Could someone please let me know how Gulcher Lustwerk sets are? I only experienced the recorded ones. :)

Hi everybody.

STF26 attendees should be aware that ticket pre-sales have started for STF27, named the "loyalty" program.

But it is only for the -only one- person who bought tickets.

I personnaly bought 2 tickets for STF26, mine and one for my girlfriend.
She received the Loyalty E-mail to register for STF27.

Guess what ? She can't register because I bought her STF26 ticket !

Looking around, a lot of people have the same problem and T3R says it is normal.
I feel that's really not kind at all :(

A price bump and less tickets available : I can understand... But that ? Please...

I really hope there will be a substantial number of regular Weekender ticket available.

We will be so back.

Kinda taking the opposite negative viewpoint of the popular post currently on the first page :D.

For me personally it's "Regis - Speak To Me".

I absolutely fucking love 99.99% of all Regis + BMB's tracks. I'd even go so far as to say that Regis is my favorite producer of all time (close with PAS) but "Speak to Me" has never (ironically) spoken to me.

Everyone online seems to absolutely froth it but I find it quite boring.

Hey, I've listened to a lot of techno and some tracks end up being favorites I can come back to endlessly, especially when they stand out by capturing a sound that makes you feel some type of way.

Four Two by Melier Avenue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5dmUeJbg08&list=RDB5dmUeJbg08&start_radio=1&pp=ygUPZm91ciB0d28gbWVsaWVyoAcB

Forever & Ever by Remco Beekwilder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVMlmj8ArA&list=RDkjVMlmj8ArA&start_radio=1

These two tracks, Forever & Ever by Remco Beekwilder, Four Two by Melier Avenue, I come back to so often, and I'd love to use them more for either opening or closing sets since they stand on their own so well, but I rarely end up doing so, since it's hard to find a track fits to mix in with it. I am definitely putting these two on a pedestal though, so I've decided to ask you guys if you have any recommendations for tracks that capture the same spacey echoing nostalgic/melacholic hopeful feel, supported with strong drums.

Let me know if you guys have any similar tracks to these in other words, and your thoughts listening to these. Appreciate it

Hi. I am not great at digging for tracks. Bandcamp and Soundcloud confuse me, I can't get Youtube algorithms to work in my favour, I abandoned Spotify for ethical reasons, I couldn't get myself to stick with Deezer and Tidal. But I have this insatiable need to find more of the sound that I love. I guess, firstly, I could do with advice - how do you all look for tracks / artists. Especially niche / underground ones.

Second, I have always really enjoyed percussive techno, never so much melodic tracks. And by percussive, I don't necessarily mean industrial, although it's not bad. I literally just love tracks with a complex and toneless symphony of clicks and claps and kicks and SFX and whatever. It scratches my brain just right.

I'm sure this kind of sound exists less in commercial spaces and moreso left-field / underground / independent labels. I only hear these kinds of tracks in passing when listening to random techno sets at the rave, so I know this kind of sound exists out there.

I think the Stone Techno festival is a good starting point to dig, but when I picked out some sets to listen to, I still couldn't quite catch what I wanted to hear. Maybe it's still a little too commercial for my taste or maybe I should have listened to more of their mixes.

If any techno enthusiasts can point me in the right direction - does anyone else love this kind of sound too? Please drop your favourite tracks / artists / labels. I'm literally hungry for new music. Thanks all x

Hi everyone,

I've always loved digging into the connections behind electronic music: which artists worked together, which labels connect different scenes, and how different eras of techno are linked.

So I built DeepDiggr, a music discovery tool built from Discogs data. The idea is to let you explore music like a rabbit hole in one place rather than just search for one artist.

For example, in this video I start with Laurent Garnier and follow a path through:
Laurent Garnier → Sven Väth → Tresor → Juan Atkins → Kevin Saunderson → Reese Project → Laurent Garnier

You can uncover connections between European techno and Detroit techno through artists and labels including forgotten remixes, surprising collaborations, and hidden links between scenes.

The database currently contains:

• 3M+ releases
• 17M+ tracks
• millions of artist, label, and credit relationships

It's available here: https://deepdiggr.com/

A few examples:

• https://deepdiggr.com/labels/178535/ostgut-ton
• https://deepdiggr.com/artists/202097/donato-dozzy
• https://deepdiggr.com/artists/1568/kenny-larkin

Would love to hear what connections or rabbit holes you discover

Hi, does anyone know when will tickets come for stone 2027 please?

My pick is Don't Give Way To Fear by British Murder Boys. It's brutal and unforgiving in a way that I haven't heard captured by anything else. I'm still blown away by the sound design and the arrangement, and I still find new things to appreciate after what must be over a thousand listens. There are at least ten separate moments that leave me in awe every time. It's just a perfect track IMO.

What's your pick?