DLaurent's Techno Top 100

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Time to get this finished. No one wanted to suggest tracks publicly but I have had some PMs that suggested tracks to me that has given me a little inspiration to finish it. There are 35 tracks to go and I have 20 lined up to post.

 

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66) Bandulu - Presence

This is the most 'party' Bandulu track I know, instant uplifter to get things pumping again. I thought I might have already posted something by Bandulu but I haven't and this is the most obvious one.

 

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67) Future Past - Dance Intellect

Bassline growler from Kirk Degiorgio. Sonically ahead of its time for 1991 and if I'm going to pick (another) B12 Record this would be it.

 

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68) Sterac - Thera

Got the 1000 yard stare on this one, the title track from a Steve Rachmad album

 

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69) Ken Ishii - Low

I have no Japanese techno on the list, and very little 'Belgian' stuff, so I was digging through the R&S back catalogue and found this funky number.

 

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70) Roy of the Ravers - Emotinium (Secret Mix)

Thanks for the suggestion of this one by PM. I thought it was Aphex Twin when I first remember hearing it, I'm sure he's at least played it.

 

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71) Robert Hood - Interiror Suspect

I already listed some Hood tracks but this was also suggested by PM and it's such a class track it needs including.

 

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72) Truth - Calm Down

This EP fetches a ton on discogs by the sounds of things, and although probably a bit overrated in that sense, this track is very chilled.

 

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73) Black Dog - Otaku

I have Black Dog tracks on the list already maybe, but this has always been a favourite, not least for the title, Otaku, which is a Japanese term for a type of geek!

 

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74) Pod - Northern Lights

Kenny Larkin alias from 1992 and about as 'glowing' as Detroit gets.

 

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75) Sound Virus - Bossa Blue Dub

I don't know anything about the producer of this but I think it has recently been repressed as I found it browsing Hardwax and this is a pretty unique track.

 

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76) Inigo Kennedy - Obsidian

Hardly any 'new' techno on the list. But I heard this on a Surgeon mix a while back and had to find out what it was.

 

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77) Inner City - Ahnonghay (Dave Clarke Remix)

Dave Clarke's the darkest mix of this Inner City track. 'Helicopter' or some sort of breaks and dark stabs.

 

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78) Directional Force - Parameter

More Dave Clarke, why not? This one an amen track I think from 1990.

 

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79) DHS - Bad Acid

And another R&S track that Surgeon plays a lot.

 

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80) Rue East - Remove

I think this one was also suggested to me by PM. It's a great track either way, with 'warrior' staccato strings.

 

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81) Too Funk - Too Funk To Funk

I know nothing about this 1998 record other than I'd play it, especially this B2 side.

 

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82) Link - The Augur

I think I already had a Link track in here but I have a soft spot for them. Love the 'cosmic' pictures that always tend to accompany this kind of spacey techno on YouTube and it doesn't get much more celestial than this.

 

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83) Capricorn - 20hz

I think this would have been a pretty commercial track for 1993 and so is a bit of an oddity on the list. Could still play it.

 

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84) Stephen Brown - The Self

Another one that was recommended to me. I hadn't heard it before but it's quite haunting.