# Electro.
**URL:** https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 26, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150 "2010-06-26T22:57:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Archies\_bald](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Archies_bald)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/1 "2010-06-26T22:57:20Z")
**Electro.**
I’ve never got it. From Kraftwerk through to Crystal Castles I’ve never found the attraction. I’ve always found this type of EDM soulless and abrasive. Sorry folks.
I’m willing to be proved wrong though. Can anyone put me in the right direction of some electro that will make me feel something other than disdain and horror. I want you to prove me wrong and that there is something I can relate to. Remember, harsh, course, noises aren’t going to win me over. Surely there is something out there with a bit of soul to it.
No?
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### Author:  [@Str8upDrew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Str8upDrew)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/2 "2010-06-26T23:10:46Z")
MSTRKRFT, Justice
It really depends on what you consider electro. The fine lines between genres all seem blurry to me. Like in 2000-2002 when there were 500 sub genre’s of drum 'n bass.
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### Author:  [@sm00sh](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/sm00sh)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/3 "2010-06-27T00:12:44Z")
i will agree that much of the new electro is taking on this “rock and Roll” balls to the wall atitude with the likes of the Bloody Beetroots, Les Petits Pilous etc…
But from Kraftwerk to Crystal Castles you couldn’t find any “soul”?
mentioned before me, electro transcends many genre lines. try listening to the more disco esq Electro songs.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVWLhLv_utU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kLFeU46unhQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
the new cats like strip steve and louis la roche
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpP1qMlTFdg)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVX536kZNZE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
I understand these discussions are 100% subjective, but if you cant find soul in that, then it sounds like your have your mind set.
and for relativity, what EDM genres do you favor?
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### Author:  [@ANok](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/ANok)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/4 "2010-06-27T01:46:13Z")
I love strip steve!
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### Author:  [@TABS](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/TABS)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/5 "2010-06-27T06:01:01Z")
“Electro” is quite vague, please post up what you consider “Electro.”
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### Author:  [@GPS](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/GPS)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/6 "2010-06-27T06:06:20Z")
> [@sm00sh](#):
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> i will agree that much of the new electro is taking on this “rock and Roll” balls to the wall atitude with the likes of the Bloody Beetroots, Les Petits Pilous etc…
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> But from Kraftwerk to Crystal Castles you couldn’t find any “soul”?
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> mentioned before me, electro transcends many genre lines. try listening to the more disco esq Electro songs.
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWLhLv\_utU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWLhLv_utU)
im pretty sure thats Disco House
-Gianmarco
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### Author:  [@GPS](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/GPS)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/7 "2010-06-27T06:10:50Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bNI16ZLL44o?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
so far my ultimate"fall-back-and-go-to-any-genre-from-here" track
-Gianmarco
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### Author:  [@TABS](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/TABS)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/8 "2010-06-27T06:14:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNI16ZLL44o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNI16ZLL44o)
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> so far my ultimate"fall-back-and-go-to-any-genre-from-here" track
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> -Gianmarco
And they are not Electro…
A lot of new tracks you hear are not “Electro” if it does not have a Detroit sound…it probably is not Electro.
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### Author:  [@levvis](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/levvis)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/9 "2010-06-27T06:25:45Z")
Haha yeah a lot of these are in a pretty grey area. strip steve is def disco (even described as such by bnr) and duck sauce is leaning towards house smeared with cheese (considering half of the duo is armand van helden).
I don’t think you need someone to prove it, you either like it or you don’t like any genre. I think all pop music is fuckin trash but a lot of people jam out to it. I am pretty heavy into electro simply because it’s different.
Since you mentioned crystal castles - none of their shit is the same, theres nothing but obscure samples and fucked up synths jammed into all sorts of arrangements. I find experimental stuff so much more interesting than just droning house music that has the same chorus 5 times. Each to their own, why do you feel it’s so important to like electro?
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### Author:  [@sm00sh](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/sm00sh)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/10 "2010-06-27T07:21:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> im pretty sure thats Disco House
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> -Gianmarco
agreed, in fact I think we can all agree that there is an enormous influence of disco in much of house music and its many sub genres. Disco house is just as vague as the term electro. I was only illustrating some tracks that IMHO had some “soul” what ever that may be. for example I think its silly to argue that a group like classixx is primarily disco house… I mean to cover Kraftwerk to Crystal Castles is no small feat! If the OP cant find a track with some soul in that spectrum then im afraid we are wasting our time with this thread.
