love that saying, "house is a feeling, techno is a landscape"

Gold bless the algorithm gods for making stumble upon this

perfect video, it arrived exactly at the time that I am studying the creation of techno music, the world must know the power of techno music

i wish this was a ten part series...ye should do a documentary with this dude as presenter and researcher,about the birth and early stages of electronic music and the early genres that gave way to the electronic music scene we have today.and go into some of the production techniques of these early genres would probably be the best documentary of its type!!!

This guy is a true Hero.

This guy is a true producer on all levels and I do not say that lightly!

Gotta say as a HipHop teenager and AcidHouse n beyond devotee of late 80s to present day I LOVE your videos.. (Energy Flash in a 20k attendance 91 rave was POWERFUL AF!!!!). Keep up the good work!! ✊

I love watching James' videos so much. He's the best of both worlds. He respects the sounds and hardware of the past but never comes off as elitist about the tools of today like so many purists do. I love his drive to just create something unique for your tracks and make it your own, regardless of where those sounds come from. Inspiring stuff.

This guy's really good at presenting! It should be on tele not buried on the internet

Joey Beltram - energy flash has to be one of my favourite tracks & I was born in 1997 haha!, good old R&S records

Just yesterday after I watched his House videos I was wishing James had also done a video series about techno. Now here it is. I think you guys read my mind.

Content like these help me break the writer's block. i give it 5 stars *****

I've delved in various styles of music and I'm now in the process of making my first techno trax - this is by far the best vid on the subject that I've seen so far!

Not sure if anyone else has brought this up - but for my dissertation - Musique Concrete predates the eighties by thirty or forty years... Great vid - thanks for the info.

Perfect explanation of the fundamentals of techno. Thanks for passing on your knowledge.

I’ve Been a Techno addict since 95 .. spent 25 years dancing endlessly in the dark.. I have right now on my lap the Roland Tr8s

If you want to dig deeper, I suggest »Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk« by Dan Sicko - Great book, with lots of insights and its culture influences. Best book on Techno I've read.

So nice to hear an experience musician who is actually well read! So many musicians get to speak like they know shit because they've made a few hits, then people repeat that shit and live by it.

Thank You Mr. James Wiltshire, another excellent educational piece.

James is a legend. Very grateful.

Finally someone knows what they're talking about!

Great video, loved Techno since the early days, now trying to create myself, thanks

Genius!!! I'm ready for Part 2! Please release soon!!!!

Great teacher. Thank you!

so freeking great , the fact we can learn anything at the click of a button is just mind blowing , we can learn anything

raddest thing from Point Black so far; they really take care to nail the history of these genres and the shots are nice, information is on point; the host is great how about DnB next? ;)

The idea of just playing around making sounds and recording them is so simple yet completely mind-blowing to me. I've always felt stuck working in the Arrangement view, clicking notes and dragging automations, and quite frankly it's tedious and boring. Only recently did I learn that many producers from the 90s used the computer as an arranger for prerecorded materials. Some things that seem natural and intuitive in an analog environment, have to be taught to a digital generation

Oh wtf, everything he touched in the end was just perfect! Really inspiring! Great history lesson as well

This guy knows his stuff and communicates it well.

Sound surfing! I love it gonna tell people when I am doing sound design from now imp going surfing from now on.

This man is so knowledgable!

Very good, sir. I will admit to my chagrin that I was prepared for some nonsense once I saw it was a Techno class, but you nailed the ethos and heritage of it so succinctly. You're right, this video could go on for weeks, but as someone who's dabbled since the late 80s, your intro was properly decent, mate. Techno was the last true genre, the final clash of cultures from when the world wasn't a fingertip wide. Everything since has been a redo, a rehash, or a fad. Techno is still evolving, still growing and isn't going anywhere.

This video helped me to test my behringer 2600, really great to have everything in one machine, delay and reverb and then the whole box to do these same processes in ableton live. You can't go wrong with a 2600. 😊👍

Beautiful approach! Just beautiful!!! Abstract thinking, analysis, decomposition of the concepts and ideas beneath (with respect to the history/genesis, without which it's pointless to analyze), and recomposition of those in a practical way. God I wish there were more people approaching things they explain from this angle, whatever the topic... can't express my gratitude enough. A couple of questions though, if you ever get to see this. 1. Why Ableton? It's so popular even Jarre uses it, but I still don't get what's the magic in it... compared to standard horizontal sequencers such as Cubase or an all the more popular Reaper... for example what is it about Ableton you're willing to sacrifice mouse-wheel zoom for? 2. Why that chair? Does it keep you focused?

