“I was much more of a naïve techno-optimist than I am now. I still believe that technology can help us come out of this situation with a richer humanity with less impact on the planet, but now I think it has to be paired with effective policy in order to achieve that.” ThinkingBelieveStillsHelpingHumanityOrderSituationTechnologyAchievePolicyPlanetsImpactOptimistI Still BelieveTechno Author:Ramez Naam
“I listen to all of my Dutch happy-hardcore songs from my raving techno days when I was about 14. It's the most horrible music ever. I think it's some kind of muscle memory that brings me back to when I was 14. It makes me bounce around the gym quite happily.” ThinkingKindSongMemoriesHorribleMusclesGymBounceDutchHardcoreTechnoMuscle Memory Author:Lara Stone
“I wanted to do is kind of invoke that and then dive into that kind of repetition as a DJ thing because DJing you hear beats, like "boom, boom, boom, bap, bap." You know hip hop, house, techno. So how do you translate between those electronic motifs and the motifs of the landscape itself? That is what I wanted to go for.” KnowsKindWantedHouseBeatsHip HopHipsLandscapeHopsTranslateRepetitionDjsInvokeTechnoMotifs Author:DJ Spooky
“I'm not a big disco guy. Some of that English techno-poppy stuff wouldn't get me in the mood either.” BigsGuyStuffMoodDiscoPoppiesTechno Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“It's about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God's truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.” I CanSoulStreetsMessagesEarsReachingTechno Author:Robert Hood
“In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.” UsedProcessSoundNew YorkVery GoodClubsUsed To BeTechnoSound Systems Author:Eric Ripert
“My policy has always been to play new music. New beat, industrial, techno, disco, funk, rare groove and house music.” PlayHousePolicyBeatsGrooveNew MusicDiscoFunkTechnoHouse Music Author:Eddy de Clercq
“People agree to say that it is rationality and science which have eliminated what is called magic and religion. But ultimately, the ironic outcome of this techno-scientific development is a renewed need for the idea of God.” PeopleNeedsIdeasMagicDevelopmentAgreeOutcomesIronicRationalityTechno Author:Paul Virilio
“Thus it is no longer a Caesar or a Napoleon who decides on the fate of any particular war but a piece of software! In short, the political intelligence of war and the political intelligence of society no longer penetrate the techno-scientific world.” WorldWarPoliticalPiecesFateParticularSoftwarePenetrateTechno Author:Paul Virilio
“Let us put it this way, techno-scientific intelligence is presently insufficiently spread among society at large to enable us to interpret the sorts of techno-scientific advances that are taking shape today.” WayTodayShapesSpreadTechno Author:Paul Virilio
“I believe our techno-zealotry will be moderated by sheer circumstance. We will do what reality compels us to do, not necessarily what our fantasies propose.” BelieveRealityI BelieveFantasyCircumstancesSheerProposeTechnoZealotry Author:James Howard Kunstler
“The "Green" community, the enviro people, are preoccupied with running all the cars differently. Our techno-grandiosity has us gibbering about high-speed rail - which we don't have the capital for anymore - but nobody is interested in repairing the existing rail system, which would be far less costly and hugely beneficial for us. In short, we are acting cluelessly. And life is tragic. The clueless usually suffer.” PeopleWould BeRunningLife IsSufferingCommunityActingCarGreenSpeedTragicBeneficialRailCluelessHigh SpeedTechnoRepairingHigh Speed Rail Author:James Howard Kunstler
“When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music.” PeoplePlayHandsBigsSongInterestAirFrontsTrackMake SenseFestivalsSteersSubtletyOver The TopDance MusicTechnoBeing PlayedBombasticHands In The Air Author:Moby
“There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.” ArtSeemsPoliticalCultureMovementPressesCreatorExtremesResistancePocketsProtestMarginsSavvyHope For The FutureTechnoPolitical CultureProtest Movements Author:Alan Moore
