Live Techno

Growing up, techno was LITERALLY the last thing I wanted playing out of my headphones or speakers. As a kid, I associated techno with the word psycho. It all sounded just like loud kicks, crazy synths, effects, and noise that came together as one huge blob. As I grew older, I still didn't it like it that much until I was maybe 18. That's when I started hearing rhythms that I could dance to and picked out sounds that were super dope and really just embraced the sound of electronic dance music. I think the "live" aspect is really cool as well and I'm very eager to see how we approach it. I dug deep in to this article titled What Is [Live] and the article pretty much summarizes the ins and outs of techno and how it has grown and is still growing. I also thought it was cool that the article talked about a few music programs that are perfect for creating techno beats. It also zeros in on particular techno artists, gives some of their background and talks about what those specific artists are doing. Like one musician says in the article, I agree that it's very important to trace the history of techno from the 60s and up to hear it's very first ideas and sounds. In my opinion, with so many genres of music, a lot compare here and there, but I think techno is one of those genres that can stand almost completely alone. Article: http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/what-is-live-new-generation-live-techno/3/