Does anyone know of more "bands" like these?

[Greathouse]

Being recently divorced I have started going to a few clubs here in Dallas. (for anyone in Dallas, I am talking about clubs like The Lizard Lounge, and The Spy Club.) I am only 25, but had never been to a club before. I was more of the bar/pool hall type. Anyway, I really like some of the music they play at these clubs, but I don’t know what to look for at the store to get the CDs. The only 2 artists I’ve been able to find are The Chemical Brothers, and The Prodigy. Does anyone else know of some others I could look for.

I would put what kind of music it is, but I’m not really sure what to call it. I think it is Techno. Anyway, it sounds good and is fun as hell to dance to.

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[manhattan]

Great sig line.

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[Boris_B]

You can call it techno, or rave. There have been several compilation CDs of rave music, which you might find in the techno/rave/electronic section of a record store. The two I’ve heard have been pretty mediocre, but I’m sure there are a ton of them out there that are great.

I don’t know what they’re playing in the techno clubs these days, but in the olden days (two or three years ago) the big names included Lords of Acid, Moby, and Future Sound of London.

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[Imthecowgodmoo]

I dig the techno scene as well. A couple other cd’s to check out Crystal Method’s “Vegas”, Orbital’s “Middle of Nowhere”, anything by Keoki or Junkie XL, definitely get Moby. New Order, DJ Krush, Mantronik, EPDM, I feel like I’m forgetting someone… oh yeah, Orb. Hope it helps.

[Little_Nemo]

I believe MTV has released a series of techno compilations.

And how about that Jesus huh? Son of God, founder of the world’s biggest religion, and great on defense as well.

[Imthecowgodmoo]

Oh shit, I can’t believe I left out Aphex Twin and Atari Teenage Riot! Aphex Twin is a really really fucked up guy but makes the coolest music.

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[Crusoe]

No, no, no! Techno and rave are not the same, and are certainly not the same as the Chemical Brothers or The Prodigy (although, just to confuse matters, The Prodigy started out as a rave outfit).

It sounds like you would be safer with Big Beat (aka Electronica or Funky Breaks depending on who you talk to) dance music - Fatboy Slim, The Propellerheads, Apollo 440, Underworld etc.

These links - [DANCE"]http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CCLUB]DANCE](http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CCLUB) http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CELECTRONICA

…give you a list of dance music styles and attempts to define each. It’s worth reading through.

Some further details below…

Funky breaks

A hip amalgam of trance, hip-hop and jungle, Funky Breaks became one of the most widely heard styles in electronic music thanks to its popularity as the sound of choice for those wishing to make some noise on the pop charts during the late ‘90s. Pioneered by the Chemical Brothers plus James Lavelle’s epic-stature Mo’ Wax Records stable, Funky Breaks really came into the fore in 1997, the year music-industry experts predicted would finally break the new electronica in the mainstream. Of the artists picked to spearhead the revolution, almost all – the Prodigy, Death in Vegas, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads – had that sound. That’s also a significant reason why the electronica revolution failed.

Techno

Techno had its roots in the electronic house music made in Detroit in the mid-'80s. Where house still had explicit connection to disco even when it was entirely mechanical, techno was strictly electronic music, designed for a small, specific audience. The first techno DJs – Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, among others – emphasized the electronic, synthesized beats of electro-funk artists like Afrika Bambaattaa and synth-rock units like Kraftwerk. In the United States, techno was strictly an underground phenomenon, but in England, it broke into the mainstream in the late '80s. In the early '90s, techno began to fragment into a number of subgenres, including hardcore, ambient, and jungle. In hardcore techno, the beats-per-minute on each record were sped up to ridiculous, undanceable levels – it was designed to alienate a broad audience. Ambient took the opposite direction, slowing the beats down and relying on watery electronic textures – it was used as come-down music, when ravers and club-goers needed a break from acid house and hardcore techno. Jungle was nearly as aggressive as hardcore, combining driving techno beats with breakbeats and dancehall reggae – essentially. All subgenres of techno often were intially designed to be played in clubs, where they would be mixed by DJs. Consequently, most of the music was available on 12-inch singles or various-artists compilations, where the songs could run for a long time, providing the DJ with a lot of material to mix into his set. In the mid-'90s, a new breed of techno artists – most notably ambient acts like the Orb and Aphex Twin, but also harder-edged artists like the Prodigy and Goldie – began constructing albums that didn’t consist of raw beats intended for mixing. Not surprisingly, these artists – particularly the Prodigy – became the first recognizable stars in techno.

