Cora Novoa has been on fire lately, top notch!

That B2B at Sónar was so epic

He just put together what I've been trying to say for years

Thanks Xceed for sharing your loving point of view on the music and the people in it~

Always a pleasure listening to his discourse. Such a genuine dude!

He is absolutely on point with the hard techno stuff. Clubbing started for me past covid and the first thing to find which took my interest was hard techno. A lot of my friends followed. But it didn't take long, maybe half a year, until we got...bored. Like DVS1 said. Since then I explored many different genres in underground electronic music. For over a year now I am deep into Dub Techno on the day and deep hypnotic groove on the night. Organized the first parties with friends outside and so on. Many people that I now know have taken a similar route. It is literally a lighthouse for people to find and come to electronic music. Some will fall into the rabbit hole quickly, some take more time and probably the majority will go to the next lighthouse.

ok boomer

modern hard techno is just hardstyle, 2004 to 2010 hard techno/schranz was amazing, boris s, felix krocher, o.b.i., arkus. p, weichentechnikk, mario ranieri, viperxxl, and so many more. ngoht, kashmir, k2. it used to be so good, and tiktok ruined it, just like breakcore.

Speed and hard techno is the hype like minimal was hype 15 years ago. Tiktok techno is fun, It's like junk food, I really like it but is a quick shot of dopamine. You physically can't support like 8 hours of 147+ bpm and harsh sounds

we had a GREAT underground scene in zurich - not so much left of it now. i guess a big part has to do with gentrification, not many cool locations anymore....

One thing that I learned as I got older in the scene, stop trying to convince people what you think is the better music. Back then we shitted on EDM because they packed the festivals & dancefloors and genres like Tech House & Techno didn't really get packed out and was very underground. Now I can't even go to any shows because there is no room to dance. So word of advice, let people go to the music that you don't like, don't try to convince them what you think is good vs shit music, let the dancefloors spread apart.

I don't know man. This sounds like a huge ego thing. Another dislike for this guy after all the other attrocities he was saying in that interview.

Where the fuck is the whole interview?

I've been listening to techno for almost 20 years now, and I partially agree. I used to fly to Berlin to Tresor (f**k Berghain and the retarded bouncer there) and I used to rave there for 8 hours and not get tired. These days I go to a hard techno (not much other stuff where I live now) and I get tired after 3-4 hours. However I find industrial/dark/hard techno best for work. I just put on headphones and monotnic sounds help me focus much better. But I never liked soulfoul stuff and groovy stuff. Only dark, industrial sounds. Thats why I partially agree. The stuff that he mentions its not everyody's cup of tea and that's ok. Its also techno. Just different subgenre. Stop being such a purist and let other people enjoy what they want.

I’ve been saying current “Techno” is today’s “Deep House” but same thing

As a 48 year old that's been in the scene since I was in college, this guy sums it up. I'm purchasing my first cheap mixing deck soon and can't believe I'll be able to do this at home and for my friends one day. This also sums up why groups like book club radio are doing so well now too. Pure class, and keep it coming, and big love and see you all on the dancefloor ❤

Early early days of the Goa scene, was exactly the wall of sound concept. You could never see the dj They just were sat at a table playing dat tapes.. Crowd focused on sound system and each other rather than dj.... Oh how that's changed.

Old timer upset his music isn’t niche anymore 😂 let people listen to what they want and stop being butt hurt 😂 if you don’t like the hard tech then don’t go to those events. Homie probably upset he’s probably not getting booked as much anymore 😂

ill stick to not techno thank you

I love you Modular

hahahaha listen to slow techno is for boomers by gewoonraves they sampled this

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I KEEP SAYING TO MY FRIENDS! One example of a 1000, Yesterday we went to watch nox vahn. I like his music. WTF! The guy doesn’t have eyes to see the dance floor? No feelings? No harmony with us or anything? He is the peak of the night and the last and everyone is waiting for him, ZERO! Slow bpm, with even tracks that are originally produced much faster. How?? Add to that that his entire two hours he’s mixing intros with outros. Amazing choice of drugs, but zero harmony between them and zero mixing. Imagine that we hear an entire track until the last beat of it. How is he a producer without knowing the energies existing in a track. Or knowing any kind of energy whatsoever. He has no idea that one track can be mixed from different points. This makes me think, is he just copying waveforms and just changing the tunes?

