Those clips you've heard? They're not techno. Stop saying it is.

Use of electronics, specifically synths, does not automatically classify a song as techno.

Sandstorm by Darude, which I'm sure the majority of you are getting this idea from, is also not techno. It is technically trance, although it in and of itself is not representative of THAT genre either.

For comparison, here's some actual techno:

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If you see anyone calling these clips techno, please kindly direct them to this page. I will be here most operating hours to assist in informing anyone why these clips, while electronic in nature, are not techno.

Thanks.

 

They are techno.

 

Just whipped this up really quickly 5 minutes ago, the quality is terrible but the point stands.

 

Nish, you rocks. haha

And well, nice post Minus.

 

Inspired by

 

Correct if I'm wrong Minus/Hybrid/minuteforce, but this is another example of Techno:

[video=youtube;agyzZUaZrfA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agyzZUaZrfA[/video]

 

Yes. This is an example of Detroit Techno.

 

What I don't understand is people constantly bitching about the band embracing electronic music when the keyboard and synth loops are the most memorable parts. Think about it, how many guitar riffs have Linkin Park written that are actually distinctive? That someone could perform in their dorm and have everyone know exactly what song they were playing? Now think of the samples.

 

One Step Closer
Runaway
A Place For My Head
Don't Stay
Hit The Floor
Lying From You
Faint
Given Up
Bleed It Out
What I've Done
No More Sorrow
Valentine's Day
Burning In The Skies
Qwerty
A.06

*not all riffs, but guitar parts

 

I specified guitar riffs that an average person could recognize, not a fan.

 

I rather synth melodies over guitar riffs.

 

These guys are awesome.

[video=youtube;Lx1lApvwQZQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1lApvwQZQ[/video]

[video=youtube;p5IlaVMPALI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5IlaVMPALI[/video]

 

Very well, then.

One Step Closer
A Place For My Head
Faint
Qwerty

Recognizable as fuck...
I don't know any (post-Meteora) synth parts that are more recognizable than these riffs

 

An average person wouldn't know the riff to QWERTY because it was not only never a single, it wasn't even on an album. I'm putting the guitar riff from Faint in dispute because I had a friend play it for me and I couldn't recognize it. Note, he was a damn good guitarist and that was back when I actually thought Meteora was decent. So One Step Closer and A Place for My Head. That's two. Counting only singles, that's one. Compared to the loops from:

In the End
Crawling
Somewhere I Belong
Numb
Faint
Lying from You
What I've Done
Shadow of the Day
Leave Out All the Rest
The Catalyst

And if we limited it just to ultra-popular and iconic songs that everyone would know, then:

In the End
Crawling
Somewhere I Belong
Numb
What I've Done

 

Bassnectar explains dubstep (and other electronic music) in 3 minutes....LINK

 

Hey, I feel like I could/should workout to that Haha.