Your favourite Producer.

[DannyBlack]

I know the way it is, there really is so many out there that really know how to blow your head off time and time again.
I was only thinking about this the other day while going through my mp3's.

Really think hard on this one. Who manages to get it right on the money for you EVERYTIME?

I have to say, my favourite producer has to be Chris McCormack. Exit to extinction 1, 2 & 3 are just beautiful.


So, what about yours?

I know this is a thread that comes up a lot, but it's always nice to get recommendations.

[MITA]

me

[DannyBlack]

hehe good lad. Self belief is a wonderful thing! There are so many producers out there that I look up to and that knock my socks off, but Mr. McCormack tips the scale.

[rhythmtech]

john leckie.

[clubsynthetic]

quick n smart

[DJPAUZE]

At the moment A.Paul.

Wish Thomas Krome would come out with some new stuff, really miss that guy :(

[basslinejunkie]

cant name just one.impossible.

[Jay Pace]

Probably steve rachmad. I just like his take on techno and the sounds he uses.

[drift9]

since the mid-nineties its been Cisco F/The Advent. Dropped off for a bit but now def among my favorites again. He's had one hell of a comeback.

Currently close seconds go to Concrete DJz, Bas Mooy and Pat DSP.

[Athar]

too many to mention

[djfilthmonger]

loads to mention im going to name some any way., Glenn Wilson, Dave the Drummer, Ant , Speedy J, Anderson Noise , Dean Rodell. Adam Beyer. Cari Lekebusch, Hardcell and Grinvik and many more may add some laters

[RDR]

Ian O'brien

Dirtybass

UMEK

Apaul

Phil Walls

[djfilthmonger]

Ian O'brien

Dirtybass

UMEK

Apaul

Phil Walls

Dirtybass +1

UMEK +1

Apaul +1

Man I cud play all umeks old records for hours lovely choonage

[markandrew]

ten off the top of me head

sergy casttle
trevor rockcliffe
advent
boriqua tribez
daniel frontado
d-unity
aitor ronda
axel karakasis
kali
steel grooves

[SlavikSvensk]

Probably steve rachmad. I just like his take on techno and the sounds he uses.

organa is in my top five tracks of all time.

hard to say that i have a favorite producer, but i'd say the one i most consistently enjoy is cari lekebusch. i also love all the old red planet records. so the martian too i guess.

[DarkYoung]

Gunjack
Tony
Frank

[RDR]

Gunjack
Tony
Frank

Naughty calvin.. bad calvin...:lol:

[SlavikSvensk]

i almost spit out my drink when i read that :lol:

[DJPAUZE]

Gunjack
Tony
Frank

Frank Sinatra?

[fatcollective]

DAVE The Drummer for me, so consistent over sooooo many years!

[davethedrummer]

Robert Babicz ( rob acid ) at the moment
his ep on circle is wicked.

[Hoth System]

Makaton!

[TechMouse]

Cari Lekebusch has always done it for me.

Radial running a close second.

[The_Laughing_Man]

Robert Babicz ( rob acid ) at the moment
his ep on circle is wicked.
Yeah, I really really like his minimal/house sound. Sooo well done, very soulful too.

Other than that.
Smear
Casual Violence

[The Overfiend]

Laidback Luke (techno days)
Hardcell / Johan Bacto (Zync/Skunkworks days)

[snooch]

Influences-
Glenn Wilson
The Advent
Andrei Morant
Surgeon

current favs-
A.Paul
Radial
Wetworks
Henry's Hydraulix stuff.

[loopdon]

To many, actually.

- Peter Horrevorts
- Umek
- Format B (esp. production wise)
- ...

[RDR]

Ian O'brien

Dirtybass

UMEK

Apaul

Phil Walls

Just to add

DJ sneak
Masters at work
Boo williams
Glenn Underground
Dan Curtain
Aphex Twin
Ed DMX
Bogdan Rodzinsky
Micky Finn
Peace Division
David Holmes
Speedy J

All of them have their own style. All of them have their own sound.

All of them want to be my friend.



I said no of course. The bitches.

[FuK-NuT]

the dj producer
hellfish (new stuff is a bit weak)

dean rodell
glenn wilson
dirty bass
jamie ball
Raiden
Proket
Neurocore
Le talium

wetworks for best newcomer ;)

to name but a few

[rhythmtech]

To many, actually.

- Format B (esp. production wise)
- ...

agree 100%, totally amazing!

[markandrew]

Just to add

DJ sneak
Masters at work
Boo williams
Glenn Underground
Dan Curtain
Aphex Twin
Ed DMX
Bogdan Rodzinsky
Micky Finn
Peace Division
David Holmes
Speedy J

All of them have their own style. All of them have their own sound.








micky finn yer just had all my old breakbeat stuff out the loft to clean some surprises in there worth a bit too these an loads more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVy_kInM6Bw&feature=related




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZW6HfmvhaY&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D5yVpodYIE&feature=related

[...Dave...]

clive henry and justin drake AKA peace division are easily my favorite producers.

not techno but as rdr mentioned them:wink:

also jamie anderson.

