| Techno
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| Stylistic origins:
| Highly varied – Electro – Synthpop, electronic art music, progressive rock
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| Cultural origins:
| 1980s, Detroit
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| Typical instruments:
| Synthesizer – Drum machine – Sequencer – Keyboard – Sampler
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| Mainstream popularity:
| Moderate, largely in 1990s Europe
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| Derivative forms:
| RaveRave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. Most often, it is used to describe techno music that depends heavily on samples and is high energy, upbeat, and dance inducing. Rave music got its start – IDMIDM short for intelligent dance music or intellectual dance music is an electronic music genre which began as a style of techno in the early 1990s and moved on to include the textures and sound manipulation methods of Musique concrete and early,"true" ind – TranceTrance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Perhaps the most ambiguous genre in the realm of electronic dance music (EDM), trance could be described as a melodic, more-or-less freeform style of music derived from a co
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| SubgenresContemporary electronic music includes many different styles or musical genres, such as: Ambient Ambient groove Illbient Organic ambient Isolationist Breakbeat Darkstep 2Step also known as Speed garage Breakbeat hardcore Breakcore Brokenbeat Drill and bas
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| DetroitThe term Detroit techno refers to a style of techno music in the tradition of early ( 1985- 1995) techno recordings from Detroit, Michigan, not necessarily indicating the music's geographic origin. A discriminating trait of Detroit techno is the use of an – HardcoreHardcore techno is a form of contemporary popular music with an aggressive edge, created using personal computers. Hardcore techno is a kind of techno music closely related to the Gabba style. It originated in the early- to mid-1990s in largely industrial – 4-Beat – GabbaGabba (pronounced gahbagh or gahbuhr in Dutch) is the slang version of the word gabber a type of techno music also known as hardcore house . The style was born in Rotterdam, distinguished by the loud and often aggressive sound. A weird, freaky sound can m – Ghettotech – Happy hardcore – Rave – Nortec
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| Other topics
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| Electronic musical instrument – Computer music – Record labels – Notable artists and DJs – Raves
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