“Any decent society must generate a feeling of community. Community offsets loneliness. It gives people a vitally necessary sense of belonging. Yet today the institutions on which community depends are crumbling in all the techno-societies. The result is a spreading plague of loneliness.” PeopleGivingFeelingsTodayCommunityResultsLonelinessDependsInstitutionsDecentBelongingPlagueBeing AloneCrumblingTechno Author:Alvin Toffler
“The triumph of economic globalization has inspired a wave of techno-savvy investigative activists who are as globally minded as the corporations they track.” PoliticsEconomicInspiredWaveTrackTriumphCorporationsActivistGlobalizationSavvyTechnoEconomic Globalization Author:Naomi Klein
“Girls in New York look like giraffes. Long neck, long legs, tiny tits and ass. Girls from L.A rock over sized shades. And chill all day cause they already paid. Girls in Miami...string bikinis and bump techno by Dj Tiesto. Girls from Detroit like electro And dance all night till they break they neck yo.” LooksLongNightGirlCausesBreakRocksNew YorkPaidHip HopLegsTinyAssNecksStringsShadeChillAll NightDetroitBumpsMiamiDjsBikinisGiraffeTechnoLong Legs Author:Shwayze
“People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called jazz. It could be called hip-hop. It could be called blues, or rock, or beat. It could be called techno. It's just a new idea. For me, it was punk rock. That was my entrance to this idea of the new ideas being able to be presented in an environment that wasn't being dictated by a profit motive.” PeopleIdeasAbleAsksSpaceEnvironmentRocksBeatsJazzProfitHip HopHipsAsk MeMotiveHopsPunkNew IdeasEntrancesPunk RockTechnoProfit Motive Author:Ian MacKaye
“Don't be a prisoner of your own style!” MusicStylePrisonerDjsTranceElectronic MusicTechno Author:Armin van Buuren
“There's a very comfortable techno-libertarian culture where you think you're doing the right thing.” ThinkingCultureComfortableLibertarianRight ThingDoing The Right ThingTechno Author:Stewart Baker
“I think trance music is the only music you can listen to without taking drugs. You can really feel the emotions in it. You can get on another level without the drugs. If you listen to techno, it's so monotone that you really need drugs to enjoy it.” IfsThinkingNeedsFeelsEnjoyLevelsEmotionDrugMusic IsTranceTechno Author:Tiesto
“The BBC is very much in thrall to all this techno cross-fertilisation, in much the same way that print journalists are now encouraged to blog. To the point where there is an emerging breed of sub-editors who take perfectly well-written and punctuated original copy and rewrite it so that it resembles a text message written by a 14-year-old under the influence of Bacardi Breezers.” WorldWayYearsWellsAmericaWrittenInfluenceModernMessagesCrossesOriginalsJournalistCopiesPrintEditorsModern WorldBlogsEmergingWell WrittenTechnoText Message Author:Kathryn Flett
“I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there. There's a techno-elite that lives in a different world.” WorldDifferentEnemyClassTechnologyConflictComputerTheologyElitesDifferent WorldsTechnoClass Conflict Author:Walt Mossberg
“I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment, when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them” PeopleWorldWantMomentsLeadershipLeaderMusicInspireCreatingMusicianLosingTemptationNew WorldDjsTranceElectronic MusicTechnoBeautiful MomentsSmall MomentsCreating New Things Author:Paul van Dyk
“In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.” HouseHugeEuropeEnglandHip HopHipsHopsTechnoAmbientAmbient Music Author:Brian Eno
“Banging techno grooves from the one and only Ben Sims. Around the time of this was written he had that tribal/funky techno sound that rocked the dancefloor. He was a favorite then and still is now.” StillsSoundWrittenGrooveBangingFunkyTechnoSims Author:Trentemøller
“I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.” UsedPartySavvyRaveTechno Author:Rose Byrne
“When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.” PeopleKnowsHateParentMusicianI HateRapOlder PeopleNew MusicTechno Author:George Clinton
“I'm going to take over on the Techno Comics so I'm going to be dealing in the children's merchandising type department. But that's just setting it up and having somebody run it.” ChildrenRunningTypeSettingSettingsDepartmentTechnoMerchandising Author:Majel Barrett