minimal
On the techno line between schranz and dark techno. Grew out of house, glitch (electronica line), minimalism (avant-garde line), idm (electronica line) and acid house (house line).
EMERGED 2001
MINIMAL
The stripped, clicky house-techno hybrid of 2000s Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt: tiny percussion sounds, warped samples and long, playful grooves, spread by labels like Perlon, Kompakt and M_nus.
FIVE TO START WITH
- 1Frank Mueller MelodramRicardo VillalobosPERLON / 1999
- 2The Unexpected GuestAkufenPERLON / 2001
- 3Alpine RocketLuciano & Mathew JonsonPERLON / 2003
- 4Chicken StoreMinimal ManPERLON / 2004
- 5The Later The Evening…Melchior Productions Ltd.PERLON / 2005
SOURCES
- music.ishkur.com/coords.json (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_techno (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhouse (derived)
- electronicbeats.net/20-best-perlon-tracks (seed)
Dates informed by Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music.