Trying to find wicked tunes from 2010 - 2013

Tim Robbins

I am trying to find the big tunes from the trance / techno scene from the last few years. Why? Because I have kids and I never go out! I listen to ambient radio stations when I can and every now and again come across a gem such as this:

Ganz Leise By Klangstein

The problem is when I type into youtube best techno / trance tunes I get this awful cheesy cr*p that sounds really tiney and cheesy.

Back in my day something like this was a big tune...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdDggFDW7s

and if you knew your stuff you'd find tracks like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdFD3HuMqk

check out when the synths come in half way thru - class.

Surely there should be decent music this days? I am looking for something that is like above but has more layered drum patterns which is easier to achieve now with today equipment.

Where is it?

BaZmO*

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Surely there should be decent music this days?

It's all a matter of opinion of course.

Tim Robbins

BaZmO* wrote: »

It's all a matter of opinion of course.

Ok well give me a good source for top tracks. Mixmag? DJs pick lists? There's got to be something. Say someone had never heard of Nathan Fake how would they go about finding out about him?

BaZmO*

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nathan+Fake

Tim Robbins

BaZmO* wrote: »

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nathan+Fake

I know who is NAthan Fake. Question was - just say I didn't. And I wanted to find out some bangin' tunes what do I do?

There used to be a Mixmag series, than a JDJ series, than a back to mine series. What is it now?

BaZmO*

Tim Robbins wrote: »

There used to be a Mixmag series, than a JDJ series, than a back to mine series. What is it now?

This

MikeHoncho

Resident Advisor lists from the last few years. You won't find any trance but there should be plenty of Techno. Its got lists for Dj's, Albums and lables for each year as well as tracks.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/features.aspx?series=poll

Good place to start anyway.

Tim Robbins

BaZmO* wrote: »

This

Smart ass.

I can bang out classics to beat the gods - I just wanted to know some banging tunes from the last few years. As I said in my OP when I search youtube I come across utter sh*t. Maybe the younger generation have lost taste

BaZmO*

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Smart ass.

Tim Robbins wrote: »

I can bang out classics to beat the gods - I just wanted to know some banging tunes from the last few years. As I said in my OP when I search youtube I come across utter sh*t. Maybe the younger generation have lost taste

Youtube is sh1t for searching anyway. Check out the Oldskool Thread, although all those dinosaurs are stuck in the 90's so you probably won't get too much new recommendations. Although, I wouldn't imagine there are too many people producing that style of music any more, but I'm sure if you wait long enough it'll come back into fashion.

Tim Robbins

Ry & Frank Wiedemann - Howling (Ame Remix) [Innervisions]

Good track. Nice baseline and echo-y sounds.

kunst nugget

Using the linked videos on the right of the youtube video I went from your original Teste video to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AgfJaN9IcY

and on to

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

then this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NXxWvnChs

and this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0n-5ZGZweQ

and then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryymHd6WjP4

And you can check out sites like hardwax as a starting point.

What would have been called trance back in the early and mid 90s is nowhere near what it is now. Best sticking to techno and house to find stuff along a similar vibe.

old gregg

Yea the youtube suggestions on right can be a great source of new music.
I like listening to live sets from DJ's on Soundcloud and marking down the tracks I like and referring back to setlists and checking out the producers of those tracks.

I'm also lucky to have a bunch of mates on here who keep me educated, which is nice.

Tim Robbins

old gregg wrote: »

Yea the youtube suggestions on right can be a great source of new music.
I like listening to live sets from DJ's on Soundcloud and marking down the tracks I like and referring back to setlists and checking out the producers of those tracks.

I'm also lucky to have a bunch of mates on here who keep me educated, which is nice.

My mates are all controlled by their wives.

I listen to mixcloud a lot. All the Ritchie Hawtin sets are class. The thing is - the songs on their own aren't that good but his DJ skills are just smashing.

old gregg

haha wait till you get to my age and everyone your age only wants to listen to the Eagles, Meatloaf and Bruce Sprinklestein and you just want techno and lots of it.

Tim Robbins

Good James LAvelle Remix here

Tim Robbins

Here is an example of what you get when you type in best trance songs into youtube. This track here has a nice melodic feel to it but awful drum patterns.

