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TECHNO
The lifeblood of electronic music and a genre that’s still omnipresent today, the intense energy of techno holds a hypnotic allure. Over the next few pages, we dig deep into the workings of this essential genre, and show you how to craft club-ready future techno classics
Words: Sara Simms
From the foundational DIY sounds of its Detroit-based origin story to today’s slickly produced floorfillers, techno is one of the most pivotal genres within the electronic music sphere, defined by stable four-to-the-floor rhythms, squealing leads and throbbing, impactful bass. Within the following pages we’re going to explore modern techno and highlight how you can get your footing in this most colorful of genres. To grasp techno’s centrality to the modern scene, it’s important to get a little context on the genre’s birth.