eventually i got interested in the way techno was originally created, at the end of the 80s, 90s. what made acid house, early techno, early hardcore so special? to me, it seemed obvious, that the method of production must be connected to this. i realized early techno was quite differently produced from later fully thought-out productions using cubase, or similiar programs, with every elements carefully sequenced and preprogrammed.
techno, in the beginning, had much more or a DIY, quick attitude, lowfi production values, with the focus on improvisation, experimentation.
then i realised that techno, in many senses, was a re-emergence of the krautrock, psychedelic, experimental rock and electronic productions of the hippie, anarchist 60s and 70s.
the set up was similiar was in so many ways: setting up synthesizers, equipment, jamming with them, creating easy sequences, going on from that and becoming more complex, more sophisticated. improvise, put everything together, try out as much as you can. just jam and get into the groove and tune out.
this is was how many of the earliest techno tracks were produced: just adding sequences to bassline and other synthesizers, drum machines and effects, then just jamming with them, turning channels on off and off, playing, letting the music flow.
this is of course extremely alike to the jam session of the 60s musicians. the only difference is the obvious lack of electric guitars, and a lesser focus on traditional singing.
this again is to me one of the things that prove that techno is, as i said, to many parts of recreation of the sounds, ideas and methods of the anarchist 60s.
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