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unusual facts about Techno music



Amigacore

Amigacore is a term given to a particular type of techno music, named so because it was produced on Commodore Amiga computers (16/32 and 32-bit computers, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s).

April Records

April Records is a Danish record label (based in Copenhagen, Denmark) specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop.

Belgian hip hop

The Belgian hip hop scene started in the late 1980s with a U.S.-based techno/hip hop group called Technotronic.

Christian Cambas

Sabotage Records is a partnership between Press & Play and Christian Cambas and the label specializes in cutting edge Techno and Tech House.

CzechTek

The Prime Minister, Jiří Paroubek, defended the action, stating that the techno fans were "not dancing children but dangerous people".

Electronic Pleasure

Electronic Pleasure is the first full-length album released by British house and techno group N-Trance.

Hanin Elias

Hanin Elias (born on the 31st of May, 1972 in Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German industrial/techno artist.

Itch-E and Scratch-E

They were initially focused on a techno sound which drew on early bleep techno as well as being influenced by fellow Sydneysiders Severed Heads (Tom Ellard from Severed Heads helped produce an album by Paul Mac's other band The Lab, that was never released).

L.A. Style

L.A. Style wes most notable for their 1991 single "James Brown Is Dead", which appeared on Billboard's Hot 100 Airplay chart, becoming the first EDM techno music to venture near the top 50 of the main Billboard singles chart.

Line dance

In 1998, the band Steps created further interest outside of the U.S. with the techno dance song "5,6,7,8".

Mike Not

Mike Not (a.k.a. Mika Paju) is a creator of techno music from Tampere, Finland, though he has also produced industrial music (influenced by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson et al.

Music of Kuwait

Nawal El Kuwaiti, Nabeel Shoail and Abdallah Al Rowaished are the most popular modern sawt performers, who include influences from techno and Europop in their music; Kuwaiti sawt musicians are well-known across the Gulf region.

Noise Production

Noise Production is a techno music project of Mike Not from Tampere, Finland.

Single Cell Orchestra

Single Cell Orchestra is the performing name of Miguel Fierro (born Miguel Angelo Fierro), a San Francisco-born musician who has worked for many years in electronic music and techno.


see also

CJ Stone

Bass Bumpers, DJ and record production team, known for their dance/techno music.

Hernan Bas

Bas owns a building in Detroit that was renovated by Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, the couple behind Detroit electronic music act Adult. The building is on a block called Service Street noted for the number of diverse and accomplished artists that work there, including techno music pioneer Derrick May.

Mr. Messiah

He is an important figure in the St. Petersburg Dubstep and Breakcore scenes and he is also closely affiliated with Russia’s glitch, IDM, Hardcore techno, music scenes.

Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson, American originator of Techno music (born in 1964)

Star Quest 1 in the 27th century

PC Answers rated the game 73%, criticizing the lack of innovation and its "horrendous techno music", but nonetheless saying it is "an enjoyable shooter with a good variety of missions".

Techno Twins

In the 1990s, Mixmag magazine credited the Techno Twins with coining the phrase 'techno' and starting the techno music revolution.

Vincent Maher

Maher is an avid Go player and produces a techno music podcast called beat and Order.