Promoting Hardhouse alongside Techno??

[FORCE 5]

Id just like to know the big wigs opinions on this one...

Spill your guts Mark eg,Mr Cullen,adverse and all

For me i would say Promoting hardhouse alongside techno is just a big NO NO..

but some people think that by doing this you will pull a bigger crowd..this may be true BUT..is it the sort of crowd you would want..Alot of techno purists wouldnt go anywhere near a Gay Hardhouse event...just as the glowstick waving HH monkeys wouldnt attend a techno event..

so it is a possibility that you would be cutting your own throat by having these styles side by side at a club night...which may only run for 6-8hrs.

thoughts please :idea:

[miromiric.]

i would promote commercial trance along with techno no problem as long as i put money in my pocket and screw hot chcicks and enough smack to go through the day...

[FORCE 5]

Unfortunatly people here in New Zealand aare a little closed minded compared to the rest of the world..

Genre wars are never ending

[FORCE 5]

Sure i would be all for it if it was at a multi day party or festival....but in a club for 6-8hrs i would not like to mix the two..

[Esox Lucius]

Unfortunatly people here in New Zealand aare a little closed minded compared to the rest of the world..

Genre wars are never ending

It's like that everywhere mate.

Personally the thought of hard house getting played alongside hard house amkes me sick.

[wenna]

at the end of the day; 'the judge won't budge'.


kiss my teeth! :wink:

[Esox Lucius]

Unfortunatly people here in New Zealand aare a little closed minded compared to the rest of the world..

Genre wars are never ending

It's like that everywhere mate.

Personally the thought of hard house getting played alongside hard house amkes me sick.

that's why we need the edie button back :lol:

what i meant to say was, the thought of techno & hard house being played alongside makes me sick.

[Esox Lucius]

F.UCK!!!!

edit button i mean

[wenna]

i personally don't have a problem with it. as long as the promoter treats both styles equally!

9hrs of h-house and one hr of techno simply isn't good enough!

[DJ Corbzy]

Hard Trance and Techno in the same set is ok though innit?

I tend to use some hard german techno to end a set and to break it up nicely, cos I dont like hardstyle... :)

[miromiric.]

its not ok!

[wenna]

this is a very good thing corbzy!

you're creating yor own sound/style of set

there are no strict rules gaurding what u can/cannot do with records.

[Col]

this is a very good thing corbzy!

you're creating yor own sound/style of set

there are no strict rules gaurding what u can/cannot do with records.

i agree although i dont do it that often

[Col]

Id just like to know the big wigs opinions on this one...

Spill your guts Mark eg,Mr Cullen,adverse and all

For me i would say Promoting hardhouse alongside techno is just a big NO NO..

but some people think that by doing this you will pull a bigger crowd..this may be true BUT..is it the sort of crowd you would want..Alot of techno purists wouldnt go anywhere near a Gay Hardhouse event...just as the glowstick waving HH monkeys wouldnt attend a techno event..

so it is a possibility that you would be cutting your own throat by having these styles side by side at a club night...which may only run for 6-8hrs.

thoughts please :idea:

i think its fine just as long the 2 styles of music are on in seperate rooms, throw them together and i dont think it would work.

[wenna]

absoulutely- just think helter-skelter 8)

[EmotionComplex]

"NEXT UP ON THESE F##KING WHEELS OF STEEL WE HAVE....."

[Esox Lucius]

techno & trance mixed in the same set, sounds errrr terrible.

[wenna]

i beg to disagree..... cold hard techno followed by delicious trance melody! (sounds like a delia recipe i know!!) mmmmmmmmm! :D

[Esox Lucius]

keep begging :lol: :wink:

the techno that I am into would definetly not sound good with trance.

[miromiric.]

techno&trance together - maybe funky techno definitely not The Techno!

[DJ Corbzy]

yeah if there was a techno room and i was playing in the hard trance room i wouldnt play techno...

if your in a club that only has one room, the play some techno innit! :D

[Louk]

you should play what the **** you like within reason

nothign wrong with hard house, hard trance, techno etc in the same set

variety is the key.

Louk

[DJ Corbzy]

nothign wrong with hard house

how wrong you are!! :lol:

[Adverse]

yeah.. something definitely wrong with hard house haha

[Louk]

so I am wrong for liking some hard house tracks?

Louk

[davethedrummer]

doesn't matter to me
just play what gets people going
and what you like.
sometimes the commercialism of hard house brings in a few people who get into techno that's not a bad thing is it?
you don't have to go if you don't like it
which is a point the commercialism of hard house would keep techno lovers away too.

hmm the jury's out

[Adverse]

so I am wrong for liking some hard house tracks?

