Lets create Techno like we're back in the 90s (or 80s?)

Lets enrage some techno purists and attempt to create classic Detroit techno late 80s/early 90s style. Lots of Roland TR-909 and Alpha Juno (and some more late 80s favorites) to create some machine music with soul.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:23 The foundation, Roland TR-909 bass drum and Alpha Juno chord stab
2:34 Programming the 909 beats on the Roland TR-8S
4:35 Adding details with the Yamaha TX81Z
6:44 More details: Juno 106 strings
7:10 M1 Kraftwerk
8:33 The final track
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[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Seriously... Lately Bass just sounds perfect every time.

[@Estuera]

I can only agree. Every time I put it in a track it simply works instantly :D

[@YOUENNNN]

It's closer to electro-house/modern tech-house than detroit techno

[@neptuneseye7832]

It would be cool if you do How to make early house music like Chicago house from 1980s

[@Estuera]

Its also on the list ✅

[@neptuneseye7832]

@@Estuera How about Acid House? The genre itself made 2nd summer of love

[@Estuera]

Yeah. Also an interesting one for sure.

[@adrianpiwowarczyk9848]

@@Estuera maybe belgium/holland techno of 2000's?

[@emiliogomez8443]

new york/jersey house in the style of kerri chandler

[@OperculumAudio]

Hell yes, Love this! I wish I had a time machine because I would go back and go to clubs as current me. I was born in 1985 so I wasn't in the clubs but I heard the music and what a great time, no social media or people recording and posting things. Just people with their attention mostly on the music and the environment.

[@tehedx]

You manage to maintain the vibe of the era so well! It's the same kind of joy as finding some old tapes (and a working cassette player).

[@JPav91]

The retro futurism visuals are an astounding pair with this track, really great to always have it with the amazing tunes at the end of these.

[@geekyruth]

If I'm right, I think they were from the film "Metropolis".

[@OfficialHeartlead]

@@geekyruth You are right, the scenes are from the film "Metropolis" from 1927.

[@MattGreerMusic]

That Lately Bass riff made me think of Orbital's Chime almost instantly.

[@Estuera]

Never too late for lately bass ✅

[@Sonikbytes]

I never really clicked with most of these 'techno' genres as they were not complex enough and too minimal but I do appreciate you showing how it was done. I still listen to Trance especially melodic trance. Early BT is my fav.

[@menace-404]

I enjoyed listening wholeheartedly 💗💗💗

[@Borrelnoot1982]

Love the audio mix with parts from the movie "metropolis " from the 20's . The song is amazing, well done !

[@ferric6796]

This sounds like every fighting and racing game from the 90's (excluding street fighter) and I'm 100% here for it.

[@chaocraticysmix1205]

I'm binging all your videos. Great explanations and end results! I'm old enough to be an OG, but sadly during that era I was mainly focused on "real" music and electronic music was no more than an occasional guilty pleasure. Now I'm in my 40s and bought some synths and try to create tracks like this. It's not nearly as easy as I then thought it would be (or as easy as you make it seem), but I am enjoying the process very much. Maybe I'll be ready to go pro by the next revival, 30 years from now...

[@earlsfield]

I was waiting for that bass lol long live tx!

[@Banglish123]

Reminds me of the Joey Beltram sort of stuff around 89 very good

[@chupathingy5862]

I need this on a 12"

[@maxrendek761]

Love these videos, Amazing!!!

[@MrDigimal]

Love your videos and your tracks always bang. Fair play bro

[@roblow8126]

amazing as always. you have a real talent

[@Electrotranqui]

Beautiful all these series thanks thanks thanks

[@patbreacadh]

Killer track! Well done.

[@ouatedephoque]

Great work ! I like a lot the stab riff !

[@RebelScumbag]

Amazing ! Pure electronic pleasure -love it ♥️♥️♥️

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Very well done, as usual Jonas! I always look so forward to these! Thanks for sharing and please do, keep up the fantastic work!

[@doelman]

Great result and really enjoyable to watch the process.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Absolutely cool. Perfect retro spirit! Parabens!

[@eldervinnie]

Again amazing explanation and An amazing track 🔥

[@Xceloverdose]

On point as always. Really captivates the late 80s and early to mid 90s sound. Good work, sir! 👌

[@SandroMassarani]

Great video and a wonderful Metropolis reference. Thank you very much.

[@macdaddybender]

That was fantastic, very hypnotic and use of Metropolis in the video was inspired.

[@markslab702]

Love track

[@Nemanjab604]

Rocking it again!

[@danm3570]

cool stuff. This was the soundtrack that old sci fi movie needed

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

Excellent!!!

[@alfr83]

Once again you've nailed it ! This reminds me a lot of the Extreme G OST and I can hear here and there some trance starting to branch out of techno ;) !

[@MrJonBertsch]

Sounds amazing and I love the Metropolis sequence at the end! I have zero background in making music but I got a couple of pocket operators over the holidays and have been having a blast figuring them out, devouring vids like this all the while.

