I need an epic techno playlist.

[KatieLyn]

I've discovered that my math teacher Mr. Zaidin's is a techno fan, so I've decided to make him an amazing mix CD in hopes that it will bribe him (I've succesfully done similar bribery to several teachers in the past) into giving me a better grade.

So I figured the best place to expand on some techno knowledge would be here.

Okay, so give me songs and artists.

[frozen pilgrim]

before this goes any further, and I don't mean this in a condescending way at all, but do you mean he likes electronic dance music, or that he specifically likes the sub-genre of techno?

I'm more than happy to help either way, just getting the baseline established first

[menikmati]

something doesn't feel right...

[gaypalmsprings]

Zaidins does not need an apostrophe.

Is he gay? That will make a difference.

[frozen pilgrim]

sure will!
but we still don't know if this is teacher who likes dance music, or gay teacher who specifically likes detroit techno.

edit: can you imagine having a math teacher who was gay and listened to jeff mills? that'd be awesome!

[gaypalmsprings]

http://www.out-of-kilter.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/teacher.jpg

[betao]

yeah... to some people, especially here in America, the term "techno" can be a very broad term...

Your math teacher is cool.

[frozen pilgrim]

yeah, I mean if she really did mean specifically techno, we can still help. but I have a feeling she just meant, for lack of a better term, sahara music

[betao]

Electronica FTW!!!

[idrive1life]

Yay! Electronica always wins. *Come on UMF / WMC '09!*

[Mr. Dylanja]

Sandstorm on repeat.

..................................................

[gaypalmsprings]

My guess is he likes House

[cansei de ser sexme]

turn off the lights in class and give him an orbit light show.

[frozen pilgrim]

let me give this a shot. I'm going for diversity and quality, above all else. and I may stray from the beaten path a bit.
and also, this is one of my many sahara tent wishlists :P

start with to me, the most obvious out of anything:
aphex twin- windowlicker
2fmo1Sjn7dg

daft punk- harder, better, faster, stronger (alive 2007 version)
oGECJP3phyY

nothing lasts- shpongle
GyAgsvi18Xc&feature=related

I wish- infected mushroom (skazi remix)
i2llWnW90Ak&feature=related

(kind of similar, I suppose, but)
1200 micrograms- ayahuasca
2flbDkq9d1k

some people dislike this track, but I love it-
chemical brothers- do it again
LLOJyH5sz6E

gregor tresher- a thousand nights
Opcgr-gOEro

jeff mills- the art of barrier breaking
lE4UgebDkgA

cut chemist- the garden
AYtspjb1X7g

royksopp- eple
jl4rwMZWATs

venetian snares- szamar madar
2PBeKzVhWHY&feature=related

[humanoid]

nice work Pilgrim

[cansei de ser sexme]

great list but if this guy likes venetian snares i will be surprised.

[SoulDischarge]

Put this song on there.

DYKyBPhUEo4

[humanoid]

great list but if this guy likes venetian snares i will be surprised.

I was complimenting just because I enjoyed several of his choices...I wasn't even thinking about the original intent of this thread

you're probably right

[frozen pilgrim]

great list but if this guy likes venetian snares i will be surprised.

hahaha that's why it's last. also, I figured if anyone would be open to aaron funk (vsnares), it'd be a math teacher :P

[luckyface]

I've discovered that my math teacher Mr. Zaidin's is a techno fan, so I've decided to make him an amazing mix CD in hopes that it will bribe him (I've succesfully done similar bribery to several teachers in the past) into giving me a better grade.

So I figured the best place to expand on some techno knowledge would be here.

Okay, so give me songs and artists.

Is there a techno remix of The Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me?

[SoulDischarge]

hahaha that's why it's last. also, I figured if anyone would be open to aaron funk (vsnares), it'd be a math teacher :P

Bogdan Racyzynski.

[humanoid]

Is there a techno remix of The Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me?

I like your thought process, I was thinking along the same lines

[cansei de ser sexme]

hahaha that's why it's last. also, I figured if anyone would be open to aaron funk (vsnares), it'd be a math teacher :P

I played some vsnares to my friends and they were asked why i was listening to "classical music in the jungle"

[frozen pilgrim]

that's fucking awesome.

I've gotta say I'm happy people like my list :)
give me even half those acts at coachella and it'll be my best ever EDM wise.

