10 Facts About Techno music

Techno is a genre of electronic dance music which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute.

The music produced in the mid-to-late 1980s by Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, along with Eddie Fowlkes, Blake Baxter, James Pennington and others is viewed as the first wave of techno from Detroit.

Techno music identified Japanese synthpop act Yellow Magic Orchestra, particularly member Ryuichi Sakamoto, and British band Ultravox, as influences, along with Kraftwerk.

Techno music [Mojo] played all the Parliament and Funkadelic that anybody ever wanted to hear.

In 1988, the Techno music played at warehouse parties was predominantly house.

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Ultimately, the release served to distinguish the Detroit sound from Chicago house and other forms of underground dance music that were emerging during the rave era of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a period during which techno became more adventurous and distinct.

In 1988, after the Omen opened, the Frankfurt dance Techno music scene was allegedly dominated by the club's management and they made it difficult for other promoters to get a start.

Techno music performed center stage with his fans facing him, and as co-owner of Omen, he is believed to have been the first techno DJ to run his own club.

Techno music can consist of little more than cleverly programmed rhythmic sequences and looped motifs combined with signal processing of one variety or another, frequency filtering being a commonly used process.

Much of the early Techno music sequencing was executed via MIDI using hardware sequencers such as the Korg SQD1 and Roland MC-50, and the limited amount of sampling that was featured in this early style was accomplished using an Akai S900.