How to break the rules of techno 

I love how by breaking all the rules techno you magically ended up with a deep house track! This is so cool ❤

Man, how much I hoped for the kick to be finally introduced 😂❤️

Oscar, you need to release this track asap. My god it is good. Did not expect such a banger at all. My track suggestion for this week is “Patrik Berg - Living the Lie”. For me this track is a perfect example of how hihat gears can bring and take energy. Oscar made a video called “Simple and effective hihat strategies” some time ago. You should definitely check it out if you want to learn something about this topic. For House I feel like “Eli & Fur - Otherside (Dosem Remix)” is a good pick for this week. I wish everyone reading this a nice day, until next time.

It's not techno anymore, it's "boenke boenke" AND I LOVE IT

To break the rules you must know them first. The people who were so impatient with you the first time must've forgotten this.

This is wild ❤

In my opinion, in music, rules are meant to be broken... They should be broken and not bent... This is what creates new musical styles and opens up new sonic horizons. Apart from that, I discovered your channel a few days ago... I really like what you do... Thank you for sharing your ideas and tips, you help me a lot... Stay safe, salutations from Switzerland. P.S. The beat at 8:38 is gold and powerful... I've always been a big fan of triple kicks... I love it !

I enjoy most forms of rave music, but as someone who is addicted to Hardcore and Speedcore I love that you mention going faster as a way to break the syncopation rule. The thing about the rules of techno is that they are for techno. As you showed here you don't need to follow all the rules to make techno, but breaking them could lead you to producing an entirely different genre of music.

Your positivity is contagious and teaching is inspiring, thank you

Such a strong Dead Can Dance vibe from the start!!! ❤

I wasn't expecting that ending but I love what you did, I also was thinking it needed a broken kick beat to make it stand out against the pumping chords ❤

10 years of having fun and trying to understand what most things do in a DAW . now its a whole new experience understanding composition and building on a track but that's the work I guess . My work flow has got alot smoother but still not always happy with my tracks feeling like they need more , a drum fill etc, it's all part of the experience. Thanks for all the knowledge

I really appreciate that you have a wider understanding of different kinds of music, and you use that to inform and reinforce ideas for techno.

It’s 2 AM I don’t produce music but I’m loving this

Love the organic creativity in this one! 👍✌

love this "Rules of Techno" series, great job Oscar!

that final product was actually insane

Oscar, I really want you to release the full version. This track makes me feel awesome when I hear it.

So he dropped the video idea, and then, more importantly, also dropped that kick :)

I actually dig the song you made in the end, I started dancing in my chair to it

You know a music making tutorial is good when the result is an absolute banger

That groove at the very end is tight!

you make these ideas feel so approachable. I never before have thought about how music is made, your skill in presenting the building blocks is very nice.

Breaking All The Rules ❤ such a beautiful detroit techno it turned out to be 🙏 I would listen to it as a complete track!

I love the hidden kick!

Oscar, this was an absolute blast to watch after a busy day at work. Perfect to wind down with. Thank you for your work. Ending made me chuckle

I knew the kick would drop at some point - that I would wait soooo long for it (and enjoy waiting) was a surprise! Well done, very well done!

Thats creativity anywhere any moment I love that Btw the track is awesome❤ Dark & moody

The SIDECHAIN part was mindblowing, that for that

Love this new format

I really enjoyed your video. Your energy is infectious

I absolutely loved this format of videos!

Im so glad I found this channel, keep that attitude up buddy!

I really really love what you did with this video!! The twist was very satisfactory. Gave me dopamine for hours. Thank you! hahaha and I just saw thats such a new video... perfect timing..

Love your spirit 🎉 you’re extremely talented and possibly the best out there! Thank you brother for all your help. Respect ✊

Oscar, all my respect to you. Talented happy man!

Amazing and inspiring video as always!

Man you are inspiring me so much, thanks for this! I'm really impressed with your talent to make those trippy videos

Really love your videos, continue on that path mate !!!

Great video! The end was fantastic musically and in that "real" sense.

Beautiful class. It's very interesting to understand that you don't need to know music theory to make music, but when you do, things can reach places you wouldn't expect!

Very well made and informative! Keep going with these videos 👍👍

Your videos are so helpful, well produced and cover great material. I had never noticed the kick was providing synchopation in Atlanits, propoer penny drop moment! thanks!