Louk

yes.

[Analbumcover]

just as the glowstick waving HH monkeys wouldnt attend a techno event..

Those glowstick waving HH monkeys get everywhere though...

http://www.pure-filth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/davethedrummer.jpg

[Jimfish]

oh dear :lol:

[spiralx]

Ha ha ha! :D

[Adverse]

haha

[saaam]

Arf!

[MARKEG]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.

[spiralx]

I've heard some top sets where it started off as hard house and went into banging techno towards the end... it does work well.

[DJ Corbzy]

just as the glowstick waving HH monkeys wouldnt attend a techno event..

Those glowstick waving HH monkeys get everywhere though...

http://www.pure-filth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/davethedrummer.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol: :D :shock:

[DJ Corbzy]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.

yeah agreed mark, i'll play uplifting from the start of my set, go a bit harder, then into a bit of funky techno into harder techno then back to hard trance to finish....something like jon the b's insomnia or jay walkers - nature cos they have a nice fat kick and end the set nicely...sorry to put you through my trance talk technoers but im just saying my point...

corbz

[Tobe Cypher23]

It works!!!!!

Been doing that for the past 3 years...but mixing it up from hard house, old skool, acid techno, hard trance, hardstyle and into hardcore/trancecore into gabba and back to hardcore....people ****ing love it if you progress things right.

My ressie Ginge can do an awesome crossover set which takes people by suprise.

**** these barriers around music and people. Raves weren't and shouldn't be about that now.

My crowd love it. :twisted:

[FORCE 5]

doesn't matter to me
just play what gets people going
and what you like.
sometimes the commercialism of hard house brings in a few people who get into techno that's not a bad thing is it?
you don't have to go if you don't like it
which is a point the commercialism of hard house would keep techno lovers away too.

hmm the jury's out

Exactly and i dont think we want to keep the Techno heads away from your gig here by promoting you alongside hardhouse now ..do we Henry

[FORCE 5]

HA HA HA nice pic of H corbzy i saw that one on the Pure Filth website..god did i laugh.

H you really are a good old munter arent ya...hehehehehe

[Si the Sigh]

DAVE the Drummer in shocking glo-stik waving horror! wahahaha!! :lol: :P :lol:

[G-whizz]

It works!!!!!

Been doing that for the past 3 years...but mixing it up from hard house, old skool, acid techno, hard trance, hardstyle and into hardcore/trancecore into gabba and back to hardcore....people **** love it if you progress things right.

My ressie Ginge can do an awesome crossover set which takes people by suprise.

**** these barriers around music and people. Raves weren't and shouldn't be about that now.

My crowd love it. :twisted:

I have to agree with ya there mate !
A few mates and me have started doing parties about a year ago and we have two rooms... main room playing anything banging ... like acidtechno techno ,acid trance ... all that sort of stuff and the second room where anything goes ... we have people playing hiphop, breaks , d&b , psytrance funky tekno etc
It s a formula that works well as long as you get it in the right order and lots of people seemed to enjoy having all the different styles to choose from and it keeps the night interesting ....... :D

[DJ Corbzy]

HA HA HA nice pic of H corbzy i saw that one on the Pure Filth website..god did i laugh.

H you really are a good old munter arent ya...hehehehehe

Nah It was Analbumcover who posted the pic, I just quoted it... :wink:

[Tobe Cypher23]

It works!!!!!

Been doing that for the past 3 years...but mixing it up from hard house, old skool, acid techno, hard trance, hardstyle and into hardcore/trancecore into gabba and back to hardcore....people **** love it if you progress things right.

My ressie Ginge can do an awesome crossover set which takes people by suprise.

**** these barriers around music and people. Raves weren't and shouldn't be about that now.

My crowd love it. :twisted:

I have to agree with ya there mate !
A few mates and me have started doing parties about a year ago and we have two rooms... main room playing anything banging ... like acidtechno techno ,acid trance ... all that sort of stuff and the second room where anything goes ... we have people playing hiphop, breaks , d&b , psytrance funky tekno etc
It s a formula that works well as long as you get it in the right order and lots of people seemed to enjoy having all the different styles to choose from and it keeps the night interesting ....... :D


That's been the ethos of my night for 3 years. For me one genre gets boring. I like a lot of different styles of music, I used to be blinkered and only like one style of muisc and hated everything else...judging the music even though I hadn't really heard/felt it. I've been clubbing for nearly ten years and been involved in alot of different scenes hardcore, psy-trance, goa, acid techno, hard house, drum n bass etc. So I just wanted to bring the best from each scene into one.

