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5 unusual facts about Techno-


Arrasando

In many interviews during the album launch, Thalía said that this album was different than her previous ones, because it shows her turn to the Dance/Techno element, describing it as a rhythm-fusion between many types of music.

Techno-Cracked

Flip makes his robot out of household parts but gives it a Jack-o'-lantern for a head.

Techno-organic virus

The entirety of the deceased mutant population of Genosha resurrected and infected by Selene in her attempt to become a god during the storyline Necrosha.

Those mutants include Banshee, Caliban, Pyro, Cypher and the Hellions, eventually culminating in Bard using the virus to resurrect the entire deceased mutant populace of Genosha.

WEGL

WEGL 91 is a traditional "college radio" station in that the station's programming consists of an eclectic mix of genres including, but not limited to: Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, Blues, Jazz, Country & Bluegrass, Soul, Dance & Techno, R&B, Reggae, World Music, Oldies, and Gospel.


98.4 Capital FM

The presenters are large, engaging personalities who play a mixture of Hip Hop, RnB, Rock, Neo Soul, New Jack Swing, World Music, Jazz, Techno and Dance music, transcending gender, all age groups, backgrounds and cultural boundaries (see the Show Schedule below.) Capital FM was the first ever Kenyan station to play Rock music- and has continuously been dubbed- the home and only home of the best rock music.

Aborym

The album continued to expand on the band's experimentation with Electronica, with Aborym citing influences from drum and bass, jungle, techno, classical, EBM and industrial.

Aden Young

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

Andrew Orlowski

In December 2004, Orlowski was invited to a discussion panel on techno-utopianism at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

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.

Brian Fechino

Fechino's role with PMB is much wider than his guitar duties; he earned the nickname "Techno" from his bandmates for his soundboard skills, and has mixed and/or produced several of the band's projects including the EP Drive-By Romance, the bonus acoustic tracks on the Kirtland release of Save Me and the Wolf Trap portion of the Vintage Stages Live DVD.

Burn:Cycle

Burn:Cycle features a largely techno soundtrack, composed and performed by the partnership of Simon Boswell and Chris Whitten.

Cyberella

Written by Howard Chaykin and drawn by Don Cameron the title has been variously described as a techno-satire and a populist cyberpunk dystopia.

DE9

DE9: Transitions, a 2005 album by Canadian Detroit techno artist Richie Hawtin

DE9: Closer to the Edit, a 2001 album by Canadian Detroit techno artist Richie Hawtin

DX-Ball 2

Among other new features, the game also introduced two new Power-Ups: Mega Ball and Eight Ball; an easy-to-play Kid-Mode; and a euro-techno soundtrack by SideWinder, accompanying the addition of an integrated module player.

EC8OR

The music was in the same vein of Atari Teenage Riot's style of early Breakcore and hardcore techno with a punk edge, which led to EC8OR been overlooked by fans of digital hardcore recordings, but EC8OR employed more low-res ideas as the first album was entirely composed on Amiga 500 and with a microphone.

Ethnoambient

Ethno ambient is related in spirit to techno tribal, ethno techno, and especially to "Fourth World" music and "ambient" music, launched in the late 1970s by Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, respectively.

Filmi qawwali

Within the sub-genre of filmi qawwali, there exists a form of qawwali that is infused with modern and Western instruments, usually with techno beats, called techno-qawwali.

Juan Atkins

Atkins and other Techno artists have cited the long-running Detroit radio show of Charles "Electrifyin' Mojo" Johnson as a musical influence.

Katy Garbi

"Mia Kardia" became a hit in Greek clubs, characterized by a mix of sounds including tsifteteli song, a techno-infused club song, a Hindi inspired song, and a duet with Giorgos Tsalikis.

Kru-Cut Records

Techno Kut records was an extension of Kru-Cut with collaboration from Unknown DJ and led to Lonzo Williams to recruiting hip-hop talent such as DJ Battlecat, The Mistress, Professor X and a few others.

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.

Let's Get to It

Combining new jack swing, soul, dance, house and techno influences, Let's Get to It allowed Minogue to develop her songwriting with six tracks co-written with Mike Stock.

Liberty Stands Still

The techno score was produced and composed by Convertino, and orchestrated with sound design by Film Composer and Film Music Producer Robert Muzingo.