[@juliendelfosse]

This track rocks❤

[@dancewithpianosteve]

Damn man. Awesome production:)

[@MichaelLoda]

Great stuff Jonas!

[@audiokyle]

This is the track that got my sub. I used to go to underground raves in San Francisco in 1991 and I was transported right back there with this. Thanks.

[@Kaldisti]

that reminds me some songs I've listened between 1998 and 2002 (such as Jam & Spoon and X-Dream). Very nice work, well done !

[@mayor_dj]

You should do one video about late 90s techno too like Swedish / German stuff. For example Cari Lekebusch, Stigmata, Thomas Krome etc

[@virtual-adam]

Great video! The track sounds like the stuff played at the old Obsession parties in the 90's.

[@dmallegro613]

Greeat and inspiring tutorial

[@enensis]

Great track

[@ojarskrumins8476]

I really miss new stuff of this kind. Fantastic video.

[@invidios]

Nuclear fusion, dude. Great work!!!! Somehow my mind blow in milions cells and send me to "Bryan Zentz - D-Clash". Respect, maaan!

[@HuFilms]

Really good video. Love the use of Metropolis for the footage too.

[@valentinsurner]

Great one again. 👍 And of course I am looking forward to the gabber video. Probably lots of fun will be that one. 😄

[@Dj_Basekiller]

Die snares en toms en hats zijn echt perfect!🔥🔥 en die techno synths maken alles af heel mooi echt kan blijven doorgaan

[@sjfarrell2.03]

Another winner 👍

[@daflux7]

awesome tune

[@iamonfire501]

Very warm Alpha Juno's pluck sound

[@TranceJedi]

There's only one thing missing on your new (old) track...." A good Disco Buiscut " ...... Brilliant work Jonas.... You nailed it ... Love it .... Big thumbs flying high again....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@TERROR770]

a lot of percussion )) good job

[@xisotopex]

people here in the US call everything electronic music either dance music or techno, no matter what it is or what it sounds like

[@xisotopex]

@infoslinger just all the mainstream media is what I was implying.

[@dreamfountain9244]

ooh very nice

[@gaboro24]

Another crazy track, many thanks for that, it's absolutely amazing. It just took me back in time to the early 90se when being a teenager I actually hated this kind of music 😅 And now listening to it I just feel again that happy vibe of my then-teenage soul. Thanks again. Made my day.

[@Dj_Basekiller]

Ook echt hele mooi edits echt een van de beste content kanalen tegenwoordig!

[@melona3727]

The Techno Track is Amazing! :) "Trance is a Sub-Genre of Techno after all", I Totally Agree! Today, i listened to your classic track "City Lights" which i bought on Vinyl back in 2004 and all the great memory came back :) I still love that track so much ! :) Thanks !

[@marvinjones4415]

I wish I had a Roland Juno 1 or 2 back in the day when I started. I had no idea how they were doing those chords back then and it was years before I figured it out.

[@gstoelen]

Next up ... let's create a Bonzai track? 🥳 Great stuff so far!

[@0713dm]

You said Detroit.. That’s all you had to say 💯. I want to believe that I my “mini” hardware setup (Roland Boutiques, MS-20 mini, samplers etc) can be put to real use to achieve something I can be proud of.

[@BaronVonYolo]

Great work! Definitely more 90s than 80s. Reminds me in parts of Olivier Le Castor's 'Interpolis' (1995?)...

[@feelgoodmusic8722]

Criminally underrated channel for sure. You should create your own course on Skillshare et al.

[@insolentia]

I'm so happy, I found you! Love your content so much.. As a young dude like me, I feel you. It's a dream to have all this available. Thank you for uploading such good videos! :D

[@Estuera]

My pleasure :)

[@ForestWhitakerTulpa]

Great stuff as always, Derrick May got some competition :p

[@juanespinosa1259]

Cool shit. I remember spending 100 guilders for Model 500, Rhythim Is Rhythim and Kevin Saunderson 12"'es each back in the eighties. Then the dutch made techno that matched the Detroit stuff, like the DJAX stuff. But as you said, Kraftwerk, Düsseldorf is the origin. Period.

[@OperatorMax1993]

i miss the classic Techno, 70s, 80s and 90s starting with Kraftwerk ever since, the best and most favourite track was always The Robots

[@simonh6371]

Electropop not Techno lmfao.

[@Dj_Basekiller]

🙌🙌 clicked so fast!!

[@RUNCNC]

For me it sounds like an old EyeQ Record. Great tune!

[@davidd5403]

Memories…….

[@kyrospace]

releaseable

[@1ytcommenter]

Great piece of work again! How about Gabber? I remember been on some Gabber events in Belgium long time ago. And there was a popular Thunderdome CD series back then.

[@Estuera]

Gabber is definately on my list. That one should be a lot of fun !

[@1ytcommenter]

@@Estuera It shure will! :D

[@robertsyrett1992]

Welp now I have to go listen to some Drexciya.

[@Estuera]

It _is_ very nostalgia inducing indeed

[@subliminalvibes]

I'm such a 90's kid! 👌😎 Try recreating the industrial sounds of the original RoboCop nightclub scene from 1987!!!

