Euro Techno go 2006

Stylistic origins	Electro, post-disco, Chicago house, industrial music, funk, synthpop, Hi-NRG
Cultural origins	mid-1980s, Detroit, US
Typical instruments	Synthesizer - Keyboards - Sampler - Drum machine - Sequencer - Personal computer
Mainstream popularity	Moderate, largely in late 1980s and 1990s in Europe, more popular in Eastern Europe and Brazil currently
Derivative forms	Minimal techno - Acid techno - Industrial techno - Hardcore techno

History :
             Techno is a form of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged in Detroit, Michigan (USA) in the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988. Many styles of techno now exist, but Detroit techno is seen as the foundation upon which a number of subgenres have been built

The initial take on techno arose from the melding of Eurocentric synthesizer-based music with various American post-disco and pre-disco music styles such as Chicago house, funk, electro, and electric jazz. Added to this is the influence of futuristic and fictional themes that are relevant to life in American late capitalist society—particularly the book The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler Pioneering producer Juan Atkins cites Toffler's phrase "techno rebels" as inspiring him to use the word techno to describe the musical style he helped to create. This unique blend of influences aligns techno with the aesthetic referred to as afrofuturism. To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central preoccupation; essentially an expression of technological spirituality In this manner: "techno dance music defeats what Adorno saw as the alienating effect of mechanisation on the modern consciousness"

Music journalists and fans of techno are generally selective in their use of the term; so a clear distinction can be made between sometimes related but often qualitatively different styles, such as tech house and trance. "Techno" is also commonly confused with generalized descriptors, such as electronic music and dance music.



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