Ooooeee!!! That whispering part is a track on its own. Super nice to do something dark with it. 🖤

Nothing better than witnessing a moment of brilliance as it happens, dare to break the rules!

Show dont tell! Your videos getting better and better, top!

Venetian Snares is actually not a band, but a single dude from Canada with a classical music education who started doing crazy Jungle breakbeat shit with another guy called Panacea in the 90s. He's now like the "Aphex Twin of Jungle" doing weird piano / viola / noise breakbeat stuff. If you like this, maybe also look into Apashe from Belgium.

bruu!! Started doing some techno 3 days ago and it got pretty nice... but now u come showing off in this amazing video xD thanks!

Excelentes Videos!!! Gracias!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!

That intro was amazing! well done

Thanks for another great video!

You sir. Are a genius. One producer to another. Kudos from Toronto.

Hats off to you my friend 👏🏻

That intro music is sick bro. Props from CH

Teaching and listening gives a whole new vibe

The song has me floating among the stars man🌌🪐, I really hope you release it otherwise I'm replaying the end of this vid to the end of time 🎼

Much love.

What a great turnaround on the topic of rules in music! Thank you! Just a few notes: Great example of dance music without kick (actually without any drums) would be Lorenzo Senni, you can search his live shows on RU-vid and see the crowd banging their heads to it 😄 And Venetian Snares is one person, not a band, still a great example of tricky ever changing rhythmic patterns

and so, by breaking the rules of techno, he's created trance poems can write themselves

The beggining of the video is amazing, you're crazy, man, I love you, haha

So amazing!!! I love it❤❤

damn Oscar, you are truly a lovely personality. keep your stuff going. Its making me happy and im sure im not alone!

Thank you for this very interesting and inspiring video. Kisses from Belgium.

Love it!❤

This was awesome on so many levels Oscar !!!

Oh wow! The song is amazing 🔥🔥❤️❤️

Full song please! I love it!

Amazing track and great singing 🔥

PERFECT ❤

Beautiful

Banger track! 🔥

Thank you so much.

4:20 very, very nice example You picked there mate! jungle dnb for life

Your content is insane Oscar!

Excelente trabajo! Sigue así crack, saludos de un mexicano en Irlanda 🫡

Love your Videos😃

Super cool!

love it Oscar ! Release ! ❤

If I heard the intro at the club I would lose my shit

You made my day :3

It's great to see your hands on hardware. 😉

Thank you

Hahaha, Oscar as always your videos push my thinking. Class

Very very very inspiring 😎

Bro this channel is gold if you want to learn usuable interesting musical theory. That's the way music theory is supposed to be

Bro you know venetian snares!!i tought you were more mainstream techno respect bro

Art

In the beginning, there were no offsets. On any dance record cut on vinyl. Anywhere. Then, sometime around 2000 that started to change. Simple ambient prerolls always existed, but their beat values were highly predictable, like a -4 -8 -16 beat offset for example. Suddenly, I was buying awesome tracks with exotic positive value offsets that started with a kick drum. And DJs really REALLY had to know their music to mix those tracks correctly. The one that confounded me most was ‘In the Underground’ on Stereo Recordings, with its +23 (or -9) beat offset. Plus twenty-three… meaning you weren’t dropping it in on the One, you had to drop it on the 23rd, or 55th beat to get it right. And if you weren’t in the zone, hyper-focussed on the count, that one extra beat meant you were late and missed your ideal next mix. “Okay, hold it on the second kick drum… dumb ass” This replayed in my mind over & over almost every set. The song was too good to pass on, it was the core resolve-type track after my opening peak sequence. Today, things are EASY by comparison with Rekordbox & Serato cue points for more visual mixing. WARNING: DO NOT RELY ON ANY VISUAL ANYTHING WHEN MIXING MUSIC. (Yes, that includes the levels.) Thank you for reading. And much Much LOVE ✊🏼

Oh my gosh that drop is just awesome! This should be an actual song man!

Love watching you having fun...👍😁❤☮☯❤☮☯❤

a well deserved like

realy nice !

So cool

"Hold back and tease - you can break that, too" - reminded me of Schranz as an entire subgenre of Techno with the sole purpose of breaking that very rule 🤣

7:18 ❤😂 This is great content 👏

video mentions venetian snares, 10/10

That song is wild I need that released

Love it woof!

Magic

That track was fire bro