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ripple .. wtf .. bad techno? — Brooklynian

ripple .. wtf .. bad techno?

alafairnadia
alafairnadia
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
darlin's ... I know electronic musicians and techno DJs. I can get you a CD that will play better than this. right now, I'm hearing something really horrible filter through my living room window. so horrible, actually, that I kinda worry that I apparated by accident to Jersey. and I can't figure out why there isn't a riot. or an empty bar. cause. this music is BAD. no, really. it sounds like an endless loop of bad, late 90s godawful techno coming from that joint.

yes, I mean techno. and, as tongue-in-cheek as this could be taken, and should be taken in normal circumstance, it's not even Tiesto quality. and that's sayin' something. cause that shit sux
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  • doctorj
    doctorj

    Subject: Re: ripple .. wtf .. bad techno?

    alafairnadia wrote:

    yes, I mean techno. and, as tongue-in-cheek as this could be taken, and should be taken in normal circumstance, it's not even Tiesto quality. and that's sayin' something. cause that shit sux
    Could you be a little more specific about this 90s trash throwback? Happy Sappy Hardcore? Big and Bouncy Beat? Acid-Base? Italo-Garage? Ibiza-Goa-Wannabe?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia

    Subject: Re: ripple .. wtf .. bad techno?

    doctorj wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]

    yes, I mean techno. and, as tongue-in-cheek as this could be taken, and should be taken in normal circumstance, it's not even Tiesto quality. and that's sayin' something. cause that shit sux
    Could you be a little more specific about this 90s trash throwback? Happy Sappy Hardcore? Big and Bouncy Beat? Acid-Base? Italo-Garage? Ibiza-Goa-Wannabe?

    there was a variety of garbage. most of it sounded like that crap that gets played on 101 or 102 (I'm bad with radio stations, sorry) every 5th song, sandwiched between justin timberlake and snow patrol. I have no idea what to call it, other than "american reaction to the trainspotting soundtrack". though the actual artists (I use the term loosely) may not actually be american.
  • devincf
    devincf
    I hope Develop Don't Destroy starts a campaign about this. Shameful.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    fwiw, ripple is continuing tonight. I'm assuming they have a guest DJ from slovenia or hoboken and are paying him/her with free booze.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    alafairnadia wrote: fwiw, ripple is continuing tonight. I'm assuming they have a guest DJ from slovenia or hoboken and are paying him/her with free booze.
    i love being away for the weekend on nights like this! thanks, alfairnadia!
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    alafairnadia wrote: fwiw, ripple is continuing tonight. I'm assuming they have a guest DJ from slovenia or hoboken and are paying him/her with free booze.
    Don't you dare knock Slovenia; more than any other small European country, those guys have been on the artistic cutting edge. Now if it were DJ Unknown Eurotrash from Paris or Munich scamming his/her way to an American vacation I could understand.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    doctorj wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]fwiw, ripple is continuing tonight. I'm assuming they have a guest DJ from slovenia or hoboken and are paying him/her with free booze.
    Don't you dare knock Slovenia; more than any other small European country, those guys have been on the artistic cutting edge. Now if it were DJ Unknown Eurotrash from Paris or Munich scamming his/her way to an American vacation I could understand.

