Techno

[Guest HBK16]

I need some cool techno songs. I am new to this type of music and want to hear more of it. I listened to the Hacker soundtrack and it is really cool. Any good song like those out there? Thanks.

[Guest razazteca]

"Sandstorm" by Darude

"Children of the Sandstorm" Darude vs Robert Miles

"Zombie Nation" Kernkraft 400

"Dominic Story" BT from Fast and the Furious Soundtrack

"Planet Rock" Swordfish Soundtrack by Paul Oakenfold

"Better off Alone" Alice DJ

"Insommia" Faithless

"Speed Racer Hardcore Mix" Alpha Team

 

if you have cable internet then get the whole albums by Paul Oakenfold, Gatecrasher National Anthems, or trance albums

[Guest HBK16]

Dude you are the best. Thanks a lot

[Guest El Satanico]

I'm not really a techno fan, but i liked the soundtrack for Fight Club. I have no clue if that is considered good techno or if that helps you at all, but i was just throwing that out there.

[Guest razazteca]

anything by the Chemical Brothers or the Dust Brothers are above average.  The intro theme song from Fight Club rules!!!

[Guest HBK16]

Yeah I downloaded the theme to Fast and the Fuious and a few other songs on there. I would go buy the cd but I'm too damn lazy to go buy it and I have DSL so it's no problem.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

The problem with you asking for a style as basic as techno would be the same if I asked what some good "rock" songs were.  There are so many different kinds of electronica music (I detest the term "techno", I don't know why) - from house to jungle to trip-hop to drum 'n bass to trance... there are many more sub-genres, and them tjere are sub-sub-genres on top of that.  My problem is that I like some of the sub-genres in general but I don't know many particular artists.  With that being said, here are some that I know and like...

 

Aphrodite, Roni Size - Jungle/Drum 'n Bass

Jungle Brothers - Jungle

Crystal Method, Prodigy, Orgy - Semi-Industrial (not really industrial but I don't know the exact sub-genre for it)

Mars & Mystre - Trance (I don't really like trance but I like Mars & Mystre, because they're not totally trance)

 

Sorry, seems my lack of knowledge in the genre has made things more confusing.  Forget the sub-genre talk, read about that on an electronic music website that would know and explain it much better, but check out those artists I listed, since you have DSL and it's no skin off your back if you don't like 'em.

[Guest razazteca]

Trip-hop = Tricky

Breakbeat = Fatboy Slim, Propellerheads, Freestylers

Jungle = Natural Born Killers, Leftfield

 

others:  Paul Van dyk, Moby, Moloko, Orb, Orbital, DJ Dan

 

Electronica/Industial: KMFDM, Lord of Acid, Pig, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Chrystal Method

 

Soundtracks:

 

Spawn - Rock/Techno

Saint - breakbeat/rave

Mortal Kombat - several diff techno styles

Blade - Rap/techno

Matrix - club to death song is a must have

[Guest converge241]

sorry to jump on a thread but razteca, or anyone reading, what the hell is the name of the digweed song used in Groove?

I have some stuff by him but its not on there.. thanks

 

recomended:

Juno Reactor, Digweed, DJ Shadow, Death In Vegas (not all techno but very cool)

[Guest razazteca]

did a search on Kazaa lite and this is what came up:

 

Virtua Trancer

Heavent Scent

Heaven Sent

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

"Heaven Scent" is an amazing song by Bedrock, John Digweed's recording pseudonym, that's the one in Groove.

 

Pick up Juno Reactor's album Beyond the Infinite for some of the best big-time trance: check out "Guardian Angel" and "Samurai" for representative samples.  Juno Reactor is my absolute favorite electronic artist of any kind: they've put out four albums that all sound different but rock the house in oh-so many ways.  If you're looking at stuff that's beat heavy, I recommend Goldie's album SaturnzReturn, though that has a lot of experimental and softer stuff too.  Hallmark track: "Digital," a collaboration with KRS-One that absolutely rocks the house.  A lot of Moby's earlier work and soundtrack stuff is fantastic: "Go" is classic, and the "Next Is The E Club Mix" is really awesome, if a bit more dance than techno.  The Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole is a landmark album: "Block Rockin' Beats" and "The Private Psychadelic Reel" will go ahead and blow your brain out.  When Sasha and Digweed work together, everything they turn out is gold.  My favorite mix of theirs is Northern Exposure: Expedition, which has a bunch of great songs all tied together over two discs.

 

Some other random tracks?  Leftfield w/Afrika Bambaata, "Afrika Shox."  Featured in Vanilla Sky, and quite rockin'.  "The Silence," which is Delerium featuring a great Sarah McLachlan sample.  "Never Gonna Come Back Down," a fast, heavy, rocking track with M. Doughty from Soul Coughing doing vocals.  

 

If you want some slower stuff, Trip-hop kind of music, go with Portishead's album Dummy (top track: "Mysterons," or perhaps "Sour Times"), Massive Attack's Mezzanine (hit up "Risingson" and "Angel"), or some Lamb (signature songs "Cotton Wool," "Gold").  All that stuff is a bit slower, deeper, and more vocal-based, but still pretty awesome.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Aphex Twin. Not strictly techno but well worth checking out.

[Guest converge241]

Thank you Raza and Macphisto...

the most aggravating part was that they say the name in the movie but i just couldnt remember it

 

ill add keoki on to the recomended

and Underworld (2nd toughest of the infants)