**** knows who i'd say in techno. its all pretty shite in comparison, but i love it:lol:

[Loop]

Forward Strategy Group.

And thanks for the D-unity tip, very nice indeed!

[DJPAUZE]

Forward Strategy Group.

And thanks for the D-unity tip, very nice indeed!

D-Unity are fellow Torontonians, and amazing producers. I couldn't believe it when I found out!

[Numeric]

Forward Strategy Group.


that fsg001 is a sick record, the a-side :rulove:

[morbid]

Who manages to get it right on the money for you EVERYTIME?


everytime???

Immersion

harder stuff???

Leo Laker

massively underrated???

Ian Void

[DannyBlack]

Robert Babicz ( rob acid ) at the moment
his ep on circle is wicked.


+1
He has incredible ways of using incredible bass.




Seeing as we're all naming a few, in no order:

Dirty Bass for sins of freck and that dubstep track (can't remember the name)
Jay Pace... grrrr the name of that track evades me, it was on the free EP.
RDR because he just knows how to kill. DUB Riot was mind blowingly good.
Rhythm Technologies- again, finger on the trigger all the time.
Force- because we got to witness a monsterous progression in his ability.
Seige- because purple drift was locked in my head for ages.
Wetworks- Always gritty, peices of.

Loads more...

[davethedrummer]

clive henry and justin drake AKA peace division are easily my favorite producers.

not techno but as rdr mentioned them:wink:

also jamie anderson.

**** knows who i'd say in techno. its all pretty shite in comparison, but i love it:lol:


oh i donlt know I've always thought peace division are very techno , very deep, but very techno

[davethedrummer]

heres a track for you
rob little " pulsate " dj hmc mix

jesus what a record!

[RDR]

oh i donlt know I've always thought peace division are very techno , very deep, but very techno

+! detuned is still in my playlist. Those simple but very effective hats and the sublime filtering on the vocal hook keep on givin.

[...Dave...]

oh i donlt know I've always thought peace division are very techno , very deep, but very techno

absolutely agree. although i know a lot don't. its just not bangin enough:lol:

to me all the best stuff is right between that very fine line of house and techno anyway.:yup:

gonna get a mix together of all my peace division stuff when i get off my arse.
i have hours and hours of the stuff:wink:

[Athar]

heres a track for you
rob little " pulsate " dj hmc mix

jesus what a record!


wicked record and very rare too!

another techno monster by dj hmc is called "marauder" on dirty house records,
also very rare but worth to hunt, this record its a killer.

[...Dave...]

heres a track for you
rob little " pulsate " dj hmc mix

jesus what a record!

yeah thats pretty cool:wink:

https://www.junodownload.com/products/1259296-02.htm

[DannyBlack]

this isn't techno but anyone ever hear of "boxcutter"?

really dubby wonderful stuff.

[davethedrummer]

got a link old boy?

[DannyBlack]

I will have a lewk now...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzfXwX2yms


Check out the album if you can, it is a lovely peice of work. The chap is from Nothern Ireland.

[davethedrummer]

nice I'll check him out proper

[DannyBlack]

the album is quite wonderful. well his first one that is, haven't heard the second one yet.

Onieric is the name.

[tekara]

i'm feeling some of Dosem's latest work, although I am not a fan of all of his material. I am giving him a lot of rotation for his deeper techno material, but some of his more trancier or melodic stuff I'm not a huge fan of.

The remix that he's going to be making on Alex Bau's label is true dark techno at its finest.

[morbid]

forgot peaky pounder - Jeffrey de Gans

not the most musical but does what it says on the tin everytime, proper agro music

evil stuff - fasttalking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9WZGullH0&feature=related

with lenny dee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqyk8Ii-fMY&feature=related

[DannyBlack]

Anyone heard DubFire- Rib Cage? Lovely dubby minimally sound.

[DJPAUZE]

I really enjoy Dubfire, pretty much everything he's put out in the last while has been huge. Haven't heard Rib Cage though, I'm on it!

[jon connor]

At the moment A.Paul.

Wish Thomas Krome would come out with some new stuff, really miss that guy :(

im with you there dude thomas is awsome WHERE THE HELL IS HE ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9li9K6gM8

[dan the acid man]

absolutely agree. although i know a lot don't. its just not bangin enough:lol:

to me all the best stuff is right between that very fine line of house and techno anyway.:yup:

gonna get a mix together of all my peace division stuff when i get off my arse.
i have hours and hours of the stuff:wink:

Get it done, i'll never tire of listening to Peace Division, they've got to be one of my favourite artists.