[The Daft]

Joop - The Future
Guru Josh Project - Infinity
Tiesto - Adagio for Strings
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
Darude - Sandstorm (you can never go wrong)
Treasure Fingers - Cross the Dancefloor
Skazi - I Wish Remix
Pretty much whatever Daft Punk you want but....Daft Punk - Around the World
Deadmau5 - Not Exactly
Benny Benassi - Bring the Noise Remix
Ferry Corsten - Fire
Marco V - More Than a Life
Markus Schulz - Without You Near

Im sure ill get criticized from about 30 people about my taste in songs...but here are some songs i think can be pretty epic. if this person likes "techno" then im sure some of these songs are not to far off. some arent even considered techno...but fuck it.

[frozen pilgrim]

tiesto=no
no.
just...
no.
no tiesto. get out.
http://img1.purerave.com/4/44/4765944.jpg

[The Daft]

and theres 1

[frozen pilgrim]

dude. no tiesto.

ESPECIALLY after 2007.

NO FUCKING TIESTO

[SoulDischarge]

Tiesto stole well needed rest from me in '07. Fuck him.

[The Daft]

you shouldnt even need rest for coachella anyways. i save my rest well before i get there so i am well awake for every moment i can cherish...and i understand you may not like Tiesto, but as im sure you are aware there are alot of people who still do

[cansei de ser sexme]

I think she is less likely to impress her teacher with the first list than she would be with some stuff from that list combined with some more mainstream stuff. That way he is more likely to enjoy something from the list and be impressed and give katielyn an A

[betao]

I may come back to put a few videos up like Luka did in a few.

but Katie, we need to know: Does he like electronic music in general? Or does he specifically like techno?

[betao]

and Tiesto isn't that bad. He's just ok in small doses. And is severely overrated.

I saw him perform for 4 hours about a year ago. It got boring after 30-45 minutes.

[The Daft]

claremont huh? im right next to u Cansei in la verne....and its funny how we disagree betao because i saw tiesto in LA for about 4 hours and i wanted more that night

[cansei de ser sexme]

I go to school in La Verne. Damien HS

[betao]

It was too repetitive. It seemed like the same thing over and over again. I recognized some of the stuff he played (Traffic and Adiago for Strings) and that was cool, but apart from that it was the same beat with different modifications for 4 hours straight. It was too much for my liking.

[The Daft]

damien huh well go Bearcats!

[frozen pilgrim]

he fucked up the good the bad and the queen in 07. unforfuckingiveable. damon albarn called him 'the loudest ice cream van he'd ever heard'

[orbit]

It was too repetitive. It seemed like the same thing over and over again.

well, you know, trance is repetitive. it's not tiesto's fault.

[dontfeedthebird]

These are some of my favorites:

Josh Wink - Are you there?

tMllj4Ah_XE

ARMAND VAN HELDEN - You don't know me

yNSpLqmY6K0

Cleveland Lounge - Drowning (Dave Audé Drum n Space Mix)

3Vc8UaOqhYA

[TheWatcher]

well, you know, trance is repetitive. it's not tiesto's fault.

If it's good trance, you don't notice that it's repetitive.

[KatieLyn]

I'll go back through and read all these comments, but to answer some from the first page.
Yes he is gay.
And the reason I'm making this is because he made a daft punk reference the other day, and then a chemical brothers reference.

[KatieLyn]

I may come back to put a few videos up like Luka did in a few.

but Katie, we need to know: Does he like electronic music in general? Or does he specifically like techno?

I have a feeling he's open to whatever, but you guys are the experts, so based off of the Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers thing, you tell me.

[ivankay]

Some classics come to mind:

Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
SL2 - On a Ragga Tip
Orbital - pretty much any...Halcyon+on+on is a guarantee
Prodigy - Charley
Skin Up - A Juicy Red Apple
LaTour - Blue
808 State - Cubik
2 Bad Mice - Hold it Down

[frozen pilgrim]

I have a feeling he's open to whatever, but you guys are the experts, so based off of the Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers thing, you tell me.

gay math teacher who mentioned daft punk and chemical brothers=show him my list. that's exactly what I was going on.

everyone on my list for the sahara 09!

[marooko]

My guess is he likes House

he would NOT call it Techno.

GPS, as a gay man, do you enjoy the House music? and as a gay man, could you give me the inside scoop as to why you motherflowers are always rocking the baddest fucking house music?

[frozen pilgrim]

and on the seventh day, god created house music

first person to name that track gets a prize :P

[marooko]

sounds familiar, but cant recall it. reminds me of Jack.

[frozen pilgrim]

it's a fingers inc. track. oh man, how retro awesome would it be to have fingers inc drop a set in the sahara. oh man. fingers inc, and jeff mills. school the kids!

