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Very nice guide, especially for all of us in our mid forties that liked and listened (still listening?) to all these styles when they were actually being create

Very nice guide, especially for all of us in our mid forties that liked and listened (still listening?) to all these styles when they were actually being created!!! Recently there was a HN post about a similar site http://everynoise.com/ http://everynoise.com/ but for all music genres

TorKlingberg 7y ago
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music is also a classic: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ It covers up to the '00s, so earlier than the OP. Fittingly, it's all in Flash.
tannhaeuser 7y ago
Mid forties? I used to go to acid house clubs in 1988/9 (I think) and to Goa parties around 1992-4. I was surprised it's still a thing in 2019 apparently when I noticed a poster for an event in rural north/east Germany very similar to the flyers I knew from the early/mid '90s. Though I have to agree with what others said: the taxonomy doesn't look representative of what was actually played, at all. For example, there was a label in my home town (Spirit Zone, with upbeat/dirty and sometimes dark Goa sound) not being mentioned, nor is the 1990's Dub scene, though another genre is described as originating from Hamburg I've never heard of. Also, I think the Berlin scene really ought to be mentioned, not only the legendary 90s tresor and e-werk clubs, but also the mid-90s ambient and drum+bass scene which had strong influence on what today is called psytrance I guess. Some of the better-known artists (live musicians more than DJs) are still in business as techno grandaddies eg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-dRr2T6us https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-dRr2T6us .
munificent 7y ago
More trance than psytrance, but I recently stumbled onto Above and Beyond and their Anjunabeats label. I had no idea people were still making trance that feels like a continuation of the stuff I listened to in the late 90s. It's great!
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Their shows are pretty freaking great, too. If you can't make ABGT in Prague, I'd recommend trying to go to ABGT at The Gorge in 2021. It's a marvelous venue, great crowd, and the music is fantastic (Anjunabeats first day, Anjunadeep second day). Some of the songs are decades old, too, which helps with that feeling. Hard to believe that "Satellite" is 15 years old and "On a good day" is 10 years old. Wild.

TorKlingberg 7y ago

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music is also a classic: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ It covers up to the '00s, so earlier than the OP. Fittingly, it's all in Flash.

tannhaeuser 7y ago

Mid forties? I used to go to acid house clubs in 1988/9 (I think) and to Goa parties around 1992-4. I was surprised it's still a thing in 2019 apparently when I noticed a poster for an event in rural north/east Germany very similar to the flyers I knew from the early/mid '90s. Though I have to agree with what others said: the taxonomy doesn't look representative of what was actually played, at all. For example, there was a label in my home town (Spirit Zone, with upbeat/dirty and sometimes dark Goa sound) not being mentioned, nor is the 1990's Dub scene, though another genre is described as originating from Hamburg I've never heard of. Also, I think the Berlin scene really ought to be mentioned, not only the legendary 90s tresor and e-werk clubs, but also the mid-90s ambient and drum+bass scene which had strong influence on what today is called psytrance I guess. Some of the better-known artists (live musicians more than DJs) are still in business as techno grandaddies eg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-dRr2T6us https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-dRr2T6us .

munificent 7y ago

More trance than psytrance, but I recently stumbled onto Above and Beyond and their Anjunabeats label. I had no idea people were still making trance that feels like a continuation of the stuff I listened to in the late 90s. It's great!

scarejunba 7y ago
Their shows are pretty freaking great, too. If you can't make ABGT in Prague, I'd recommend trying to go to ABGT at The Gorge in 2021. It's a marvelous venue, great crowd, and the music is fantastic (Anjunabeats first day, Anjunadeep second day). Some of the songs are decades old, too, which helps with that feeling. Hard to believe that "Satellite" is 15 years old and "On a good day" is 10 years old. Wild.