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### Author:  [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/11 "2010-06-27T12:47:59Z")
> [@sm00sh](#):
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> Disco house is just as vague as the term electro.
Correct and IMO House is the evolution of disco. All these subgenre’s are like the grandchildren of disco with dubstep and D&B being the bad kids that smoke cigarettes and are in and out of jail.
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### Author:  [@ronaldo\_102](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/ronaldo_102)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/12 "2010-06-27T13:16:51Z")
really likeing the fidgety/electro stuff theses days about 1:30 on in this video
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/user/jackbeatsmusic#p/a/u/2/IaXElmwhNy0[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/user/jackbeatsmusic#p/a/u/2/IaXElmwhNy0%5B/ame%5D)
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### Author:  [@nicolas](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/nicolas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/13 "2010-06-27T15:01:14Z")
No electro for me, no thanks
nothing against it, but I do think electro doesn’t change too much, there aren’t many shades, colours, I would’t know how to say… I like music that changes…
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### Author:  [@sine143](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/sine143)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/14 "2010-06-27T21:14:16Z")
alright, its electroclash, AND their are lots of random noises. However, i find it has soul
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2OdlNTcu-m8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
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### Author:  [@Fyoog](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Fyoog)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/15 "2010-06-27T21:34:54Z")
> [@TABS](#):
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> if it does not have a Detroit sound…it probably is not Electro.
Not sure about that to be honest?
Fischerspooner is probably the most (technically) Electro person (IMO) I can think of in the truest sense of the word.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/c97XvF7e2qQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Y3m9vSdFbM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
You have a ALOT of Electro house around at the moment which have the electro synths which is what people latch on to at the mo.
I like all electro’s arms…and it’s legs 😃
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### Author:  [@eastcoastams](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/eastcoastams)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/16 "2010-06-27T22:00:45Z")
I grew up on punk so for me that harsh intense electro does the trick haha.
I’m not very good with genres but…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/IgKBVVZdLQs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
But for real, you can’t generalize about electro as a whole
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### Author:  [@Str8upDrew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Str8upDrew)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/17 "2010-06-28T03:30:25Z")
I love the whole punk vibe of the beetroots. And i’m really diggin’ the whole Rifoki thing.
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### Author:  [@gabetron](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/gabetron)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/18 "2010-06-28T05:33:05Z")
Miles Dyson makes some dirty electro stuff, his song “Anthem” is awesome but I’m not sure if it would be electro. He also produces a lot of other artists from his label plasmapool, lots of good stuff there.
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### Author:  [@Citizen\_Insane](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Citizen_Insane)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/19 "2010-06-28T06:00:18Z")
> [@photojojo](#):
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> All these subgenre’s are like the grandchildren of disco with dubstep and D&B being the bad kids that smoke cigarettes and are in and out of jail.
Dude that was one of the BEST comments I have seen on here yet!
Totally putting this in my sig if you don’t mind 😛
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### Author:  [@Ciar2001](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Ciar2001)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/electro/12150/20 "2010-06-28T07:44:58Z")
well Electro to me is the following,
Afrika Bambaataa
Aux 88
Anthony Rother
Arabian Prince
Arpanet
Arthur Baker
Bruce Haack
Cybotron
Cylob
Davy DMX
Debonaire
DMX Krew
Dopplereffekt
Drexciya
Dynamix II
Egyptian Lover
Flying Steps
Freeez
Hashim
Imatran Voima
I-F
Jackal & Hyde
Jonzun Crew
Kraftwerk
LA Dream Team
Maggotron
Mandroid
Man Parrish
Mantronix
Michael Jonzun
Midnight Star
Model 500
Mr Velcro Fastener
Music Instructor
Newcleus
Planet Patrol
Scape One
Volsoc
World Class Wreckin’ Cru
anything by any of the following artists, we called this Electro in the 80’s it’s now called Electro Funk not sure when it changed don’t remember it being called that back they it was breaking music 🙂 or popping!
and of course no one can forget Kraftwerk with Tour De France 🙂
this stuff has soul, can’t beat a bit of Jam on it, or say Al Naafiysh Egyptian Lover, obviously Planet Rock i mean i can go on..
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