Detroit/U.S. Techno Music: Album, Track and Artist Charts

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Description of Detroit/U.S. Techno

The early 1980s saw the eruption of Detroit Techno -- led by visionaries Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins and Derrick May -- as the Michigan city turned from industrial boomtown to urban wasteland. The general mood is a mixture of simultaneous euphoria and anxiety. Still alive in its Third Wave of popularity with artists like Jeff Mills, Stacey Pullen and Drexciya, Detroit Techno maintains minimalist, driving beats, smooth grooves and breakbeat excursions. The distinctive Detroit sound blends sonic themes of fear and poverty with a dim, but pervasive, light of hope and anticipation.

Detroit/U.S. Techno Key Tracks

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Play/Add	Track	Artist
	1. Clear	Cybotron
	2. Zig - (Featuring Claude Young)	Sean Deason
	3. The Crush	Matthew Dear
	4. Bernard's Song	Outputmessage
	5. Conflict	Derrick Carter
	6. Go	Moby

Detroit/U.S. Techno Key Albums

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Detroit/U.S. Techno Key Artists

Audion

Dear is a key artist on Ann
Arbor's Ghostly
International and sub-label
Spectral Sound. His
monikers include False, hi...

Carl Craig

Producer, DJ and remixer,
Detroit techno legend Carl
Craig is a force to be
reckoned with. The
second-wave producer g...

DJ Godfather

Detroit DJ and producer
who fuses Techno with
Booty Bass and Electro
Hip-Hop to create a sound
he dubs ÃÂghettotech...

Jeff Mills

Born in Detroit, Mills is the
worldÃÂÃÂs leading
ambassador for pure,
unadulterated,
machine-kick techno.

John Beltran

John Beltran's career has
moved from deep, emotive
techno to soulful,
Latin-influenced
downtempo. His early rel...

Kenny Larkin

Aka Dark Comedy, Larkin is
a Detroit techno legend
known for his distinctively
muted, melodic vibe.
Coming after pioneers lik...

Kevin Saunderson

One of the original Detroit
techno innovators and
fashioner of international
dance hits with Inner City.

Matthew Dear

Dear is a key artist on Ann
Arbor's Ghostly
International and sub-label
Spectral Sound. His
monikers include False, hi...

Mike Banks

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Plastikman

Canada's Richie Hawtin is a
minimalist Techno pioneer.

Robert Hood

Stacey Pullen

Apart of the Detroit scene,
Stacy Pullen's Techno is
influenced by Electro
pioneers Kraftwerk. Pullen
has released material und...

The Suburban Knight

Theo Parrish

Detroit DJ and producer
Theo Parrish is a pioneer of
hypnotic, sample-heavy
house and techno. He has
recorded for Peacefrog,...

Underground Resistance

Both a production
collective and a label,
Underground Resistance is
one of techno's most
important and influential...

Detroit/U.S. Techno

Description of Detroit/U.S. Techno

Detroit/U.S. Techno Key Tracks

Detroit/U.S. Techno Key Albums

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