detroit techno
On the techno line between techno and bleep techno. Grew out of electro, industrial and synth-pop (electronic rock line).
EMERGED 1985
DETROIT TECHNO
The first techno: Detroit producers in the 1980s fused electro funk, Chicago house and European synth music into futurist, soulful machine music, with strings and chords over drum-machine grooves.
FIVE TO START WITH
- 1Alleys of Your MindCybotronDEEP SPACE / 1981
- 2Night Drive (Thru-Babylon)Model 500METROPLEX / 1985
- 3Nude PhotoRhythim Is RhythimTRANSMAT / 1987
- 4ThrowPaperclip PeoplePLANET E / 1994
- 5Andreaen Sand DunesDrexciyaTRESOR / 1999
SOURCES
- music.ishkur.com/coords.json (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_techno (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_techno (derived)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_techno (seed)
- everynoise.com/engenremap-detroittechno.html (seed)
Dates informed by Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music.