As for commercialism I think it necessary part of dance muisc. I have to agree with D.A.V.E. that through commercial nights it gives people access to the dance scene. Once there they will be introduced to new sounds. Like in hard house Glazby plays acid techno and introduces people to a new harder sound.

D.A.V.E. > I heard your Live PA a few months back in Leeds and it was spot on. Proper uplifting techno...reminded me of the old days when things were buzzin (Havok, Herbal Tea Party). Lost interest in acid techno cos things went to minimal/anal. I'll be intouch soon :mrgreen:

[Slacky]

For me I predominantly mix techno \ acid but if I get a book ing at a "hard dance" night that isn't going to appreciate 2 hours of pounding techno then I've got to find a way of banging it out but not going cheesy.

Some Hard House is wicked for this, I mean you have to dig for it, granted but yeah it does work. For me the formulas

Hard House -----> Techno = COOL
Techno ------> Hard House = COOL BUT TRICKY.
Hard House + Coupe Of Techno Tracks = COOL @ Hard Dance Parties
Techno + Couple Of Hard House Tracks = SUCKS
Techno + Trance = SUCKS

As for promoting along side each other - yeah it works, what I can't stand is flyers that say

HARD TRANCE, HARD HOUSE, TECHNO ALL NIGHT!!!!!

Translated means - we have a little bit of funky techno to warm up then 1 DJ will play RAW 9 / Hydraulix 9 / Subvert 2 at some point in the night.

[Tobe Cypher23]

Techno and hardstyle into hard trance works. Like warmdsucher etc

[UngratefulNinja]

I dunno, personally I've been mixing sets lately that have started with precussive London stuff and then blended it out into funkier tech like the stuff Bang-On puts out which then blends seamlessly into tougher Hard Trance (Bang-On 9 Ring Ma Bell into Nick Sentience's rmx of Komodo comes to mind, the transition from one to the other is so seamless its scary). From there it usually moves between techy hard trance/house and london tech into some seriously screaming 303's which then moves into freeform, hardcore and gabba for the climax. Also oddly there's some really banging full on psy trance that mixes REALLY well with some of the stuff that's been coming out of London's hard dance scene also.

I dunno, I've found you can mix and match whatever genres you want as long as you find the right records and can make it sound good. All this talk of trance NEVER mixing into techno (or whatever genres you want to mix together) is just nonsense if ask me, there's just to much crossover in general between genres to rule out the possibility of mixing across them.

[DJ Corbzy]

For me I predominantly mix techno \ acid but if I get a book ing at a "hard dance" night that isn't going to appreciate 2 hours of pounding techno then I've got to find a way of banging it out but not going cheesy.

Some Hard House is wicked for this, I mean you have to dig for it, granted but yeah it does work. For me the formulas

Hard House -----> Techno = COOL
Techno ------> Hard House = COOL BUT TRICKY.
Hard House + Coupe Of Techno Tracks = COOL @ Hard Dance Parties
Techno + Couple Of Hard House Tracks = SUCKS
Techno + Trance = SUCKS

As for promoting along side each other - yeah it works, what I can't stand is flyers that say

HARD TRANCE, HARD HOUSE, TECHNO ALL NIGHT!!!!!

Translated means - we have a little bit of funky techno to warm up then 1 DJ will play RAW 9 / Hydraulix 9 / Subvert 2 at some point in the night.

trance and techno go together nicely douschbag...

[davethedrummer]

DAVE the Drummer in shocking glo-stik waving horror! wahahaha!! :lol: :P :lol:


SOD OFF!

[Si the Sigh]

LOL! :lol: "i'm raving im raving!" :P

[Willy_Wonka]

just as the glowstick waving HH monkeys wouldnt attend a techno event..

Those glowstick waving HH monkeys get everywhere though...

http://www.pure-filth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/davethedrummer.jpg

Come on guys show some respect please. I had to step and preserve the good man's dignity...

[Willy_Wonka]

Oh by the way here's the recipe for those tasty drumsticks...

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000000929.asp

[Si the Sigh]

ha ha! K.F.C the Drummer...Proper job! :lol: :lol:

[FORCE 5]

Ha Ha Ha Ha...Tasty drumsticks :lol:

mmmm but it looks like somebody had to much secret recipe :shock:

[FORCE 5]

DAVE the Drumstick

[KennyM]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.


This is my first post one here so hi...!!

Any way I agree with mark but from the other prespective I play Hard Dance (On the v.hardside) with a lot of london techno thrown in. All summer I play on a free party sound system and play the same style and the amount of tme I get techno heads come up and ask WTF's this it sounds excellent really suprises me as if I told them it was hard house they'd probabaly run away (so I tell them hard NRG ;) lol) So from my point of view it's all good if people are dancing who gives a shit.