[CalmerThanYou]

It was too repetitive. It seemed like the same thing over and over again. I recognized some of the stuff he played (Traffic and Adiago for Strings) and that was cool, but apart from that it was the same beat with different modifications for 4 hours straight. It was too much for my liking.

i was there, and i agree...however the whole flames/video/light set up was pretty sick.

[frozen pilgrim]

tiesto's not completely horrible. and he puts on ridiculous light shows. but he's not worthy of even a fraction of his praise, fortune, or ridiculous acclaim. he's a half way decent trance producer, and a second-rate DJ at best. I mean, I don't think anyone would dispute that in terms of mixing skills, even benny benassi wipes the dance floor with him.

[CalmerThanYou]

everyone who doesnt know music likes tiesto me thinks.

lots of foreigners as well.

[frozen pilgrim]

I think tiesto's popularity is manufactured. he's a product, not an artist.

[CalmerThanYou]

are you saying he's a robot....

DUM DUM DUM

[greghead]

I'll go back through and read all these comments, but to answer some from the first page.
Yes he is gay


Oh snap, I was going to advise that you suck his dick in exchange for a good grade

[SoulDischarge]

Just give him the Warp 10+1: The Influences comp and pretend you made it.

[Cdubby]

DJ JEAN THE LAUNCH ON REPEAT


vczS1Szwec4

[marooko]

hahaha. fuck that song!!!

"get ready for the launch" at 37 seconds. finally launches at 1:26. this is why i fucking hate trance music. yes, this is progressive, but i still dont fucking like it. waaaay closer to trance than house.

[CalmerThanYou]

Oh snap, I was going to advise that you suck his dick in exchange for a good grade

she's 17, simmer...

[betao]

The best trance "producer" is without a doubt Paul Oakenfold. You can say what you want his mixing skills, because they really are lame, but he has some studio tracks that are sick.

I'd take him over Tiesto any day.

[frozen pilgrim]

yeah, exactly.
you know who isn't completely terrible, but who I missed this year? above & beyond.

for me, in terms of trance, I always find myself going for psytrance instead. it can be faster and a bit more abrasive, but I find it's much more interesting and more creative.

case in point:

hallucinogen- fluoro neuro sponge
NSdnXWu8Ppg&feature=related

[betao]

Oh, and here is my selection. These are all fairly popular and very accessible. Chances are he has heard of some of these, but these are all ace tunes. They are essential for mixes that I would use to turn someone onto EDM, because they represent some of the best IMO.

Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea

GCoCTkC0oL0

Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar

CBgf2ZxIDZk

Prodigy - Voodoo People

-Fz85FE0KtQ

Orbital - Halcyon On + On

jG1rQ9iXV5o

Underworld - Jumbo

uAWPdtzSeTM

Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind

0X6BeszEXm4

Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go

uxG4v7fgvt4

Royksopp - Poor Leno

-_jhdZoPW1Q

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

oWMIXgCaJPQ

Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers

bkT_4Sh_b18

[frozen pilgrim]

*high fives betao*

[greghead]

she's 17, simmer...

Really!? I had no idea :rolleyes

You must be letting yourself go, I figured you might see humor in this. For being the pervert that you are, I'm saddened that you, of all people, would scoff at a joke about underage blow jobs.

EDIT: Pilgrim, I'm really digging your song choices.

[MeowMixer]

for less dark "techno" consult:

Boys Noize- Lava Lava
Kid Cudi- Day n' Nite (Crookers remix)
Fancy- What's Your Name Again (Busy P remix)
Fischerspooner- Emerge
The Go! Team- Ladyflash (Simian Mobile Disco remix)
MSTRKRFT- Easy Love
Simian Mobile Disco- Hustler
Tiga- You Gonna Want Me
Cut Copy- Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix)
Supermal feat Luciana- Bigger Than Big

These are slightly more modern, slightly gayer choices.

[CalmerThanYou]

Really!? I had no idea :rolleyes

You must be letting yourself go, I figured you might see humor in this. For being the pervert that you are, I'm saddened that you, of all people, would scoff at a joke about underage blow jobs.

EDIT: Pilgrim, I'm really digging your song choices.

eh, i try to keep rape to 18+

[frozen pilgrim]

Pilgrim, I'm really digging your song choices.

*blushes* if you like my taste, be sure to be there for my campground DJ set :D

edit:
this thread totally needs to be renamed "betao and pilgrim provide hours of top notch EDM through youtube just be-freaking-cause"

[CalmerThanYou]

are you going to have laser beams during your set?

[frozen pilgrim]

god willing.

no, unless I get permission from dani or someone from camping, I'm going to keep things fairly simple. now, if I hear that they'll provide me/passive/window the rest of the message board DJs with an extension cord and power strip, and/or a safe place to lock some stuff up, I'd be more than happy to rent a little green laser.

