Style Guide: Techno - Part 1: History and Sound Design
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2016
- James Wiltshire (Freemasons, F9 Audio, Beyoncé) returns with our next Style Guide: Techno. In part one, he looks at the history of techno, and some simple sound design techniques. Learn to make Techno on our online Diploma courses :: bit.ly/29BCo0Q
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love that saying,
"house is a feeling,
techno is a landscape"
YES! I loved this statement.
m ej awesome statement but I will argue if you ask Juan, Derek, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills, Stacy pullen, Richie....they will all tell you it's as much a feeling as any House music out there.
and Psytrance is a multiverse.
@@ThompterSHunson how would you classify tangerine dream?
@@ultrajayme I don't think Wiltshire was saying that Techno doesn't have feeling in it, or can't be akin to one. I'd agree it can be super emotional in the context. I think he was using the two terms as an analogy of the design ethic, rather than an explicit statement about how those genres are received.
Gold bless the algorithm gods for making stumble upon this
Couldn’t agree more
I swear ❤
i wish this was a ten part series...ye should do a documentary with this dude as presenter and researcher,about the birth and early stages of electronic music and the early genres that gave way to the electronic music scene we have today.and go into some of the production techniques of these early genres would probably be the best documentary of its type!!!
Have you seen Channel 4's Pump Up The Volume documentary?
@@emulus7871 came here to say go watch this. Bbc pump up the volume
@@wizards001 I don't understand. Pump Up The Volume was a Channel 4 documentary
@@emulus7871 I'm in America, found it thru the BBC, channel 4 isn't bbc?
@@wizards001 ahh right. No, Channel 4 is a separate channel in the UK. Started back when we only had three other channels: BBC1, BBC2, and ITV
Gotta say as a HipHop teenager and AcidHouse n beyond devotee of late 80s to present day I LOVE your videos.. (Energy Flash in a 20k attendance 91 rave was POWERFUL AF!!!!). Keep up the good work!! ✊
This guy is a true producer on all levels and I do not say that lightly!
I love watching James' videos so much. He's the best of both worlds. He respects the sounds and hardware of the past but never comes off as elitist about the tools of today like so many purists do. I love his drive to just create something unique for your tracks and make it your own, regardless of where those sounds come from. Inspiring stuff.
James could narrate an audiobook. he's got the passion and knowledge for it!
perfect video, it arrived exactly at the time that I am studying the creation of techno music, the world must know the power of techno music
Glad to hear it! Check out our courses over at the Point Blank website. Maybe we can help you further in your studies.
This guy's really good at presenting! It should be on tele not buried on the internet
This guy is a true Hero.
*nerd, historian
Rob van Hees yeah, definitely my hero!
Thank You Mr. James Wiltshire, another excellent educational piece.
I've delved in various styles of music and I'm now in the process of making my first techno trax - this is by far the best vid on the subject that I've seen so far!
Perfect explanation of the fundamentals of techno. Thanks for passing on your knowledge.
Content like these help me break the writer's block.
i give it 5 stars *****
Great teacher. Thank you!
Genius!!! I'm ready for Part 2! Please release soon!!!!
Brilliant! Can't wait for pt 2.
What and utterly amazing explanation and insight to the origins of techno. Thank you!
James is a legend. Very grateful.
Oh wtf, everything he touched in the end was just perfect! Really inspiring! Great history lesson as well
Absolutely loved this video/lesson. Refreshing approach to music/sound design
Super Juicy stuff, James just keeps getting better and better and more inspirational as a teacher.. Much appreciated..
This man is so knowledgable!
Joey Beltram - energy flash has to be one of my favourite tracks & I was born in 1997 haha!, good old R&S records
Good choice. Great, actually. Do you like Circus Bells by Robert Armani? For me, it represents everything amazing about early techno. Best wishes mate!
@@ytsm I have always loved the Hardfloor remix of this track, it is awesome.
xtc...! xtc...!
This track was my initiation into techno, i listended only rock music before. And than - BAM - and electronic music never let me down again.
Subbed. Great description of the origins of Techno. REALLY looking forward to pt 2.
greatest video on music production I've ever seen
Just yesterday after I watched his House videos I was wishing James had also done a video series about techno. Now here it is. I think you guys read my mind.
so knowledgable i love this guy
Not sure if anyone else has brought this up - but for my dissertation - Musique Concrete predates the eighties by thirty or forty years...
Great vid - thanks for the info.
Great video, loved Techno since the early days, now trying to create myself, thanks
James W makes amazing music and videos! Thanks for featuring him again!
One of the best! Thank you so much!
Finally someone knows what they're talking about!
As awesome as every tutorial by James is
raddest thing from Point Black so far; they really take care to nail the history of these genres and the shots are nice, information is on point; the host is great
how about DnB next? ;)
so freeking great , the fact we can learn anything at the click of a button is just mind blowing , we can learn anything
These are great
Love these videos!
