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Techno

Stylistically, techno is, like house, generally repetitive instrumental music produced for use in a continuous DJ set. Techno first emerged in Detroit during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno in reference to a genre of music was in 1988 and the initial take on techno arose from the melding of electronic music with African American music styles, including funk, house and electric jazz.

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However, techno emerged in Europe at about the same time, though totally separate from Detroit's techno, deriving instead from a 1980s Electronic Body Music (EBM)-oriented club scene.

In the mid-1990s Detroit and German producers collaborated on several releases.

Unfortunately, the word techno was hijacked by mainstream media in the late 80's to generalize everything electronic.