It's been going on in London for years.

[FuK-NuT]

el fuk-nut off diverse frequencies free party sound system (Scotland) ere, havent fully read this thread as was linked to it by that wee gimp Kenny M, Mark yer ma hero come do a set for us in da summer for fuk all u mad bastard...sweet wee lable u have on the go dread head respect!!!!
Mind the core ya loon, el studio 24...oh z memories!

anyhoo this thread ,all i got to say really is its ALL FUKIN TECHNO!
to me anyway as long as its full off nrg it gets my vote! just finished a mix off last night starting off on a drum and bass tip going into a 4x4 French tekno(hartek) stylee into some slower type hardcore around 180 bpms (dancable) works a treat, any one want a copy send me a pm? the last mix i done go here.... hardcore techno - http://interface.pirate-radio.org/~twisted/club/audio/FUK-NUT.ram

hard nrg into acid techno works imo aslong as the dj is carefully in his tune selection....booty bing bong bosh aint gona work noo is it...!

trance into techno YUK....techno into techno ONLY!

all depends on where yer playing aswell i get the impression the english scene is far bigger and more open minded than the scottish scene with alot off styles etc not even getting a look in up here, main reason i do free parties as u can push alot off sounds out that would propably scare the shit out o your average scottish clubber....

anyhoo enough o me ranting, FOR TASTY TECHNICAL TECHNO MIXES CHECK THIS BOY OOT....www.sekonz.co.uk the other half off diverse frequencies, scratching, off beat mixing etc and he dont use a djm...the real deal baby! also some info on a couple o night were running, demos wanted!!!! geez a pm!

[Esox Lucius]

For me I predominantly mix techno \ acid but if I get a book ing at a "hard dance" night that isn't going to appreciate 2 hours of pounding techno then I've got to find a way of banging it out but not going cheesy.

Some Hard House is wicked for this, I mean you have to dig for it, granted but yeah it does work. For me the formulas

Hard House -----> Techno = COOL
Techno ------> Hard House = COOL BUT TRICKY.
Hard House + Coupe Of Techno Tracks = COOL @ Hard Dance Parties
Techno + Couple Of Hard House Tracks = SUCKS
Techno + Trance = SUCKS

As for promoting along side each other - yeah it works, what I can't stand is flyers that say

HARD TRANCE, HARD HOUSE, TECHNO ALL NIGHT!!!!!

Translated means - we have a little bit of funky techno to warm up then 1 DJ will play RAW 9 / Hydraulix 9 / Subvert 2 at some point in the night.

trance and techno go together nicely douschbag...

**** OFF CORBZY!! :lol:

[Techno-warlord]

Surely no-one still actually plays hard house ........ do they ?

[The Divide]

I persoanlly like all the mixed music events. I realy realy wish the Helta skelta was still around. Its Raves like that, that get the young people out and get them into partying. even tho they normally direct the arenas toward on particular sound, some DJ would play anything that seems to get the croud going and in those circumstances I dont see anything wrong with mixing differant styles in DJ sets.

Then when you have grown up and found what you consider as you fav music youl go from there to a more propper club with more serious directed music.

If I was in a club, out to listern to techno I would hate to hear trance/hard house/hardstyle in the middle of it. Its not want i am wanting to hear and wouldnt sound right and alter the feel of the set too much.
loved it at Club North, gabber in the main room and then sometimes the occasional techno set. Back room was hard trance/ and all kinds of techno. I didnt like hard house sets there (only happened the odd time), I think it cleared the room. It was very mixed with styles and thats prolly why I went, along with the wicked atmosphere. If I was going to somewhere else however such as the Orbit, i am going for one reason, techno music all night, if a DJ played anything else it would piss me off becuase its not what the nights all about.

So you have to see both sides of this. One as someone whos wanting to hear dark/hard/funky/grinding techno and the other as more of a Raver type person. out to listern to all kinds of music.

Something like that.

[The Divide]

Believe it or not Trance/hardhouse sounds too formulated for me these days :shock: and need to move on IMO

Had to sneak that one in :P

[Tobe Cypher23]

Believe it or not Trance/hardhouse sounds too formulated for me these days :shock: and need to move on IMO

Had to sneak that one in :P

Agreed...but I feel techno lacks a kick that a lot of people need. So why not mix it up.

We've been mixing techno, hardstyle, hard NRG, Acid Trance, Trancecore, Hardcore and Gabba for years at our parties. People either love it or hate it.

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

[The Divide]

Yeah its your kinda nights that make it work coz you know what your getting. :)

[Tobe Cypher23]

we've lost lots of people by having this policy though..but gained a regular following.