[Jon Blazed]

In A State by UNKLE

[greghead]

eh, i try to keep rape to 18+

:nono

[Jon Blazed]

Celestial Annihilation by UNKLE

[betao]

*blushes* if you like my taste, be sure to be there for my campground DJ set :D

edit:
this thread totally needs to be renamed "betao and pilgrim provide hours of top notch EDM through youtube just be-freaking-cause"

word man. I wish I was camping, i'd definitely be there for the DJ set.

[cansei de ser sexme]

god willing.

no, unless I get permission from dani or someone from camping, I'm going to keep things fairly simple. now, if I hear that they'll provide me/passive/window the rest of the message board DJs with an extension cord and power strip, and/or a safe place to lock some stuff up, I'd be more than happy to rent a little green laser.

I wish I could camp. Tape some of it for me if you or any others will.

[betao]

and here is Part 2 of my EDM selection. If you're professor is already a diehard EDM fan and knows his music, he'll like this (and hopefully you will too)

Moby - Porcelain

D1Fcaro25Ek

Infected Mushroom - Cities of the Future

K8FL0hA77xs

Lemon Jelly - A Man Like Me

6OvYPZ7dMoA

M83 - Couleurs

87y7Jjt0OKQ

Overseer - Basstrap

yXT2wNodEuo

Underworld - Spoonman

PNUS8jR9svQ

Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup

Z6ULvuqv7jQ

and if he's a real EDM head and you want to impress him, gotta give him this:

Kraftwerk - The Robots

VXa9tXcMhXQ

[PassiveTheory]

DJ PassiveTheory’s Electro Hip House mega-awesome mix:

1. The Faint – The Geeks Were Right (Boys Noize vs. D.I.M. remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm4QBqXu_E8)
2. Timbaland – Miscommunication (Bloody Beetroots remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Db9qI11GY)
3. MSTRKRFT ft./ N.O.R.E – Bounce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPaWZOM1LnY)
4. Yelle – A Cause Des Garcons (TEPR remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNPX232zdY)
5. Danger – 11h30 (Kurtech remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TsHruN444E)
6. Shinichi Osawa – Electro 411 (Lies in Disguise remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5XWbnPVRK4)
7. Heartache ft. Cujo – What Does It Mean (Calling In Sick remix) (http://missingtoof.com/2008/09/21/calling-in-sick-remix-shitdisco-heartache-feat-cujo/)
8. The Toxic Avenger – Bad Girls Need Love Too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj0nL5-nm6Q)
9. Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul (Fake Blood remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuwH_bF5dI)
10. Sunrise Avenue – Fairytale Gone Bad (Klass and Micha Moor remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=985z3PtvPEQ)
11. Prodigy vs. No Doubt – Hella Good Girls (Andy Churchill remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQBvUN8LG9U)
12. Supadelics – Take A Look Inside (Miles Dyson peaktime dub) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZVuVUybVhU)
13. deadmau5 – Hey Baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPDSiL1nH0k)
14. DJ Mehdi – Signature (Thomas Bangalter remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7a3R-cE8as)
15. Digitalism - Idealistic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGI_UA18RsI)
16. Benny Benassi – Love Is Gonna Save Us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaMk3kXtRt0)
17. Stardust – The Music Sounds Better With You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrjOhQZWU7k)

[KatieLyn]

she's 17, simmer...

18 by Coachella time!

[KatieLyn]

Also thank you very much to everyone who's submitting songs =]
Special thanks to pilgrim and betao, I'm going to use the mixes you guys posted.

[frozen pilgrim]

right on, brej :)

[betao]

No problem Katie. Don't hesitate to let us know if you need more, because we like doing this haha.

[CalmerThanYou]

for less dark "techno" consult:

Boys Noize- Lava Lava
Kid Cudi- Day n' Nite (Crookers remix)
Fancy- What's Your Name Again (Busy P remix)
Fischerspooner- Emerge
The Go! Team- Ladyflash (Simian Mobile Disco remix)
MSTRKRFT- Easy Love
Simian Mobile Disco- Hustler
Tiga- You Gonna Want Me
Cut Copy- Hearts on Fire (Joakim Remix)
Supermal feat Luciana- Bigger Than Big

These are slightly more modern, slightly gayer choices.

i wouldnt agree with you on the gayer aspect at all for boys noize, MSTRKRFT, or SMD.

[PassiveTheory]

Mind if I get some feedback on my house megamix playlist?

