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Tartan techno is a designation used to portray the network of Scottish dance music created from their resulting rave scene during the 1990s. Basically it is a catchphrase used to describe dance music of Scottish origin, with the name derived from the country's association with tartan. Tartan Techno label cover File links The following pages link to this file: Tartan techno ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... This article is about a form of party. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary All Music Guide: includes a comprehensive and flexible Genre and Style system MusicWiki: A Collaborative Music-related encyclopedia Science of Music: Multimedia exploration of the... A tartan is a specific woven pattern that often signifies a particular Scottish clan in the modern era. ...

With their emerging rave culture following mostly European techno, this spawned their own network of local DJs, artists and record labels. Regular large rave events would be held in the country with traditional nightclubs soon holding their own specialist nights covering this new dance music. Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

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Scottish acts such as Suburban Delay, The Time Frequency, Q-Tex, QFX and Ultra-Sonic would prove to be at the forefront of the scene, regularly appearing at events through the country whilst trying to write the next anthem.

The Time Frequency's debut release, the unsigned white label Futurama EP (United Rhythm, TTF 001, 1990) sold 10,000 copies within the first 8 weeks in 1990. They soon recorded seven number one hits in Scotland, had material in the national UK Top 40 and sold over 2 million records worldwide. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. ...

QFX debut album Freedom (Epidemic Records, EPI 003, 1994) entered the UK chart at number 5 and stayed in the top 20 for 14 weeks in 1994. As well as several other tracks entering the UK chart, they also remixed material for artists including Moby and Gala; the later earning QFX a gold disc for reward of 600,000 record sales. Moby at NASA Rewind, a 2004 rave on Manhattan Island. ...

Ultra-Sonic sold 400,000 units worldwide in less than 3 years. They would release 14 singles, 5 albums and 2 full-length tour videos by 1998, with their debut Obsession (Clubscene Records, CSRT003, 1992) release instantly selling 6,000 copies in Scotland before being deleted. "Arpeggio" (Clubscene, CSRT023, 1993) would stay for six weeks in the UK chart and later shift 56,000 units in Germany.

Tom Wilson, the much respect dance music radio host of Steppin' Out that ran for 14 years since 1985 would achieve much success with his Techno Cat (Steppin' Out Records, IAN 020 T, 1994) track charting in several countries in Europe, with it still regularly featuring in many definitive compilations such as The History Of Techno (ZYX Music, ZYX 74004-2, 1996).

Tom Wilson's profile would also extend to compiling several compilations, most notably Tom Wilson's Tartan Techno (Tempo Toons, TOONCD 101, 1995) that includes much of the previously mentioned songs from these different Scottish groups.

Noticeable local record labels include 23rd Precinct Recordings, Clubscene Records, Massive Respect Records, Shoop!, Steppin' Out and United Rhythm.

Scene development

In Great Britain, whilst mostly England followed their own indigenous Breakbeat hardcore scene; techno music would instead prove to be popular in Scotland. It would also not be uncommon to have live acts appear at Scottish rave events, rather than just back-to-back DJs. A typical event line-up would normally have had a few European artists brought in to play at these Scottish raves. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Breakbeat hardcore (or rave) is a style of electronic music. ...

The likes of Italy's DJ Professor and Belgium's Praga Khan and Jade 4U toured extensively at clubs and raves primarily in Scotland during the early 1990s due to the success of that trait of material in the country. Jade 4U, partly responsible behind many of the big name tracks in Europe at that time, such as Lords of Acid, likely deemed the scene as viable to her music career. Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Farstucker Tour Lords of Acid is a Belgian acid house band from the 1990s that started as a spinoff of Praga Khan with the controversial New beat single I Sit On Acid in 1988. ...

"To top it all off we started a tour in Scotland. What an amazing country. So beautiful! The people were so friendly that I almost considered moving there." - Jade 4U

Also Terrorize - It's Just A Feeling (Hamster Records, 12 STER 01, 1992), N-Trance - Set You Free (All Around The World, 12 GLOBE 124, 1994) and other acts would also have similar success in the country that would later filter across to the rest of the UK. Both of the Set You Free releases are incidentally remixed by Scottish acts Liberation and The Time Frequency.

"During this time the band had started to gig regularly and the reaction to 'Set You Free' in clubs (especially in Scotland) was phenomenal. This led to the song's second release, which actually made the top 40" - N-Trance

This mixture of techno, uplifting piano lines and vocals would reflect the type of music commonly being produced in Scotland. By 1992, with music in Europe particularly from that of The Netherlands becoming faster, it served as a new alternative to the rave follower in Scotland. This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ...

However, for DJs to integrate these two styles into one set, they would have to increase the speed of the slower techno stuff by altering the actual rotational speed of the turntable, thus causing sometimes-strange fast sounding music.

Through this fusion of influences coming into the country, it spawned Bouncy techno - a style of dance music that blossomed into its own scene of DJs, artists and record labels dedicated solely to this new type of music, which proved immensely popular at raves by 1993 onwards. Bouncy Techno Anthems (Rogue Trooper, DBMTRCD21, 1995) Bouncy techno is a style of music circa 1993, that was influenced by the rave scene in Scotland and North East England where techno and gabber was widely played. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Miscellaneous

A column in the October 23, 2004, edition of the Daily Record newspaper citing indigenous Scottish words based on yearly trends in society listed Tartan Techno as their entry for 1994. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub | British newspapers ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

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Bouncy Techno Anthems (Rogue Trooper, DBMTRCD21, 1995) Bouncy techno is a style of music circa 1993, that was influenced by the rave scene in Scotland and North East England where techno and gabber was widely played. ... Infamous Scottish hardcore rave venue in Ayr, Scotland. ...

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