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EDM / Dance

Techno

Era
1985–present
Origin
Detroit · Berlin
Student playlists
None yet

About this supergenre

Detroit's late-80s electronic music — more austere and machinic than its Chicago cousin. Cold textures, robotic rhythms, repetition as method. Berlin made it the global club sound.

Canonical reference: musicmap.info / tec

Inside techno · 8 subgenre s on a mini-timeline

Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.

  1. Detroit Techno

    1985

  2. Berlin Techno

    1990

  3. Minimal Techno

    1990

  4. Acid Techno

    1992

  5. Tribal Techno

    1993

  6. Tech-House

    1995

  7. Hardtechno

    1999

  8. Industrial Techno

    2010

Connective tissue · 3 link s

How techno relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.

Primary lineage

Direct parents and direct children — the main line.

Student curations

No playlists for techno yet.

This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.

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