https://www.youtube.com/c/H%C3%96RBERLIN/videos
EDIT: There's craploads of content, a lot of styles, although I will observe that oldschool sounds have continued to come back in a big way in 2020. Rave, electro, acid.
Here's my favourite party set from 2020.
Videos I've come back to way more than once below (most of these are on the harder side of "electro" -- hard techno, hard acid -- but not all)
Lady Starlight (live modular!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9oVM7CQbI
Tigerhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpuHmH495us
Tham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdOfhuYW_OI
The Brvtalist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0qeZ1fpWwU
Dax J and Hector Oaks also need a mention - Hector adding a sparkle of punk to electronic mixes.
No offense intended - divergent musical taste should be celebrated!
What sort of techno do you prefer? The artists I've got are mostly the tougher end of European techno, there's also some Detroit techno, acid techno and hard techno/schranz. You can look at my likes for my favourites...
https://soundcloud.com/spiralx/sets
I've also been into techno since the 90s and it's still my favourite thing in the world :) The combination of relentless kick drum and the constantly changing synths and percussion never fails to draw me in. It manages to sooth my ADHD with the constant heartbeat of the kick drum while the constant progression of everything else serves to keep my attention from wondering off after a few bars.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LSjVUxQk1Nrh7kHavZ4uu?si=...
From there on you can follow an guest DJs who you like the style off.
Also when did “techno” become an umbrella term again? I was possessed off enough when “EDM” was redefined as a specific genre (and such a lousy one at that).
I would guess in the '90s, when there was a lot more crossover between electronic music and other genres. Rock and hiphop oriented stuff like the Prodigy and Chemical Brothers were topping the dance charts, and other more conventional techno like Aphex Twin and Underworld were getting decent media coverage as well.
Plus movie soundtracks at the time tended to include a lot of techno. Trainspotting, Pi, Hackers, The Jackal, The Saint....discovered a lot of artists thanks to these.
My comment was in regard to how the GP suggested that techno has since become another umbrella term again now. Or maybe I misunderstood their post?
His style is a bit less minimal, but Boris Brejcha is absolutely sick.
I’ve not knowingly come across Boris before though. Pretty sure I’d have heard some of his records play but looking at his discography I think he might have started making a name for himself around the same time I hung up my own DJ headphones so he’s not a name that’s immediately recognisable for me.
I did recently hook my decks up again but not yet had a chance to play anything.
(IIRC they were on Mixcloud previously, but parted ways for some reason.)
Enjoy the music instead of going around and barking like a mad dog
Nah, it's not experimental at all. It's bland, posh, Tomorrowland-tier tech-house.
I maintain a YouTube playlist called "music to hack by" which is up to over 500 songs now. Basically the criteria are: 1) electronic 2) has a beat (no ambient) 3) few to no vocals, with only one or two exceptions
https://soundcloud.com/invite-1