    lol

    ok. let's just assume it's someone from hoboken.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    oh, and I've been informed by non-hoboken types that what I was hearing is referred to as "chart techno" or "chart music" in places in the world where electronic music actually charts.
  • erikka
    erikka
    alafairnadia wrote: fwiw, ripple is continuing tonight. I'm assuming they have a guest DJ from slovenia or hoboken and are paying him/her with free booze.
    I love how every country has their own special flavor of shitty dance music.
  • izisharp
    izisharp
    are you sure it's Ripple bar and not some neighbor bumpin the shit at home?
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    izisharp wrote: are you sure it's Ripple bar and not some neighbor bumpin the shit at home?
    yeah. if it's coming in my front window, and I can hear an increase in volume when the bar door opens and a decrease when it closes ... well. I blame ripple. :)
  • imunderpressure
    imunderpressure
    hmm...i've yet to actually here anything close to techno at Ripple. was it really that bad? I should get my dj skills sharpend and have a talk with John Bo. :)
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    imunderpressure wrote: hmm...i've yet to actually here anything close to techno at Ripple. was it really that bad? I should get my dj skills sharpend and have a talk with John Bo. :)
    do it! if you actually PLAY decent techno, I'll show up. bad techno pains my soul. good techno makes me happy.
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    alafairnadia wrote: do it! if you actually PLAY decent techno, I'll show up. bad techno pains my soul. good techno makes me happy.
    i keep meaning to get a gig there. (good) techno is coming back into style again 8)
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    rhodamine wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]do it! if you actually PLAY decent techno, I'll show up. bad techno pains my soul. good techno makes me happy.
    i keep meaning to get a gig there. (good) techno is coming back into style again 8)

    you should. I think your style, actually, would fit really well there.

    but is good techno really making a come back in the US? or is it just that we've wound our way musically back through the 80s and we're starting to retread the 90s and for every new daft punk we get, we'll have to put up with a 10 chemical brothers knock offs?
  • finn
    finn
    I've secured a gig there at an undetermined date where me and my roommate are going to do a new jack swing / electro r&b set, watch out neighbors.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    Finn wrote: I've secured a gig there at an undetermined date where me and my roommate are going to do a new jack swing / electro r&b set, watch out neighbors.
    please alert us when the date is set. gracias.
  • imunderpressure
    imunderpressure
    ooh exciting. Some techno lovers in the hood. I used to have a radio show, back in Iowa. miss those days. gotta get my shit together and start playing for the people again...haha.

    :?: Anyone know of places other than Ripple spinning electronic beats?
    :arrow: (wouldn't mind finding a nice chill minimal tech type place)
  • erikka
    erikka
    Finn wrote: I've secured a gig there at an undetermined date where me and my roommate are going to do a new jack swing / electro r&b set, watch out neighbors.
    Please post when you set the date--I love me some of that Teddy Riley shit.

    I, being a former raver, have love for the techno-- but if you're gonna do it right, more Detroit, more Chicago, less KTU.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    imunderpressure wrote: ooh exciting. Some techno lovers in the hood. I used to have a radio show, back in Iowa. miss those days. gotta get my shit together and start playing for the people again...haha.
    Why doesn't it surprise that Iowa would be better than New York when it comes to Electronica on the radio?
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    erikka wrote: I love me some of that Teddy Riley shit.
    I go more for Terry than Teddy.
    erikka wrote:
    I, being a former raver, have love for the techno-- but if you're gonna do it right, more Detroit, more Chicago, less KTU.
    Maybe we need to start a local support group for those with FR syndrome. Somewhere with lots of cushions and cryogenic beats.
  • finn
    finn
    I have some Terry Riley but it might be hard to mix it with Sharon Redd.
  • erikka
    erikka
    doctorj wrote: [quote=erikka]I love me some of that Teddy Riley shit.
    I go more for Terry than Teddy.
    erikka wrote:
    I, being a former raver, have love for the techno-- but if you're gonna do it right, more Detroit, more Chicago, less KTU.
    Maybe we need to start a local support group for those with FR syndrome. Somewhere with lots of cushions and cryogenic beats.

    jaded ex raver's retirement home of southern brooklyn...


