Your dark minimal techno recommendations

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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
Vladislav Delay
Andreas Tilliander
Mille Plateaux
Studio Pankow
Perlon
Sender
Sleeparchive
Alva Noto
Mika Vainio
Raster Noton
Robert Hood

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#5

This is probably my fav techno track of all times. The whole album is on YT as well.
Incredibly delicate stuff that allows your mind to travel. Various Artists - 3 - YouTube

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#6

If you don’t know it, you can also check Richie Hawtin albums under moniker ‘Plastikman’
Like this one:

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#7

He is one of my favorite acts in that area, relevant since the 90ies imho. Good old times, he is very groovy in my book. And from my hometown Frankfurt, so i am a bit biased about him in a positive way. He does a combination of NI Maschine coupled with records. So a bit live act + dj.

He can play the teasing game very well. Similar to Richi, that is when you play this stuff for +25 years - since the beginning of techno.

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#8

The boss

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#9

You might find some stuff you like in this thread, I’m a massive Hawtin fan and this type of techno, perfect for headphones

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#10

I like also ‘Recondite’, don’t know if it is really dark techno minimal, (maybe too much melody?..I’m not into genres… )but not far…

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#11

Yeah some of the early vainio and pan sonic stuff is very minimal, massive discography but the later stuff is a bit more industrial

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#12

And as you like Autechre check out the latest Plaid album Polymer

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#13

Yes, that’s right

#14

Monika is also in this dark minimal style, give it a listen.

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#15

I never really was into techno until a few weeks ago. There is some great stuff going at the moment. It seems like Spain and Portugal have a great scene.

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#16

This isn’t as minimal as I wanted, but I listened all the way through regardless. Very much enjoyed!

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#17

I was about to say, Mike Parker, Spazio Disponibile, etc sounds like exactly what the OP is looking for. Seems like we have very similar tastes @Adelock

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#19

Pan sonic.

They were autechre before autechre were autechre.

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#20

Your music fits in here very well @tumulishroomaroom.

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#22

Rrose is someone you’d like. Already mentioned above, Mike Parker is great too. Ostgut Ton is a label to look at. Geez, there are so many options that It’s a little overwhelming. Ben Klock and his label Klockworks, also his Fabric mix was great. Oscar Mulero, Voices From The Lake, Developer, Exium, Reeko, Regis, Lucy, Varg, Efdemin, Truncate,…you know what I’ll list some labels and that will provide a good amount of artist to check out.
Semantica, Pole Records, Modularz, Planet Rhythm, Polegroup, Mord, Trevor, Token, Coda, Pure Plastic, Warm Up, Kobayashi, Sheep, Tsunami, Main Out, Perc Trax, Stroboscopic Artefacts, EAUX, Edit Select, Air Texture, Arts, I Hate Models, Eotrax, Rekids, Noise Manifesto, Gynoid Audio, Infrastructure New York, and of course Underground Resistance. There is a lot more but you’ll come across them on your musical exploration.

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#23

This is awesome. Thanks, everyone. I knew I could rely on you lot to get all the good stuff. Obviously it’s going to take me a while to get through ‘em all (weeks? months maybe?) but I’m already liking what I hear. Keep ‘em coming!

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