This guy knows his stuff and communicates it well.
Can't wait to hear what he is going to be crafting out of this!
This is so inspiring, though i'm not even really into electronic music. Style guide series is awesome, wish it had more parts. Thanks!
this is wonderful
Woah. Fascinating.
Wonderful explanations
The idea of just playing around making sounds and recording them is so simple yet completely mind-blowing to me. I've always felt stuck working in the Arrangement view, clicking notes and dragging automations, and quite frankly it's tedious and boring. Only recently did I learn that many producers from the 90s used the computer as an arranger for prerecorded materials. Some things that seem natural and intuitive in an analog environment, have to be taught to a digital generation
Fantastic and so nostalgic! Thanx!
Sound surfing! I love it gonna tell people when I am doing sound design from now imp going surfing from now on.
Love this!
In a word,
Awesome!
Thanks,
Beautiful approach! Just beautiful!!! Abstract thinking, analysis, decomposition of the concepts and ideas beneath (with respect to the history/genesis, without which it's pointless to analyze), and recomposition of those in a practical way. God I wish there were more people approaching things they explain from this angle, whatever the topic... can't express my gratitude enough.
A couple of questions though, if you ever get to see this.
1. Why Ableton? It's so popular even Jarre uses it, but I still don't get what's the magic in it... compared to standard horizontal sequencers such as Cubase or an all the more popular Reaper... for example what is it about Ableton you're willing to sacrifice mouse-wheel zoom for?
2. Why that chair? Does it keep you focused?
Nice one! Some interesting history and some useful insights. Also, sweet stool!
Excellent video - I am looking forward to the next part! :-D Best, Shan
Terrific! More more more ...
THIS IS AMAZING.
please hurry and post part 2!
love this videos!
awesome vid thank you
brilliant, thanks a lot !
yeeeeesss please keep these style guides coming. incredible series so far!
So nice to hear an experience musician who is actually well read! So many musicians get to speak like they know shit because they've made a few hits, then people repeat that shit and live by it.
Gold!
If you want to dig deeper, I suggest »Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk« by Dan Sicko - Great book, with lots of insights and its culture influences. Best book on Techno I've read.
Really helpful thanks a lot
Very good and informative, thank you!
Head here to watch Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/0Q6yR4s4syA/v-deo.html
CAN YOU DO THIS ON INDUSTRIAL?
Excellent
Great video! Ty alot!
Interesting video. Appreciating that he's using budget friendly stuff for sound sources.
Love this video!
Great video guys!
Great video, can't wait for part 2 :D
You don't need to now... ua-cam.com/video/0Q6yR4s4syA/v-deo.html
James you a bad man !!!
Good job guys, very interesting story
I’ve Been a Techno addict since 95 .. spent 25 years dancing endlessly in the dark..
I have right now on my lap the Roland Tr8s
James is the fuggin man! so sick
THIS GUYS GETS IT
thanks!!!
Awesome.
Love rodhad!
omg yussss I love the history of electrionic music give me mOARRRR
This video helped me to test my behringer 2600, really great to have everything in one machine, delay and reverb and then the whole box to do these same processes in ableton live. You can't go wrong with a 2600. 😊👍
This is SO GOOD, I've just been watching James Wiltshire teach electronic music history and production for several hours now. Incredibly good teacher!!!
awesome
Shared, Liked, Subscribed, Bell rung, hmm... What else can I do? ;D I love how Techno is part of modern history and can be studied in detail!
thanks so much man :)
7:58 I had never heard this track before; it's awesome!
Energy flash is a classic.
Awesome video ...I never knew that Derrick May played a huge role in the evolution and breakout of Techno.
Jeff Mills; Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Luke Slater; Juan Atkins were pioneers for techno scene
The third Mitchell brother was incredibly good at teaching me technos
Wow would had never have expected that Radio Rodhad reference but hes damn right. Has that 90s 'energy flash' intensity
your track is great
Awesome
Great video! Although I lold when he talked about “unique studio sounds” and then brought out a Jupiter 🤣
Keep coming back to the this video. James inject a bit of AKAI S series workflow in here. As Atari ST/ Sampler combo was the workstation for electronic producers of the 90ies I can see why he does what he does. Solid workflow, very good idea to focus on source material first (sample sources)
very interesting and well informed doc....didn't know energy flash started life on transmit I thought it was an R and S track....thanks..
Legend
Thank you. You know why.
Monotron Delay, my first and most loved Delay ever :-)
Agreed, I use it in soooo much. I've gotten so used to the sound of my drum machine piped through it that when I'm not using it I keep wondering what's the hell is missing.
Can't wait for part 2, is it going to be uploaded here on youtube too?
It is!
the intro is really cool ;]