Schranz

Schranz is a tough, minimalist and fast (usually between 140 and 160 BPM) style of electronic dance music that is predominantly enriched with machine-like noises and sounds. It is characterized by repetitive, distorted percussion loops and a mostly monotonous character. This provides Schranz is a variant of the tool and Looptechno and can be described as a pioneer of Hard Techno.

History

The term was originally in 1994 made ​​by the Giessen producer, radio presenter and DJ Chris Liebing together with the Frankfurt DJ Toe in Frankfurt record store " BOY Records ' popular and reprinted as a party theme several flyers Frankfurt techno club Omen ( " Birthday Schranz ") and 1999 Name for one of his records used ( "The Real Schranz "). From 1999 Schranz events were held weekly, every Friday at U60311 (Frankfurt), facilitating the dissemination of the genre has been greatly assisted by the formation of a " fan base ". Chris Liebing said in an interview that sycophants has arisen to shred as by his friend spontaneously exclaimed synonym, which he used as a label for hard songs that " crass, overdriven and dirty sounded " before the emergence of the term, without a specific want to describe how fast or hardness.

The word gradually acquired more and more popularity. Today, the term Schranz is no longer used only in its home country Germany, but describes more and more around the world the sound of hard German techno. From a buzz word that monotonous and percussion loaded Techno different directions ( Monotone, Progressive Techno ) describes Schranz has thus become an independent genre designation.

The often stocked with gloomy sounds of music is mostly based on loops of drums, rattles or factory noises, accompanied by hard, driving bass ( but not the focus ) or even through bass lines ( for example, the well-known " saw-tooth" synthesizer). Since the differences in the music ( tone, rhythm or effects) are very subtle, Schranz is often perceived as monotonous. Therefore Schranz plates are mainly used in clubs to increase the mood and the speed of the individual sets.

The rapid spread of Schranz in the club scene helped that Schranz got a lot of influences from other directions of electronic music. Often sets of directions Electro House or be played "on Schranz ". That is, the often monotonous Schranz opens other genres of techno, which makes it compatible interesting for a larger audience. DJs make, for example, tunes or passages from well-known songs and tracks being used to it to create remixes that have a recall value.

Examples of Schranz DJs and producers

• Chris Liebing
• DJ amok
• DJ Rush
• Frank Kvitta
• Felix K.
• Speedy J