Melodic type techno that isn’t cheesy?

[Be without]

Can anyone recommend any decent techno on the more melodic side? Been having a listen to tale of us/afterlife stuff but it’s just too cheesy for me. And very samey and clean.

[Amøbe]

Erm... have you listened to anything that you liked - I think it would be easier to recommend you something then

But I like Underworld, and I also like the scene we have going here in Copenhagen, where it is sort of a moody take on trance, for the more melodic stuff:

youtu.be/n3WcBKMPMZw

youtu.be/gtcQnhuPGCM

I also really dug the minimal dub side of Berlin sound, when it got sort of narcotic in its use of effects and small details - this one is a true classic for me:

youtu.be/ksvAQgbYOH8

Are some of these what you are looking for?

[Trom]

I've been enjoying Surts latest Postdynamic release lately and it has some melodic vibes so you might find it interesting

[Be without]

Erm... have you listened to anything that you liked - I think it would be easier to recommend you something then

But I like Underworld, and I also like the scene we have going here in Copenhagen, where it is sort of a moody take on trance, for the more melodic stuff:

youtu.be/n3WcBKMPMZw

youtu.be/gtcQnhuPGCM

I also really dug the minimal dub side of Berlin sound, when it got sort of narcotic in its use of effects and small details - this one is a true classic for me:

youtu.be/ksvAQgbYOH8

Are some of these what you are looking for?

Thanks, I love that 3rd video. Not really in to faster techno these days. Also a big Underworld fan. Their track ‘to heal’ can make me shed a tear.

[Be without]

I've been enjoying Surts latest Postdynamic release lately and it has some melodic vibes so you might find it interesting

I’m liking this track, thanks. Will look in to this artist/label.

[Evert]

I recommend you to check out the back catalogue of Inigo Kenney.
The topic kind of summarizes his style.

[kronk]

lots of old detroit stuff is non cheesy melodic, a la

youtu.be/g5pnUebF5tg

[Amøbe]

I recommend you to check out the back catalogue of Inigo Kenney.
The topic kind of summarizes his style.

Oh yeah! A master of melody

[over9000]

theres some melodic stuff that i enjoy alot on Index Marcel Fengler
https://indexmarcelfengler.bandcamp.com/
expert production too

then theres the copenhagen sound, Schacke, Sugar, Dold i would count Blue Hour to this style too abit
but its bordering with trance imo
https://bluehourmusic.bandcamp.com/music
https://arsenikrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mother-ep


Deniro makes solid rather housy techno, that definitely is melodic for me
https://taperecords.bandcamp.com/music

dynamic reflection label has some good melodic releases too imo
https://dynamicreflection.bandcamp.com/

[terryfalafel]

Steve Rachmad's Secret Life of Machines is a favourite of mine

[jordanneke]

I realise I'm old, boring and nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.. but this record..I had a serious epiphany late one night in a Portuguese club. Almost religious. Maybe it's old fashioned now, but I still love it.

This was it. I think I even touched God's face in that club


youtu.be/3pGHdbyf-Eo

[mainst09]

I realise I'm old, boring and nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.. but this record..I had a serious epiphany late one night in a Portuguese club. Almost religious. Maybe it's old fashioned now, but I still love it.

This was it. I think I even touched God's face in that club


youtu.be/3pGHdbyf-Eo

What portuguese club?

[jordanneke]

HA! No matter what I say, you'll hate it! I guess you were still in primary school?

I lived in Braga for a year, spent every weekend in Porto 2005-2006. Northern Portugal wasn't quite as cosmopolitan as i'd hoped. However we used to go to reggae, house, drum n bass, techno..the night always depended on what DJ was flying in

I think it was Industria? I also used to hang out in an after after after club on a boat. Forget the name. Some people used to drive up to Pacha at like 11am on a Sunday...but that was always too much for me

[over9000]

Theres also the deep techno side of non cheesy melodics

https://informarecords.bandcamp.com/

Some good stuff on klockworks and figure too

[mainst09]

HA! No matter what I say, you'll hate it! I guess you were still in primary school?

I lived in Braga for a year, spent every weekend in Porto 2005-2006. Northern Portugal wasn't quite as cosmopolitan as i'd hoped. However we used to go to reggae, house, drum n bass, techno..the night always depended on what DJ was flying in

I think it was Industria? I also used to hang out in an after after after club on a boat. Forget the name. Some people used to drive up to Pacha at like 11am on a Sunday...but that was always too much for me

Man at that time i was 10 or 11 years old hahah dafuq.

hahah its funny because i already played at Industria. I was supposed to warm up for Speedy J but he cancelled last minute lmao. I'm glad you lived in Portugal man had no idea although Braga is definitely not a city that i like, but good that you enjoyed Portugal.

[Críoch]

Those Cindy records were very catchy & melodic..

My mum was humming a megamix of them yesterday. AND she's completely deaf.

[chava]

Lots of Detroit or Detroit inspired stuff from the 90s. Don't even know where to start.

[chava]

Well here's one for starters:

youtu.be/fgSgRK3RzwA

And from one of the kings of "fast melodic techno", pre-Copenhagen sound:

youtu.be/XKapZfGAzJk

[Amøbe]

And from one of the kings of "fast melodic techno", pre-Copenhagen sound:

youtu.be/XKapZfGAzJk

YES!! It has been some time since I last went into the wonderful world of Dave Angel <3 marvellous! Do you know the guy Erosion Flow (Henrik Koefoed)? He is one of my friends - he usually creates music that is somewhere between house, techno and UK Bass (though lately he has taken up some IDM influences)... either way - he was the one who introduced me to Dave Angel, and that's a real treasure chest of amazing music!

I also think he was on that marvelous sound track for a Ghost In The Shell PlayStation game. That's a huge recommendation if you find it! I once stumbled upon it, when I was a student worker at DR

[chava]

YES!! It has been some time since I last went into the wonderful world of Dave Angel <3 marvellous! Do you know the guy Erosion Flow (Henrik Koefoed)? He is one of my friends - he usually creates music that is somewhere between house, techno and UK Bass (though lately he has taken up some IDM influences)... either way - he was the one who introduced me to Dave Angel, and that's a real treasure chest of amazing music!

I also think he was on that marvelous sound track for a Ghost In The Shell PlayStation game. That's a huge recommendation if you find it! I once stumbled upon it, when I was a student worker at DR

I know of Erosion Flow, checked some early releases, pretty cool. Don't let him fall into to the IDM trap! It's a dead end.

I actually think Dave Angel's a bit too slick, but there's a certain nostalgia for me to his tracks. I will always remember when I first heard Bounce Back in what 1992? Blew my mind then:

youtu.be/Exj2VT8b-Zk