Dimitri Kneppers - The Kick Off

Going off of Joey's recent post, I decided to do some more research on Carl Craig and ended up looking further into his Planet-E Communications label. I listened through many of their current artists, but Dimitri Kneppers caught my interest the most. Compared to their other artists, Kneppers' classification of techno as a genre appears more open in terms of risks he's willing to take with both his composition and instrumentation choices. In this track, not all sounds can be classified as electronically produced by the ear. His use of piano sound, for example, had me thinking about originality in techno music. Because our class strives to not misrepresent the sound of techno, I've been worried that I may not freely explore compositional choices and avoid taking risks. This song explores how this can be possible in techno and still showcase the genre appropriately.