Awful drums. It's like the just hit start and stop on a casio keyboard from 1992.

kunst nugget

Ah, stay away from all that fluffy trance nonsense. If you want something melodic and hypnotic you could check out the likes of Sandwell District and Omar S:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-JY-1bd4z0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IgEzWD6XuE

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8SYfPMknpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd7F12u0sbU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfpnKxgX-VQ

Tim Robbins

Thanks kunst nugget.

But I am thinking these tracks were from 1994.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnVcZN9FJjg

Check out the break down around 2:30.

My hope was to find the similar type of music mad in 2012. With better drum patterns and a more layered sound.

If you listen to the drums in this songs they are so simple - you'd never hear something so simple from a decent producer but the spacey trancey sounds should still be around.

old gregg

The big danger with trance is that you're always inches away from putting a Psy at the start and ending up with a dog on a string.

Tim Robbins

John Lambert aka chequerboard did some brilliant stuff.

I like music that is inspirational, hypnotic and melodic but has to be well produced. Just bloody hard to find out where that is these days. I used to know the underground scence inside out and outside in.

BetterCallSaul

This was released last year and reminds me a bit of 90's trance. Top choon.

was.deevey

Check out Adam Beyers Charts, Tracks by Secret Cinema, Nick Warren (remixes) Slam, Quivver ... These ones might be up your alley ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6YdLy4Tes

These days is Kids seem to have Zero Attention Span for big breaks unless its a special occasion when we used to live for those moments

Tim Robbins

Check out how amazing this track is...

illuminatus 2 - love technique

It is class - just sounds but the drums sound a bit tin-y by today's standards. Why doesn't someone make this music with just better drums and wrap the baselines and other samples a little bit

BaZmO*

Tim Robbins wrote: »

Check out how amazing this track is...

illuminatus 2 - love technique

It is class - just sounds but the drums sound a bit tin-y by today's standards. Why doesn't someone make this music with just better drums and wrap the baselines and other samples a little bit

Jaysus, you really do have the horn for drum sounds.

Tim Robbins

BaZmO* wrote: »

Jaysus, you really do have the horn for drum sound

Well that's the difference between a stock aiken and waterman and decent electronic music.

You can get a drum beat really easy with electronic equipment but it is difficult to say start changing the sound of your snare drum subtly as your song progresses.

Usually some crappy euro trance cheesy will only have the 10 drum samples for the entire song but a really good track would have 10 and then they would be varied lots of different ways throughout the song such that you can end up with over 100 unique drum samples.

That's why Richie Hawtin is what he is.

BaZmO*

Tim Robbins wrote: »

That's why Richie Hawtin is what he is.

What, a bit of a twat?

cranky bollix

old gregg wrote: »

The big danger with trance is that you're always inches away from putting a Psy at the start and ending up with a dog on a string.

absolute classic!! can this be the new title for the random chat thread please

Tim Robbins

BaZmO* wrote: »

What, a bit of a twat?

i dont understand. please explain

Scubadevils

Tim Robbins wrote: »

i dont understand. please explain

He has a pretty bad reputation in more recent years, kinda full of his own self importance etc. Amazing producer though and nothing will ever change that! Not even words from Baz :pac:

Scubadevils

Here are a few more well worth checking out from recent years...

This first from the amazing album from last year by Robert Hood, the whole album is a gem. This example being a nice melodic & dark bit of techno.

Robert Hood - Drive (The Age Of Automation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fb2fcDVPWE

Shed - My R Class [imagine a dark dance floor with this pounding out from the speakers...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1j4yCNl50c

Petar Dundov - Ideas From The Pond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv6UXnRuad0

John Roberts - Ever Or Not [this has reminded me I must listen to this again soon, stunning album]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrtqvA8HSSo

Anodyne - Close Your Eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLh3s3U7znE

Conforce - Shadows Of The Invisible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHSft5dB2PM

Roman Fluegel - The Improviser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rIRwtR4y4

Claro intelecto - It's Getting Late

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkDfFB2ZAFQ

Tim Robbins

Scubadevils wrote: »

He has a pretty bad reputation in more recent years, kinda full of his own self importance etc. Amazing producer though and nothing will ever change that! Not even words from Baz :pac:

Showss how much out of the scene I am. I remember johnny moy had a bit of that reputation back in the day.

Tim Robbins

Anyone got stuff like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW1R6Z4oOGU

Vocals aren't great but synths are just class.

Tim Robbins

Right spent hourse searching thru what Sasha has been playing in 2012.

This is a great track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj0zNaO2Nwk