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points by _the_inflator 2 days ago | 0 comments

Another one here. Vocal techno is a pain in my ears. There are few exceptions like in Bonzai Records classic tracks like “Let there be house.” or Emmanuel Top. These male voices are more aggressive and are helping to inject some additional energy into the songs, while female voices seem to drain it.

Goth industrial stuff from like the female singer from L’Âme Immortelle was a nice exception with “Bitterkeit”.

[–] littlecranky67 2 days ago

Fellow House/Techno listener. I am astonished that you can even use Spotify/Scrobbles etc. I always feel an outsider as the only way to listen to that genre is livesets, which i meticulously collect and download from various sources (youtube rips, soundcloud, artist releases) and play offline like its 1998. Any modern streaming plattforms are not suitable for that genre at all - you don't want to listen to 1min leadin/out anyways.

[–] taneq 2 days ago

This is the way! I found my old folder of Tranceaddict live sets recently and I can confirm, they’re all still bangers. :)

[–] technotony 2 days ago

Try di.fm

[–] turbine401 2 days ago

I gave up on them for psytrance. Used to be paying subscriber for many years, but their catalog never really got updated. Got tired of hearing the same tracks over and over.

[–] jwr 2 days ago

Was a subscriber for a while, but their streaming reliability on poor networks was really bad (also when transitioning from wi-fi to cellular and back) and they weren't keen on fixing it. Spotify works so much better.

I liked their playlists/radios, though and I miss them.

[–] arcanemachiner 2 days ago

Digitally Imported... Now there's a throwback.

[–] taneq 2 days ago

Wow, they’re still around? Good call!

[–] yadaeno 1 day ago

If you have a few links I would greatly appreciate

[–] exitnode 1 day ago

me too. I love electronic music (mainly tech house) but dislike vocals as they mostly are kinda silly.

[–] fierycatnet 2 days ago

I personally love Vocal Trance, DJ Doboy mixes

[–] rubikscube09 2 days ago

never thought i'd see bonzai records mentioned on hackernews!

[–] drfloyd51 2 days ago

Who is the artist for let there be house?