For anybody that wants to learn how to produce great tracks really should listen to a few of their records.

Henry and Steve Dirty Bass have got to be high on my list too, for their sheer virsatility, any style they want to make they seem to be able to do brilliantly.

DJ Misjah has always had a nice sound too.

[speed-it-up]

Over the years, for techno Beltram and Aphex Twin

[DJPAUZE]

Over the years, for techno Beltram and Aphex Twin

Gotta love Beltram, his new stuff is unreal.

[The Overfiend]

Peaky Pounder aka Da Goose aka Jeffrey DeGans
One of the first people I met in person in this techno game.
Awesome person, excellent producer.

[The_Laughing_Man]

My favourite producer has to be Flood.
Every album he touches sounds simply sublime.

[The Overfiend]

Hydraulix 12.
Pounding Grooves 11 the red one and 21 the yellow one.

[Technologic]

Really liking Felix Kotcher and Eric Sneo atm.

[Technologic]

Hydraulix 12.
Pounding Grooves 11 the red one and 21 the yellow one.

If we're going into tracks, then Scarlet 1802 (and the producers) rule my ipod atm.

More producers...
Extortion crew
CJ Bolland
Dave Clarke
Ade Fenton
Chris Finke

[DJPAUZE]

Really liking Felix Kotcher and Eric Sneo atm.

Yea, I really dig both as well. I hope they do another collab this year....

[The Overfiend]

I think Mattias Fridell deserves way more shine.

[Siege]

pete waterman

[miss kosmix]

arkus p.
dj arcane
jeff amadeus
and newcomer Fergis from spain

play it hard or don't play at all innit!

[miss kosmix]

oh and on the softer side...

the medal would have to go to cj bolland

also virgil enzinger

and if you haven't heard of him yet, keep you ears open for Mezmeric from basstation crew, this boy knows what he's doing and plays a REAL live set..
yes real in the sense that he actually remixes himself in real time thank you very much, a concept which seems to have got lost in the depths of fake live sets which dominate the scene at the moment

[DannyBlack]

virgil enzinger


good call! I have Voices EP. Bloody smashing record.

[davethedrummer]

me of course

[DannyBlack]

well... I dunno, you're ok i guess.








:lol:

[gunjack]

yea so mark broom, ben simsy, smear/FSG, Dima E and tony wetworks.

[ORIS]

Sneo, Brad Lee, Dave the Drummer, Dirty Bass.. umm. Loads more tbh.

[djfilthmonger]

me of course

ha ha sure why not

[djfilthmonger]

loads to mention im going to name some any way., Glenn Wilson, Dave the Drummer, Ant , Speedy J, Anderson Noise , Dean Rodell. Adam Beyer. Cari Lekebusch, Hardcell and Grinvik and many more may add some laters

Im going to add A.P., Sterling Moss, Pattrix and Chris Liberator.

and i'm going to remove dave the drummer for loving himself so much ha ha!

[josephjobling]

The RZA - he just oozes Bad boy and fat beats.

[Microdot]

Robert Hood

[clubsynthetic]

quick n smart
quick n smart
quick n smart
quick n smart

did i mention quick n smart?

[Fusion]

i have to go with dj misjah & dave the drummer

both consistently good
both always have a trick or two up their sleeve

i can go and buy a record from either of these producers without a listen and know i will be satisfied

[djfilthmonger]

i have to go with dj misjah & dave the drummer

both consistently good
both always have a trick or two up their sleeve

i can go and buy a record from either of these producers without a listen and know i will be satisfied

yeah man thats what you want in a producer

[DELTA9MDA]

Glenn fricking Wilson
WEICHENTECHNIKK- go hard or go home

[djfilthmonger]

Glenn fricking Wilson
WEICHENTECHNIKK- go hard or go home

Glenn Wilson all the way man. I hear ya

[The_Laughing_Man]

Flood

[CJD]

Louis Walsh!

[TechMouse]

Flood
Oooh, nice choice.

[morbid]

Phil Spector....

got to love the Ronettes

[Siege]

Louis Walsh!

hes not a producer lol

[DannyBlack]

He is man, the finest producer of mass produced candidates for post natal abortion that the planet has ever seen.

[djfilthmonger]

He is man, the finest producer of mass produced candidates for post natal abortion that the planet has ever seen.

ha ha post natal abortion

[SlavikSvensk]

producer of rock music: martin hannett. not because of skills but because of that signature sound.

techno producers: too many to mention, but a few that i've found consistently gratifying are:

cari lekebusch
basic channel
the martian
rob hood
joel mull
joris voorn


as for new producers, not all that much i'm into, but i do like the stuff BOA's own jay pace has been doing.