[CalmerThanYou]

umm, i really like it a bunch. lots of dope remixes in there for sure....find a halloween party to DJ for?

[KatieLyn]

Also, i'll let you guys know what Zadins thinks.

I'm naming his CD "Fantasmo" which is a word he decided to use yesterday when referring to congruent angles.

[frozen pilgrim]

Mind if I get some feedback on my house megamix playlist?

good dance floor friendly choices. try mixing them together, and post the results!!

[orbit]

you should open for steve aoki.

[CalmerThanYou]

i bet he would already be better than aoki

[frozen pilgrim]

we'll see in april

[cansei de ser sexme]

D
8. The Toxic Avenger – Bad Girls Need Love Too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj0nL5-nm6Q)

win, except he is gay...

[Gonshman]

Passive, thats a great playlist. I kind of wish there was someplace I could download it...

[cansei de ser sexme]

*cough cough* *hint hint*

[PassiveTheory]

Let me figure out ableton first, then I'll have a concise mix for all of you. Until then... youtube links it is!

Also, no, nobody asked me to DJ their party... ;___;

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I wouldn't have a problem opening for Steve Aoki. He's not bad.

[orbit]

I wouldn't have a problem opening for Steve Aoki. He's not bad.

too bad i don't sig quotes. this has potential.

[cansei de ser sexme]

Let me figure out ableton first, then I'll have a concise mix for all of you. Until then... youtube links it is!

Also, no, nobody asked me to DJ their party... ;___;

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I wouldn't have a problem opening for Steve Aoki. He's not bad.

I even got asked to DJ a party, and all i have is some cheap ass mixer from numark and my dads stereo. Oh yeah and did i mention, I cannot DJ for shit.

[PassiveTheory]

Use your laptop!

Also, Orbit, come on... I give any non-trance DJ a break as long as they don't spin completely awful bullshit. Aoki's no Frankie Knuckes... or Mr. Oizo, even, but he's not as awful as, say, Paul van Dyk.

[cansei de ser sexme]

I am totally broke, is there any DJ freeware for a mac? haha

[PassiveTheory]

You can get a free trial run of Virtual DJ and run with it, I guess.

[cansei de ser sexme]

whats like the cheapest, most legit one?

[PassiveTheory]

www.virtualdj.com/ - Just download the free trial. It'll give you just about everything you'll need.

Jesus... a 15-year old DJ from my hometown. I hope to god you don't suck, because it'd be nice to hear about a musician from SD who doesn't have shit for musical taste.

[orbit]

Use your laptop!

Also, Orbit, come on... I give any non-trance DJ a break as long as they don't spin completely awful bullshit. Aoki's no Frankie Knuckes... or Mr. Oizo, even, but he's not as awful as, say, Paul van Dyk.

to be fair, paul van dyk is not that awful. at least the guy knows how to mix and produce. i haven't heard him lately, but a couple of years ago he was mixing prog breaks in his sets which i thought was pretty nice. i don't like trance but i give the guy credit for the effort.

and there's something so wrong in saying pvd is awful but requesting junkie xl.

[cansei de ser sexme]

www.virtualdj.com/ - Just download the free trial. It'll give you just about everything you'll need.

Jesus... a 15-year old DJ from my hometown. I hope to god you don't suck, because it'd be nice to hear about a musician from SD who doesn't have shit for musical taste.

well it wont work. Idk why. and i am not from SD?

i am a terrible DJ, i mean, i have good music and such i just havent practiced enough to be decent.

[PassiveTheory]

So I figured out Abelton and I have my mix ready... So, does anyone know how to export a live playlist to mp3 format?

[frozen pilgrim]

play it back and record it with something else...
is all the mixing internal and automated? no jogging, looping, or crossfading?
I know how to export reason files with the automation as MP3s, but I'm not an ableton expert D:

[PassiveTheory]

Yeah, it's all internal, but what I basically did was fuck with the volume levels at certain points of each track (the beginning and end usually, unless the song has a shitty intro) and just set songs to fade out or fade in. It's really easy once you figure out how to access each track's mixer, I mean, fuck, I figured it out in one night.

It's cool for now since, tonight, I'll just pop open the mix and play it off Abelton, but I'd like to upload it here for you guys. I added a bunch of pretty obvious stuff, a couple of mashups and some more DP, since I know the party crowd I'm playing for, so it runs about 2 hours. Yeahhhhhhhhhh.

[R41N570RM]

I was very happy when I heard "A Thousand Nights" played by Aphex Twin this year.

[butitdidhappen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-McGPizebk&feature=related

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOaXphpT7w