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Emerging in Detroit, Techno is a darker style of four-on-the-floor music, which stylistically derives from House music. There are typically no drops in Techno, and it is highly repetitious. Songs produced in the genre typically have progressions, but there is no set drop or chorus format in any single Techno track.

It is not released via Monstercat frequently, but it is receiving major support and being produced and recognized by many larger producers. It has not made its way into the mainstream, and continues to stay underground, but it has major artists such as i_o, Charlotte de Witte, Carl Cox, and Adam Beyer pushing it into popularity.

Subgenres[]

Ambient Techno[]

A subgenre of Techno that mixes its rhythmic elements and production with the atmospheric textures of ambient music.

Hard Techno[]

Hard Techno is a subgenre of techno characterized by hard, prominent kick drums, pounding rhythms at a BPM of 140-160 and influences from Hardcore and Hard Dance.

Industrial Techno[]

A subgenre of Techno that incorporates influences from the bleak, noisy sound and aesthetics of early Industrial music acts, particularly Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle

Melodic Techno[]

Melodic Techno is a Trance influenced subgenre of Techno with a progressive structure and arpeggiated minor melodies at around 120-125 BPM.

Peak Time Techno[]

Peak Time Techno has a tempo at around 125-135 BPM and a four-on-the-floor beat focused on a strong, bass-heavy kick drum, resembling hard techno styles, having a mechanical groove with precise, "whooshing" hi-hats and deep, rumbling bass.


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