Techno
Techno is a genre. Defining acts include Basshunter, Valery Leontiev, The Prodigy, Moby and Kraftwerk, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Techno grew out of electronic dance music, Synth-pop, Industrial, Electro and Italo disco. It sits close to bass music (EDM), grime, Drum and bass, post-industrial music and UK garage, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Dub techno, Hardcore techno, Acid techno, Minimal techno and Detroit techno, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 30 connections around Techno. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Techno came from and where it led.
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Techno connections
Techno grew out of electronic dance music, Synth-pop, Industrial and Electro, shares an orbit with bass music (EDM), grime, Drum and bass and post-industrial music, went on to shape Dub techno, Hardcore techno, Acid techno and Minimal techno. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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