Schranz… mmmm… might want to check Frank Kvitta and posse. (God’s Army etc.)
Rather have some Paul Kalkbrenner in stead. 
Saw Kalkbrenner at I Love Techno too, he was absolutely outstanding.
Berghrain is it a genre?
Been to the club Berghrain in Berlin.. mad.
Amen… That’s why I went all out on techno parties during WMC - only time I get a chance.
I dont think so its just one of the many names being bandied about for music like this, Dub Techno and Experimental Techno are two others as well I think. Its seems to be the Berghain sound because most of its residents like Ben Klock and Marcell Dettmann are spinning it, so I’ve heard quite a few people calling it Berghain Techno!
It’s definitely a sub genre even though the guys that make it play it wouldn’t like to say so.
From what I read it’s mostly because of the clubs acoustics, it supposed to sound amazing
Shifter47 love uk techno, it sort of made me stop listening to techno at some point but the guys like surgeon, Ben sims and Regis have definitely made a resurgence.
Ah, now I got it clear! Berghain “genre” comes from the resident DJ’s at the club Berghain usually playing some certain genres.
It’s quite a convenient way to refer to a certain sound, too. I mean, trying to describe something like that in terms of genre is always hard. I also often refer to the afterhours mixture of tech house/deep house/techno, which I so dearly love, as Bar25 (or nowadays Kater) music
edit: Not a new phenomenon either, just think of “NY Garage” as a genre description
If anyone produces in this thread, would you be interested in checking out my tune? I havent mastered it yet, because quite frankly I’ve never gotten to the mastering stage before, and if anyone who has a clue would give it a listen and maybe give me a few pointers? 
I’ve removed that link after i mastered it a bit, and here is the result!
I generally keep my techno dark, dubby, hard, and sometimes deep… just depends on where I am playing as to which direction I go… the techno genre is very wide.
Interesting point Lance - if you played @ Bergain - would it not be ‘Lance @ Berghain’, rather than Berghain Techno? I think the club itself has much to do with having moulded the genre. There’s a consistent thread through their mixed compilation series, much like say Watergate, or Panorama Bar. As talented as Klock, Dettmann & Faki et al are, it becomes ‘predictable’.
I’ve got two podcasts that I listen to on a regular basis, CLR and Lance’s . Interestingly enough I don’t play a whole lot of straight up techno as I tend to swing to the overly moody deep tech house stuff. Is there a more specific genre name for that? Techno was my first love though and holds a special place in my heart and this berghain sound is nice.
In saying that, however, they seem to throw back to a lot of schranz and stuff in their non-berghain sets, its still very heavy but its almost like they play ‘to berghain’ and when they play other places their real personality shines through! I would agree with the club’s ‘sound’ almost being predictable, but when you take the people who are influential on the sound out of that location their personal style shows more and makes it extremely interesting!
I would say that how I would play there would totally fit their sound…
In my opinion Chris the line between Tech House and Techno often blurrs, and much of what creeps into the Techno and Tech House genres on Beatport for example could often be inter-changed. As loathe as we all are for yet another (sub) genre, the deeper, moody (I call it ‘muddier’) side of Tech House probably does need a new name.
I’m finding myself starting off a lot of my sets with slow paced, dubby and not really the kick heavy/driving techno but interchanging it with some deeper tech house (like some of the deeper stuff from the bass music thread), it actually can work really well if you eq correctly!
Check out Marc Antona, Jug and Echologist.
here is my latest podcast, a bit of mix of techno, but it heads in Berghain techno sounds throughout parts of the set… Tracklisting etc can be found on the link below, not gonna post too much in here about it since I gave it a thread here as well.
http://lanceblaise.com/247-lance-blaise-tue-apr-10th-2012-teggno-sessions/