Awesome video ...I never knew that Derrick May played a huge role in the evolution and breakout of Techno.

What and utterly amazing explanation and insight to the origins of techno. Thank you!

This is so inspiring, though i'm not even really into electronic music. Style guide series is awesome, wish it had more parts. Thanks!

greatest video on music production I've ever seen

Monotron Delay, my first and most loved Delay ever :-)

Wow would had never have expected that Radio Rodhad reference but hes damn right. Has that 90s 'energy flash' intensity

so knowledgable i love this guy

Keep coming back to the this video. James inject a bit of AKAI S series workflow in here. As Atari ST/ Sampler combo was the workstation for electronic producers of the 90ies I can see why he does what he does. Solid workflow, very good idea to focus on source material first (sample sources)

A very important aspect in the early days was that sampling wasn't really controlled. Kraftwerk e.g. was sampled numerous times and there wasn't really any copyright controls in place back then when it came to this "art form". No need to clear samples e t c. I claim that techno, electronica etc wouldn't have grown that fast in today's world.

Can't wait to hear what he is going to be crafting out of this!

7:58 I had never heard this track before; it's awesome!

Super Juicy stuff, James just keeps getting better and better and more inspirational as a teacher.. Much appreciated..

Subbed. Great description of the origins of Techno. REALLY looking forward to pt 2.

A big influence on techno was a class at Belleville high school called futuristics, that Juan Atkins took in 1979. I should know because I was also in that class. It's strange, I was playing around with a moog prodigy and computer music back then. I went on to be a biochemist. I gave up on music because I found the tech wasn't ready. During covid lockdown I begin making techno on my laptop.

These are great

I'd love it if he would do one on the birth of trance. Obviously there are some shared roots and history.

Brilliant! Can't wait for pt 2.

As awesome as every tutorial by James is

This is SO GOOD, I've just been watching James Wiltshire teach electronic music history and production for several hours now. Incredibly good teacher!!!

Oh yes oh yes

James W makes amazing music and videos! Thanks for featuring him again!

Absolutely loved this video/lesson. Refreshing approach to music/sound design

I first discovered Kraftwerk from the Movie Breakin.' Song is Tour de France. Such an Awesome Dreamy Electronic Song.

Love these videos!

Love rodhad!

Energy flash is a classic.

Interesting video. Appreciating that he's using budget friendly stuff for sound sources.

I'm hoping in Part 2 they talk about the dub mix technique and Rick Smith/Underworld...

Head here to watch Part 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrdmrLVl2JrXqXU.html

James could narrate an audiobook. he's got the passion and knowledge for it!

yeeeeesss please keep these style guides coming. incredible series so far!

Kind of dying for part 2. Post it now please.

Nice one! Some interesting history and some useful insights. Also, sweet stool!

You cannot forget the Detroit dj Charles Johnson aka The Electrifying Mojo, who eclectic taste of music influenced the Bellville Three.

THIS GUYS GETS IT

please hurry and post part 2!

hundred percent sampling this guy, wonder who else has

One of the best! Thank you so much!

Excellent video - I am looking forward to the next part! :-D Best, Shan

4:47 Thought that console to the left of Juant Atkins' head was an ableton session on first glance hehe. So ahead of his time

Shared, Liked, Subscribed, Bell rung, hmm... What else can I do? ;D I love how Techno is part of modern history and can be studied in detail!

Really good video combining history lesson with sound design. One thing I wonder about is how can he be such a fan of the underground but make such unashamedly commercial music as Freemasons.

Finally someone says it as it is

James is the fuggin man! so sick

The third Mitchell brother was incredibly good at teaching me technos

very interesting and well informed doc....didn't know energy flash started life on transmit I thought it was an R and S track....thanks..

Thank you. You know why.

Woah. Fascinating.

Good job guys, very interesting story

Wonderful explanations

This guy knows his shit. Sick video.

Fantastic and so nostalgic! Thanx!

THIS IS AMAZING.

As you know original sounds with synthesis and sampling experimentation Is the catchy magic. :@) wow, great Detroit chord stab 13min 10sec

In a word, Awesome! Thanks,

James you a bad man !!!

this is wonderful

Great video! Although I lold when he talked about “unique studio sounds” and then brought out a Jupiter 🤣

8:10 need that video one day

Great video, can't wait for part 2 :D

omg yussss I love the history of electrionic music give me mOARRRR

Can't wait for part 2, is it going to be uploaded here on youtube too?

Love this!

Great job... Joey Beltram in da hoooouuussse, yeah.

Seria genial en español,siento no saber inglés.gracias por esta serie de vídeos.

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