the word techy seems to get used and abused alot i find. especially in the faster genres.

 

i've noticed that anything repatative and minimal is called techy these days and most of the stuff doesnt sound the least bit influenced by techno

 

i was just wondering what you would call techy hardhouse/etc and if you can think of any good examples.

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 20 2004, 22:22)

used and abused

you define it first then...

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 20 2004, 22:22)

i've noticed that anything repatative and minimal is called techy these days and most of the stuff doesnt sound the least bit influenced by techno

if something influences you it doesnt have to sound the same. it gives you ideas to create something of your own.

well personally im not gonna start getting stupid about it Laurence....

 

if someone was to say to me thay thought something sounded techy i would instantly assume assume it has some mettallic sounding filtered drums in it...

 

Techy is a good a fucking word as any to me

 

techno-ey and techy are pretty much two different things to me... ..

 

...as are snobby and anal

 

i am snobby

you are anal

Edited April 20, 200421 yr by Ian Cashman

Mark Tyler - London lets 'ave ya = Techy Hard house imo

QUOTE (ChrisT @ Apr 20 2004, 22:49)

Mark Tyler - London lets 'ave ya = Techy Hard house imo

not heard that but i love his other stuff

QUOTE (Phil B @ Apr 20 2004, 22:43)

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 20 2004, 22:22) i've noticed that anything repatative and minimal is called techy these days and most of the stuff doesnt sound the least bit influenced by techno if something influences you it doesnt have to sound the same. it gives you ideas to create something of your own. yeah i dont disagree with you there, but just becuase you got the idea from one peice of music, it doesnt meen you can label it up as the same style as that

Well it seems as though no-one will ever agree on this kinda topic.

 

What i call techy, others wont

and "techy" would be a term i would attatch to a track in another genre/style that leans toward a techno sound (to me)

more percussion, rides, etc cant really describe it....

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 20 2004, 22:58)

QUOTE (ChrisT @ Apr 20 2004, 22:49) Mark Tyler - London lets 'ave ya = Techy Hard house imo not heard that but i love his other stuff its not techy at all imo

QUOTE (Jimmy @ Apr 20 2004, 23:36)

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 20 2004, 22:58) QUOTE (ChrisT @ Apr 20 2004, 22:49) Mark Tyler - London lets 'ave ya = Techy Hard house imo not heard that but i love his other stuff its not techy at all imo some of his stuff on no/re entery i would happily call techno

plenty of hoovers, breakdowns and build ups.

to me, 'Techy' tracks are percussion lead tracks.....

 

Although as Ian pointed out, techy and techno-y are 2 different things altogether I guess....

aha - good topic Happy - I was asking LiquidEyes this the other day on MSN about techy trance