I'm not in clubs anymore but have heard someone in a comments section. a Jody Wisternoff interview, and now dvs1 here talking about cheesy techno but I'm mot sure what they're referencing.

Nah hardcore

Voi siete morte

Bringing underground aesthetics to a non-underground environment is one of the reasons why this generation is so confused and everything is called 'Techno' nowadays. Booking agencies are the real vultures of this scene and artists themselves are part of the problem when they emerge from the underground but no longer live by its values. Techno has been betrayed by greed.

Hard techno was underground in the 90's when it was among the "real techno" scene. Times have changed an the roles have reversed. DVS1 is the underground techno of modern times even though he is "real techno".

De todos los idiomas que existen , eligió hablar con la verdad

It's interesting that DVS1 makes a distinction between producers and DJs, but he completely ignores live performers. Some folks specialize in performing electronic music live, and producing or DJing are secondary focuses.

Thank you for speaking out of my SOUL!! <3 You said it so damn right - Hard Techno is simply the EDM of this Generation and thats ok.. But it has nothing to do with pure TRUE TECHNO.. like you CANNOT play 160 BPM ALL NIGHT LONG!!!! There is no SOUL behind it.. Having a good 130 Bpm (+/-) Techno is something were you are not just playing music.. it is like creating a place where a higher consciousness is shifting his energy and if you are open to it, it will take you through so much emotions and mental places where your soul starts to look through your eyes and you are becoming a different human… Thank you for that message… 999

❤❤

Song?

So bad version. Where is my voc melody 😍

I get what he's saying but his sets are boring 😝

such a humble guy

A bit too slow

This guy is to me but giving off big Gate Keeper vibes

I went to hist last set at Input Barcelona and i have to say that was in another level. The music selection and your experience keeping the energy going made that night for my friends and I. Thank you so much Tom and would love to go to any other place to see you again.

The Netherland’s finest

'hard techno' is fast food plastic, mating prompts for hormone-blasted teens. give me DVS1, with heavy atmospheres and expanding soundstage. I miss watching him dance the whole time, always pumping. and now there's the whole festival-career-arc bullshit thing, ewww. dirty and raw, or get off me. thast smile, what a soul.

Thanks man...some clarity for me right now.. latelly I've been listening this "New, fast techno" and I was like..whaat, what is that.. I fucking hate it, it doesn't have any soul to me..

I appreciate your thoughts. I really do. I agree with everything you say in regards to the scene. Lovely to hear. Especially about the underground. I gave a similar take on the underground recently when speaking about the current scene on community radio. They are out there, we are too long in the tooth to know. It's a wonderful thought. When I saw Aslice come along I had the same hope that you articulate. But if you look at it now, it has become a self fulfilling prophesy of DJ/Producers. And not much else. Just DJ/Producers giving more money back to each other. Like a big circle jerk! ;) Sad, but from the outside anyway, looks like it is true.

This video is my introduction to DVS1, what a thoughtful guy

Thank you to all involved for sharing this! I enjoyed hearing these insightful thoughts from DVS1. I reckon authentic 'underground' would prefer not to be labeled as such, or labeled/categorized at all, for that matter. They care less about categorization (side tangent: categorization in itself is partly what is fucked up in our society, it simplifies human-made concepts so it creates convenience but it also creates divisiveness and wars...) and the 'underground' of my dreams rather care more about community, true artistic expression and freedom from mainstream media, and simply freedom, in all its essence, for the love of it. I'll leave this little nugget of wisdom from Alan Watts, open for any reader's interpretation: "The world is a musical phenomenon. Good music never refers to anything except the music itself."

i agree and have the exact same opinion as the legend himself. Theres this fad with this speedy, psy trance sounding music they call "techno" and they have this whole trend of girls wearing skimpy lace black outfits and raving with people on these instagram posts....all fake.

AMEN!

DVS-Kant <3 !

some Moby vibes here

Truly love your view and philosophy, absolutely true wisdom here. Thanks man!

Let's just accept that shit popularized on TikTok will probably always suck. You're not forced to party with 18 y/o hard techno lovers. But please stop gatekeeping "techno" or electronic music in general.