For example we had Sy playing old skool and then we caned everyone with hard trance, NRG and hardcore....some hated it and don't come back. Where as some who just came fer the old skool have heard new sounds for the first time and loved it.

Helter skelter was awesome. They had everything there. Went to one event at Bowlers and had the one of the best nights nights of my live. Best large rave. Wish I'd gone more. The HS at the sanc I don't rate...just D+B/Garage...too rude.

Have had lots of grief from acid techo heads in Leeds, taken them along while to accpet us (some can't)...not underground enough for em cos we are not minimal enough or their version of underground.

People should be more understanding of other styles of music.

I can dance to anything if I'm in the right mood. Just got to keep and open mind to sounds.

[The Overfiend]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.

That's the bottom line. Ya heard holla!!!!!

[Paul Nisbet]

as far as i'm concerned trance does not mix with techno on the same set in the context of 1 techno record, 1 trance record, 1 techno record, 1 trance record...

they are two totally different styles of music. if you're going to play them in 1 set, then you have to break the set into two.

but as for doing a night that is 1/2 techno 1/2 hhouse then fine - for me there's a reason behind this - it's going to get ppl into techno.

mind you, a better senario would be to have two rooms of equal size playing their own thing.


This is my first post one here so hi...!!

Any way I agree with mark but from the other prespective I play Hard Dance (On the v.hardside) with a lot of london techno thrown in. All summer I play on a free party sound system and play the same style and the amount of tme I get techno heads come up and ask WTF's this it sounds excellent really suprises me as if I told them it was hard house they'd probabaly run away (so I tell them hard NRG ;) lol) So from my point of view it's all good if people are dancing who gives a shit.

It's been going on in London for years.

i agree dude...im quite pissed off being segregated from other styles of music.... i play hard in most styles..... no point dividing all the styles up when we can all just go for it too different sounds of different genres.

[crime]

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

Yeah, but you gotta appreciate not everyone is into HH/Trance etc... I don't like Hard House/Trance, but I wouldn't say it's me being anal about the music, I just don't like that stuff, end of story..
I wouldn't consider myself a purist, I mash up Electro and Ghettotech, Booty House and other experimental stuff with techno... i like music with a bit of funk and to me HH/Trance has no funk to it... I can't get with all the fluro stuff and glowsticks neither.....

[crime]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

[Col]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

couldnt agree with you more, people who do this really get on my tits, they claim to be so passionate about their music, yet they throw themselves at the next thing, banishing everything related to the music, that they were previously & supposedly, in love with.

you begin to wonder if these people really care about music, music isnt a fu*king popularity contest, get with it :evil:

[Esox Lucius]

And to be quite honest, it's been quite amusing to see so many people jump ship, when they wouldn't have gave techno a look in a year ago...
It's like, c'mon, stay true to yourself, not ditch the music you were playing just because it looks like it's going to be out of fashion in a year...

couldnt agree with you more, people who do this really get on my tits, they claim to be so passionate about their music, yet they throw themselves at the next thing, banishing everything related to the music, that they were previously & supposedly, in love with.

you begin to wonder if these people really care about music, music isnt a fu*king popularity contest, get with it :evil:

well said both of you.

[Tobe Cypher23]

Non purist is the way to be in my opinion. FU.CK THE BARRIERS.

we need ta be less anal about how we perceive music.

"I only like this style of music...blah blah blah"

It's ruining the scene.

Yeah, but you gotta appreciate not everyone is into HH/Trance etc... I don't like Hard House/Trance, but I wouldn't say it's me being anal about the music, I just don't like that stuff, end of story..
I wouldn't consider myself a purist, I mash up Electro and Ghettotech, Booty House and other experimental stuff with techno... i like music with a bit of funk and to me HH/Trance has no funk to it... I can't get with all the fluro stuff and glowsticks neither.....

Fair play. I wasn't refering to just techno only or anyone in particular. Just thinks there is a lot of crossover in most music but people won't give it a chance based on the stereotypes or quick judgemenst they have made on it.

[slre1]

doesn't matter to me
just play what gets people going
and what you like.
sometimes the commercialism of hard house brings in a few people who get into techno that's not a bad thing is it?
you don't have to go if you don't like it
which is a point the commercialism of hard house would keep techno lovers away too.

hmm the jury's out

Very true!

Here's a case in point:
How do you think you'll go down/fit in at Twist playing between Danny Gilligan who's very much europhic hard trance and Peter Ward who plays an intelligent funky kind of hardhouse?

Also, a general point, what do you guys think of funky house, moving into funky techno over two sets?