    I made a New Jack Swing mixtape awhile back that I'd offer to burn a copy of if I could find it.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    so ... after attending a hilarious italo-rave last night in the financial district, I came home to ripple playing ... r&b.
  • jenzwhiz
    jenzwhiz
    techno has two meanings -- it's funny -- for europeans they mean stuff with no vocals, really underground "hard" stuff -- for americans, when they say "techno", often they mean what in europe is called "dance". And "dance" in europe is a lot more mainstream and pop-oriented

    for "american" style techno (i.e. european "dance"), the best example I've found is this (itunes link):

    MOD EDIT: Spam link removed
    strangely it's called "euro club hits" ... which makes things even more confusing ;

    for "european" style techno... i.e. the stuff with no songs, I recommend going to www.beatport.com and checking out the stuff in the "techno" section
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    jenzwhiz wrote: techno has two meanings -- it's funny -- for europeans they mean stuff with no vocals, really underground "hard" stuff -- for americans, when they say "techno", often they mean what in europe is called "dance". And "dance" in europe is a lot more mainstream and pop-oriented

    for "american" style techno (i.e. european "dance"), the best example I've found is this (itunes link):

    MOD EDIT: Spam link removed

    strangely it's called "euro club hits" ... which makes things even more confusing ;

    for "european" style techno... i.e. the stuff with no songs, I recommend going to www.beatport.com and checking out the stuff in the "techno" section
    pop-techno = bad techno in my lingo. it might be fun "dance" music if you're at some horrible club on the west side in the 20s in manhattan, but really, it's just shitty.

    good techno is surgeon. good techno is drexciya. and really, if any bar in this part of brooklyn wants to play that stuff, I'll come by and support it. I already spend too much time in hipsterville for a techno fix.

    (and really, we all just need an excuse to raise a fist and yell "rave!!")
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks

    Subject: techno

    Other than being hung over my neighbor is a techno dj, he blast the music so loud for hours on end its driving me to drink more!!!!
  • stacey
    stacey
    alafairnadia wrote: (and really, we all just need an excuse to raise a fist and yell "rave!!")
    Will I show my age if I yell "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire . . ." ;)
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    stacey wrote: [quote=alafairnadia](and really, we all just need an excuse to raise a fist and yell "rave!!")
    Will I show my age if I yell "the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire . . ." ;)

    nope! house music and all derivatives are always welcome. except bad techno.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    Alaf, I'm not sure there's actually anyone at the receiving end of your response.

    Anyone else notice anything a little suspect here?

    Forum: Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:56 pm Subject: ripple .. wtf .. bad techno?
    jenzwhiz Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 3 wrote: techno has two meanings -- it's funny -- for europeans they mean stuff with no vocals, really underground "hard" stuff -- for americans, when they say "techno", often they mean what in europe is called "dance". And "dance" in europe is a lot more mainstream and pop-oriented

    for "american" style techno (i.e. european "dance"), the best example I've found is this (itunes link):

    MOD EDIT: Spam link removed

    strangely it's called "euro club hits" ... which makes things even more confusing ;

    for "european" style techno... i.e. the stuff with no songs, I recommend going to www.beatport.com and checking out the stuff in the "techno" section

    Forum: BoCoCa Boards (Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens) Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:53 pm Subject: Body Elite on Court Street
    jenzwhiz Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 3 wrote: for gym music and workout music, I recommend european dance music.......

    it's ALWAYS the best motivational tool for me...

    .....and you don't have to tell anyone at the office if u just listen to it on the mp3 player at the gym Wink ....

    .... here's a compilation series on itunes that I recommend:

    MOD EDIT: Spam link removed

    Forum: The Lounge/Random Time-Wasting B.S. Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:47 pm Subject: 2007 Grammys
    jenzwhiz Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 3 wrote: yeah... if u like Justin Timberlake , u really should check out some of the recent dance hits from Europe....

    it's pretty clear that dance music is coming back in the USA ... and around the world... hip-hop and r&b are finally dying out.....

    everyone knows that the hottest dance tracks come from the euros.....check this compilation series on itunes... it's the "Euro Club Hits" series... for example..... extremely good stuff -- here's the direct itunes link:

    MOD EDIT: Spam link removed
    So, canned meat, anyone?
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