What is this thing called techno?

No doubt most of the modern world has formed some kind of associated meaning with the word techno and the musical genre and culture associated with it.  Most would imagine it to be “club music”… that beat-heavy pulsating that jingles along above the heads of sweating, swaying ravers.  Others think of a mad house of synthesizers and beeps.

All accurate to a certain extent but the reality behind electronic music is that it’s not a completely futuristic genre.  Techno is a specific sub-genre of electronic that has roots in Detroit, where  European synthesizers mixed with afro-beats and dance  music.  Rarely does this form of electronic music have vocals.  Usually steady beats with drum machines, turn tables, or loop-sequencing machines.

The most well-established theme in techno is the futuristic techno-spiritual flavor given by its cadenced trance-like percussion.  Techno itself seems to serve a cultural purpose in embracing technology to enhance human expression rather than the dismal fear mindset brought on by the bloating of the industrial era.

Rather than fear or resent the ongoing evolution to more digital, and therefore less organic, modes of expression and creation, why not embrace the wave of freedom rolling over us with the progression of synthesized information and music!   We have the power, thanks to the massive advances in audio engineering and digital photography to create and remix our media and our lives!

The Techno Remix represents the unique control of the individual in the brave new (and exciting) world of the 21^st Century.