Well there is a lot of that stuff but it is quite old, mainly popular around 1995-2003, nowadays this type of sound is almost disappeared.
I no longer listen this genre, I think it is mainly for clubbing, it is often quite repetitive hypnotic and syncopated.
I have got a huge vinyl collection from that time, check this stuff, a mix of label and artist
Here is a list
Profan label
Studio 1 label
Chain Reaction label
Mike Ink
Thomas Brinkmann
Synewave New York Label
Basic Channel
Vladisl…
My own favorite is Rrose
Fascinating interview.
A few highlights for me:
“Then there’s the thing I talked about before about creating music that is its own entity, that exists outside of myself to some extent. It’s like putting a chemical reaction in motion and watching what takes place. So the approach changed from putting personal expression first to discovering things about sound. Now I consciously work with very basic building blocks of sound.”
“I also try and avoid the “here’s my drum machine, here’s my drum l…
The following release was done with analog computers.@pokk ’s label SM-LL:
Check the rest of the label back catalog, it’s very interesting!
If you want to push towards experimental, check everything Raster / Noton
Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicola, Noton label co-founder) pushes sound pretty far.VIDEO
Heoliene (aka Deuver/Osa Uvein) also pushes in such territories:
In a similar vibe as minimal techno, you might want to check dub techno if you haven’t already:
Hello Elektronauts!
I have strange relationship with Dub techno.
I love vibe but I get bored quickly…
Like one day it’s the most enjoyable thing and few hours later ohhh every track is like from one lazy producer…
Saw people here and on reddit, who think the same.
So I would love if you share some unusual Dub Techno tracks here.
The following website (treated by Datassette) is a rabbit hole you might want to fall into. Not strictly minimal techno, but doors towards simingly interesting music…https://musicforprogramming.net/
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