[Igneous]

Hard to name just 1 producer, so I'll do a top 5:

Reeko
Carl Falk
Glenn Wilson
Ben Sims
Surgeon

[mike1000000]

has anybody said Jeff Mills? I think the tunes he makes are perfect for layering up tunes in long mixes but there is still enough going on in them for them to sound good on their own. it's a shame he hasn't made anything in years

[davethedrummer]

i have to go with dj misjah & dave the drummer

both consistently good
both always have a trick or two up their sleeve

i can go and buy a record from either of these producers without a listen and know i will be satisfied


except when it's a shit one

[Fusion]

except when it's a shit one

haven't had one yet ...


rock producer - rick rubin - hands down

[TechMouse]

rock producer - rick rubin - hands down
Toss up between Flood and Steve Albini.

I dunno if you can really call Flood a "rock" producer though.

[The Overfiend]

Flemming 'Razz' Rasmussen
http://www.lecia.dk/images/Pictur3.jpg

[nrk]

G-Man/Gez Varley

[prozac]

mike parker

[rhythmtech]

Toss up between Flood and Steve Albini.



meh, albini definitly.. or leckie but flood is a littl played out at this stage IMO

[The_Laughing_Man]

meh, albini definitly.. or leckie but flood is a littl played out at this stage IMO

True, but you look at his history and most of what he has touched are landmark productions.

Eno is damn good too.

Alan Wilder of Ex Depeche Mode and his own stuff As Recoil is a wizard at production, I`ve been studying his stuff a fair bit recently.

Trent Reznor has become very accomplished as a pure producer aside from his creative work too.
Some of the Ghosts stuff is lush as ****.

My fave is Graem Revell of SPK. His production is just immense now, his sound design and film scores are great.

Lustmord (Brian Williams), another SPK guy is also pretty amazing. His Zoetrope soundtrack was fantastic, his sound design again is second to none.

A lot of the guys from the Industrial era have gone on to be pretty stunning and innovative producers.

[rhythmtech]

two of my faves at the moment are gareth lee (ex-compulsion) and an irish lad called marc carolyn (who now does FOH for the cure and muse)

[rhythmtech]

True, but you look at his history and most of what he has touched are landmark productions.


very true early stuff he did with reznor was outstanding and the charlatans 2nd album was so cool but from about 04 onwards he's been involved with some stinkers! U2, placebo (meds), that hideous 2nd album from the killers and so on.

[Fusion]

very true early stuff he did with reznor was outstanding and the charlatans 2nd album was so cool but from about 04 onwards he's been involved with some stinkers! U2, placebo (meds), that hideous 2nd album from the killers and so on.

what's your opinion on the third killers album?

[rhythmtech]

what's your opinion on the third killers album?

the new one? ive only heard the new single but it sounds a little better than sam's town, not that that would take a lot of work :lol:

[The_Laughing_Man]

very true early stuff he did with reznor was outstanding and the charlatans 2nd album was so cool but from about 04 onwards he's been involved with some stinkers! U2, placebo (meds), that hideous 2nd album from the killers and so on.

I`ve not heard any of them, but I still bet the production was flawless.

[djfilthmonger]

what's your opinion on the third killers album?

killers! ha ha I taught this was a techno forum.

[rhythmtech]

killers! ha ha I taught this was a techno forum.

we're talking about producers at the moment. keep up :wink:

[DannyBlack]

I'm going to shake it up a bit. My favorite Hip Hop producer by far has got to be Missy Elliot. Incredible.

[The_Laughing_Man]

Aren`t a lot of her productions basically down to Timbaland though?

[DannyBlack]

Yeah, for the most part- I should have included Timbaland, because he is bloody amazing.

[djfilthmonger]

we're talking about producers at the moment. keep up :wink:

yeah I know , but come on like.

Dr Dre's older stuff was savage!

[DannyBlack]

Dr Dre's older stuff was savage!


I see your Dr. Dre and I raise you a steaming pile of dogshit.

[djfilthmonger]

I see your Dr. Dre and I raise you a steaming pile of dogshit.

I see ur raise and I re-raise you a shit sandwich.

Djshadow was well good aswell

[TechMouse]

Aren`t a lot of her productions basically down to Timbaland though?
All the good ones, yeah.

[Numeric]

rza from the wu-tang is my fave hip hop producer, them early albums still sound dope

[tekara]

Yeah, for the most part- I should have included Timbaland, because he is bloody amazing.

Both Timbaland and Missy were great choices!

Both were mentored by Devante Swing from Jodeci.

I personally think Devante is one of the sickest and most underrated producers out there. Gotta love that New Jack Swing sound. Too bad crack cocaine addictions can ruin careers.

Honourable mentions:

Premier
Rza
Havoc
Dre
Ant Banks
Lord Finesse
Eric Sermon
DJ Muggs
Marly Marl
Pete Rock