Mad Virgins

Singer Michael Leahy later contributed lyrics to La Muerte, CB Milton, techno-pop outfit 2 Unlimited and more recently Perry Rose.

Martin Freeland

Martin Freeland, also known as Man With No Name, M.W.N.N. or Mr Techno Techno Techno, is a British Goa trance artist (record producer and DJ) and one of the defining artists of the genre.

Mauro Picotto

He has collaborated with other techno-trance musicians such as Tiësto and Mario Più.

Metrik

In 2010 Metrik released his first EP, The Departure EP, on Viper Recordings which included one of his most recognisable tracks T-1000 as well as collaborations with Jan Burton (The Arrival / Learn To Fly) and techno producers Christian Smith & John Selway (The Departure).

Modulations

Featuring: Rob Young on the pioneers of electronic music, Simon Reynolds on krautrock, Peter Shapiro on disco & post-punk, Kodwo Eshun on house, David Toop on hip hop, Mike Rubin on techno, Chris Sharp on jungle, Tony Marcus on ambient, Kurt Reighley on downtempo, and Michael Berk on the technology of electronic music.

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.

Nick Holder

Holder began DJing in the early 1980s, and soon became influenced by the Detroit techno scene and DJs such as Derrick May and Carl Craig.

Oberkorn

The famous Spanish techno group OBK, from the song by Depeche Mode, also makes an indirect reference to the town.

Pangyo Techno Valley

Because of Pangyo Techno Valley, the business effect on Pangyo and Bundang will be quite significant.

Panoptica

Roberto A. Mendoza , known as Panoptica, has been one of the figures in the Mexican electronic scene since the late 80s, founding bands like electro pos-industrial outfit Artefakto and in the late 90’s being part of the Tijuana based norteña-meets-techno Nortec Collective.

PLATIT

Competitors include Oerlikon Balzers, Ionbond (IHI Japan), Hauzer Techno Coating (IHI Japan), Sulzer (Metaplas Ionbond), and Cemecon Germany.

Plus 8

Plus 8 (also spelled as Plus8, without the space) is a Canadian techno record label, based in Windsor, Ontario and founded in 1990 by DJs Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva.

Rick Squillante

Squillante's mixes emphasized multiple genres including European Techno and Synthpop, highlighted by such bands as Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Yaz, Heaven 17 and Section 25.

Sasha Skenderija

Skenderija also contributed lyrics to three albums of the cult Sarajevo techno-industrial band SCH (VRIL, 2002; Eat This!, 2004; and Dance, 2007).

Slymenstra Hymen

On the tours for the Carnival of Chaos album, she danced to the song "Sammy," because "Horror of Yig" often followed the Slymenstra-Techno wedding section, which required at least two costume changes for Stampe; as such, the fire dance was set to "Sammy," which required none.

Soma Records

Soma Quality Recordings, a Scottish record label specializing in techno and house music

Technomancy

Also another character, Jenny Calendar is a techno-pagan who uses the Internet as a place to gather with her circle and from which they cast their spells.

The Brown Album

Orbital 2 (known colloquially as The Brown Album), by English techno duo Orbital

The Greatest Hit

British producer Richard X heard "The Greatest Hit" as part of a techno set and described the song as "otherworldly and beautiful".

The Very Beast of G.G.F.H. Vol. 1

1 is a compilation album by the industrial/horror techno band G.G.F.H..

Two Months Off

A cover of the song Two Months Off by Techno Masters was featured in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2, a music video game produced by Konami.

We Have Explosive

It is a harder, more techno-oriented song, which is rare for the band; the track became well known to many after being featured in the 1996 hit video game wipE'out" 2097. The song is the first track on the soundtrack, remixes of it were also featured on the other versions of the soundtrack; the "Herd Killing" mix was used in the intro sequence.

WestBam

WestBam, real name Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965, Münster, Westphalia, Germany), is a techno DJ from Germany.

Where's the Beach

Where's the Beach was a British techno band from late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of Pete Jones and Adam Marshall, with vocal contributions from Chloe Mac and later Angie Sammons.

Who Controls the Internet?

As law professors at Harvard and Columbia, respectively, Goldsmith and Wu assert the important role of government in maintaining Internet law and order while debunking the claims of techno-utopianism that have been espoused by theorists such as Thomas Friedman.

Wimme Saari

Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio.


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