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I never touched him, ref, honest!

[Crusoe]

No, no, no! Techno and rave are not the same, and are certainly not the same as the Chemical Brothers or The Prodigy (although, just to confuse matters, The Prodigy started out as a rave outfit).

It sounds like you would be safer with Big Beat (aka Electronica or Funky Breaks depending on who you talk to) dance music - Fatboy Slim, The Propellerheads, Apollo 440, Underworld etc.

These links - [DANCE"]http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CCLUB]DANCE](http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CCLUB) http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CELECTRONICA

…give you a list of dance music styles and attempts to define each. It’s worth reading through.

Some further details below…

Funky breaks

A hip amalgam of trance, hip-hop and jungle, Funky Breaks became one of the most widely heard styles in electronic music thanks to its popularity as the sound of choice for those wishing to make some noise on the pop charts during the late ‘90s. Pioneered by the Chemical Brothers plus James Lavelle’s epic-stature Mo’ Wax Records stable, Funky Breaks really came into the fore in 1997, the year music-industry experts predicted would finally break the new electronica in the mainstream. Of the artists picked to spearhead the revolution, almost all – the Prodigy, Death in Vegas, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads – had that sound. That’s also a significant reason why the electronica revolution failed.

Techno

Techno had its roots in the electronic house music made in Detroit in the mid-'80s. Where house still had explicit connection to disco even when it was entirely mechanical, techno was strictly electronic music, designed for a small, specific audience. The first techno DJs – Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, among others – emphasized the electronic, synthesized beats of electro-funk artists like Afrika Bambaattaa and synth-rock units like Kraftwerk. In the United States, techno was strictly an underground phenomenon, but in England, it broke into the mainstream in the late '80s. In the early '90s, techno began to fragment into a number of subgenres, including hardcore, ambient, and jungle. In hardcore techno, the beats-per-minute on each record were sped up to ridiculous, undanceable levels – it was designed to alienate a broad audience. Ambient took the opposite direction, slowing the beats down and relying on watery electronic textures – it was used as come-down music, when ravers and club-goers needed a break from acid house and hardcore techno. Jungle was nearly as aggressive as hardcore, combining driving techno beats with breakbeats and dancehall reggae – essentially. All subgenres of techno often were intially designed to be played in clubs, where they would be mixed by DJs. Consequently, most of the music was available on 12-inch singles or various-artists compilations, where the songs could run for a long time, providing the DJ with a lot of material to mix into his set. In the mid-'90s, a new breed of techno artists – most notably ambient acts like the Orb and Aphex Twin, but also harder-edged artists like the Prodigy and Goldie – began constructing albums that didn’t consist of raw beats intended for mixing. Not surprisingly, these artists – particularly the Prodigy – became the first recognizable stars in techno.

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I never touched him, ref, honest!

[Crusoe]

No, no, no! Techno and rave are not the same, and are certainly not the same as the Chemical Brothers or The Prodigy (although, just to confuse matters, The Prodigy started out as a rave outfit).

It sounds like you would be safer with Big Beat (aka Electronica or Funky Breaks depending on who you talk to) dance music - Fatboy Slim, The Propellerheads, Apollo 440, Underworld etc.

This link - http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=1:27:32|PM&p=amg&sql=CELECTRONICA

…give you a list of dance music styles and attempts to define each (beware, as each links to another range of styles though). It’s worth reading through. Also try searching http://www.allmusic.com for The Chemical Brothers - it’ll list a whole number of groups of a similar style.

Some further details below…

Funky breaks

A hip amalgam of trance, hip-hop and jungle, Funky Breaks became one of the most widely heard styles in electronic music thanks to its popularity as the sound of choice for those wishing to make some noise on the pop charts during the late ‘90s. Pioneered by the Chemical Brothers plus James Lavelle’s epic-stature Mo’ Wax Records stable, Funky Breaks really came into the fore in 1997, the year music-industry experts predicted would finally break the new electronica in the mainstream. Of the artists picked to spearhead the revolution, almost all – the Prodigy, Death in Vegas, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads – had that sound. That’s also a significant reason why the electronica revolution failed.

