Black Tarantula

Lately I’ve been finding myself defending tecktonik videos on Youtube. Basically, American kids look at it out of context and comment about how stupid it looks or how idiotic the form of dress is or how the music sucks. I've found comments such as people saying: "Tecktonik dance is made in France and France is gay so tecktonik people are fags," or "Tecktonik fucked house music up. Why did we get the worst dance style," or as simple as "looks gay". This is exactly the issue with the culture in the United States; people are unnecessarily negative and closed-minded. People don't even take the chance to understand the skill it takes to dance that way. People are also insanely misinformed; tecktonik didn't do anything to house, it simply incorporated certain aspects of the music. People fail to realize the amount of skill it takes to dance tecktonik; the movements are precise, smooth and the necessary coordination is insane. Tecktonik could never be done here since it relies on open-mindedness; no one would let go and release to the music if people sat around in clubs and denounced everything that was being done. Europe is noted for its freedom (by the United States) within its culture as a whole. Really, this is normal to almost everywhere else. The US has a weird issue with letting go and releasing judgment of others. This results in people not being able to release; I know plenty of people who think they are bad dancers and as a result, refuse to dance all together.
Techno is a joke in this country. People mock techno for being what it is. Most have a preconceived notion of what it is, what it does and how it sounds. Very few individuals take the time to listen to it, and respect it for its intricacy. People don’t appreciate the type of music that tecktonik is based around making it that much harder to image a tecktonik subculture in Boston (for example).
The beauty of this entire movement is letting go, releasing inhibitions and not being judged for that. It’s loving the music and loving the dance. It’s being completely consumed by a beat and thinking of that beat, and only that beat. It’s “trancing out” without drugs and ignoring everything but the music and effectively losing control of your thoughts; the music begins to dictate your movements. This is tecktonik. Underneath everything (clothes, haircuts, makeup, shoes) lies each tckers desire to simply let go.

Black Tarantula by Pendulum & MC Spyda