[@SpayzerOne]

🔥🔥🔥

[@JKSOUND]

good :)

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

I love those Juno stabs/chords

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

THis alpha juno chords sounds i want ... Any ideas where to find them in vsts?

[@Estuera]

I would try the Roland Zenology or the Uhe Diva. Both can go into Juno territory

[@BliterTV]

89's Techno 😁 Amazing, isn't it ?! 🙂 👍

[@imstillthatlady]

I am the only one who not only loves these tutorials but also finds him very handsome? 😅

[@ringtangting]

Good stuff, that's some fierce drum programming too! Would have loved some weird DX100/other 4op FM keys with the track, but hey you can't have it all.

[@Estuera]

Some more TX81Z crazy stuff could certainly have worked indeed.

[@Theorica]

@2:05 Instant Jam&Spoon vibes

[@LAF_23]

I would love to see a create Tekno / acid tekno / tribe vid

[@MartijnFrazer]

Love these videos and I don't even like techno haha

[@simplesimp3780]

Who tf is this guy now? Jeez how can you be this talentet, great stuff man.

[@anggrimunki]

whatever genre you want to call it, I call it awesome. I think back then I would have called it rad.

[@synthlord2368]

Great song. It's more of a trance / house hybrid. When I think of early 90s techno, I immediately think of sampled stabs ( Roland S-50, W-30), tb-303, and the infamous Hoover from the Alpha Juno. Great drum rhythms btw! Overall a great video as well.

[@Estuera]

What you describe sounds a bit more like rave to me, although in the end its all very closely related anyways.

[@synthlord2368]

@@Estuera maybe you could do a more "Rave" track then? I'd love to see you tackle that here!

[@Estuera]

I already did that actually 😉 Check the older videos on the channel.

[@synthlord2368]

@@Estuera I'll take a look

[@synthlord2368]

I checked it out. The one with the Happy Hardcore song?

[@cunnyfunt30]

You've got a great ear, you really know what works and it really works fir each genre you select. Love the video too, it really works, I felt like I was watchinh mtv back in the day. Any chance you could do my favourite genre from the late 90s to 2000, Tech Trance, am a big fan of Oliver Lieb, his tunes changed my whole music library.

[@Estuera]

Thanks :) The music of Oliver Lieb is really great indeed. Nothing planned for tech trance atm but I'll keep it in mind.

[@hatecubed]

@@Estuera Another vote for tech trance please! :)

[@Dj_Basekiller]

Kraftwerk zeker vet! De muziek heb ik van mijn vader

[@krz9000]

Hardfloor style acid could be fun

[@IanWaugh]

Awesome! Love the Metropolis clips annd I didn't blink while K in red trousetrs made an appearance, did I? 😎

[@Estuera]

Wir sind die roboter

[@johngarritzcx6733]

We are The ROBOTS😊😊😄😄

[@IanWaugh]

@@johngarritzcx6733 Keep your trousers red 👍

[@johngarritzcx6733]

@@IanWaugh 😊😊

[@Dj_Basekiller]

5:20 echt zooo dik man!!!

[@AFCA4EVER]

Damn man. This track is insane. Please make it a free to download track on SoundCloud 🙌🏾🤩 Love it!! ❤️👌🏾

[@Estuera]

I don't use soundcloud. The track is available on bandcamp though: estuera.bandcamp.com/releases

[@AFCA4EVER]

@@Estuera oh nice. Great!! Take my money haha. Definitely going to grab this beauty 😁❤️

[@Estuera]

Thanks :)

[@wrmusic8736]

Jonas: "808... 909... they were still available for quite good prices... gone are those days" A certain German corporation owner: "hold my copyright infringement subpoena"

[@Estuera]

Yeah 😁

[@christianvictor3471]

He's Swiss tho. 😄

[@williamgraham8761]

Loved the breakdown, sounded a bit dark which I like. I still have my M1, love to hear more stuff rom you using M1. Where are you from ? This message is from bonnie Scotland. 😊😊😊

[@andreamarchiodi8687]

💣😎❤️

[@ivanyuriev9890]

The best content, I highly appreciate this channel, thank you! But I'm very curious about your studio - especially how the things are connected (how you deal with all this midi synchronization, midi lags, jitters, other dozen of issues), it looks very small but powerful, everything's just works, could you please make a review?

[@Estuera]

I will be moving to a new studio very soon and I already planned to do a new studio tour when that is done. Will probably touch upon this points as well.

[@snoozyloco3371]

love your vids so much...when you use chord memory on the alpha juno, do u just use a triad? or does it have a note on the octave below at the root or anything??

[@Estuera]

In this case it was a triad.

[@distortimus7631]

I would love to learn hot to make hard groove techno.

[@adrianpiwowarczyk9848]

same here. following

[@joe12524]

What a banger, don't suppose your planning on realizing it ?

[@Estuera]

It is available on my bandcamp: estuera.bandcamp.com/track/techno-like-were-back-in-the-90s-or-80s