Techno

Techno had its roots in the electronic house music made in Detroit in the mid-'80s. Where house still had explicit connection to disco even when it was entirely mechanical, techno was strictly electronic music, designed for a small, specific audience. The first techno DJs – Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, among others – emphasized the electronic, synthesized beats of electro-funk artists like Afrika Bambaattaa and synth-rock units like Kraftwerk. In the United States, techno was strictly an underground phenomenon, but in England, it broke into the mainstream in the late '80s. In the early '90s, techno began to fragment into a number of subgenres, including hardcore, ambient, and jungle. In hardcore techno, the beats-per-minute on each record were sped up to ridiculous, undanceable levels – it was designed to alienate a broad audience. Ambient took the opposite direction, slowing the beats down and relying on watery electronic textures – it was used as come-down music, when ravers and club-goers needed a break from acid house and hardcore techno. Jungle was nearly as aggressive as hardcore, combining driving techno beats with breakbeats and dancehall reggae – essentially. All subgenres of techno often were intially designed to be played in clubs, where they would be mixed by DJs. Consequently, most of the music was available on 12-inch singles or various-artists compilations, where the songs could run for a long time, providing the DJ with a lot of material to mix into his set. In the mid-'90s, a new breed of techno artists – most notably ambient acts like the Orb and Aphex Twin, but also harder-edged artists like the Prodigy and Goldie – began constructing albums that didn’t consist of raw beats intended for mixing. Not surprisingly, these artists – particularly the Prodigy – became the first recognizable stars in techno.

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I never touched him, ref, honest!

[ChrisCTP]

Moby, absolutely, definitely, can’t be without. Gotta have Moby. And Daft Punk.

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[Crusoe]

Good call ChrisCTP (well, Daft Punk, anyway. I never was a Moby fan after his annoying “return to rock roots” phase)

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I never touched him, ref, honest!

[Boris_B]

Hey, matt, it looks like you’re emulating the “repeated digitally-copied phrases” aspect of techno music in your writing. chuckle

[Stevie_Rave_On]

I agree with everything imthecowgodmoo says, along with Daft Punk’s “Homework” (I don’t even know if they have another CD).

[Boris_B]

Hey, wait a minute. The electronica revolution failed because the funky breaks bands did so well? I thought you were equating electronica with funky breaks.

I still don’t understand the differences.

[Greathouse]

I thought that funky breaks/electronica/techno were all different names for the same stuff. I do like the Chemical Brothers CD more than the Prodigy. The Prodigy is a good CD, but the party just seemed to kick into overdrive when I put the Chemical Brothers in at the New Year’s Eve party.

There is this one song I heard on the radio here I kinda liked. Not sure of the name, but it says something like, “The funk soul brother, check it out now.” Hell I don’t know if that’s right. I just remember being kinda trashed and digging the song. Anyone know who does it?

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[Peter_North]

It’s kind of funny, but Traci Lords, former porn queen, actually has a CD out. If you like the techno stuff, you’ll like this.

[mouthbreather]

but it says something like, “The funk soul brother, check it out now…Anyone know who does it?”

Fatboy Slim

[ReservoirDog]

Greathouse, I believe the song you are referring to is from the aforementioned Fatboy Slim.

As for the OP, might I second the nods to The Crystal Method and The Prodigy, and add DJ Icey.

[Crusoe]

Boris B…good point. I can’t even lie on my CV about being consistent. The quotes probably just confused matters - Greathouse has it the way I see it - they’re all names for the same thing, depending on who you are/where you are/how old you are/which promoter you work for.

PS the ‘funk soul brother’ song is The Rockafeller Skank from the album You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby, one of the better Big Beat albums around (including the ad nauseam MTV favourite Praise You).

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I never touched him, ref, honest!

[psycat90]

You might also want to check out the local CD shop, the smaller, individually owned type where the DJ type stuff is serious business. I know New York and New Jersey have lots of these and I would imagine Dallas or just about any other larger city would, too. Many of these shops have DJ CD’s. look for the name of the club you go to if its a relatively large one, or the name of a notable DJ. Most of the lareger clubs play just about all of the above mentioned, but the DJ’s mix it up so much sometimes, its hard to get that sound you were looking for. And if you don’t have a sub-woofer with your stereo equipment, I’d look into that as well. Nothing like that bass throbbing through your body.

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