ojos (youtu.be/LvwzqgZGrSY)
Cornish Waves Music (youtu.be/YMgACk0vOBo)
Dysmusax (youtube.com/watch?v=-_hOtVd2ndk)
earthfriend (youtu.be/TaDR_JIDu7I)
Inspector Samples (youtu.be/hHntjqYyPmo)
helixrider (youtu.be/9fPZdb_oHfs?si=hm2Z6-i_YTKo6Ys9)
AtticP (youtu.be/RwwYvAJ7fUA)
Lonon Underground (youtu.be/KdoeZaagWyU)
The Anachron (youtu.be/2tVdwX284-E?feature=shared)
Stoneware (youtube.com/watch?v=QLbl_I3OwWw)
Paulio (youtu.be/TLgr_K2HFfE?si=8j022uFhUI1ZUWJr)
Marc Darc (youtu.be/hXsiyOKCqh0)
Jonathan R Cross (youtu.be/sJWot7JGjYs)
Kid Orji (youtu.be/7i1ysLkKeRs?si=mlC_D39I3X3O45kx)
Dr.Synth (youtu.be/uh_91RWpaco)
KGB (youtube.com/watch?v=eKQ1VuksWGs)
cresshead (youtu.be/n9Z4bOqeBeg)
awkesome (youtu.be/E0mtkpCwhJk)
KAIN KINETIC (youtu.be/X1dx3MqxMLU)
R-Brew (soundcloud.com/slimprince/hwj-strike-one)
