techno · playlist
23 tracks · 1995–2020

Electro crystallised in the early 1980s when Bronx hip-hop, funk, Kraftwerk and the Roland TR-808 met in Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. A broken machine beat, syncopated bass, vocoder, rap and cosmic synthesis gave b-boy culture its own robotic engine. Cybotron, Hashim, Newcleus and Egyptian Lover developed the sound across New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. This is electro without “house” after it: the kick does not march on four beats but dances in a break. Robots can funk.

1
phono abduction
partisan midi
Discogs YouTube
2
bitter end 3
lory d
Discogs YouTube
3
shimmerdown
john selway
Discogs YouTube
4
the hunch
the exaltics
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5
mood swing
anthony shakir
Discogs YouTube
6
direct drive
aux 88
Discogs YouTube
7
r-root
mark broom
Discogs YouTube
8
142 mph
posatronix
Discogs YouTube
9
alien discotheque
subtonal
Discogs YouTube
10
sex machine
the horrorist
Discogs YouTube
11
melodious thunk
andrea parker
Discogs YouTube
12
o.y.m. (sync 24 & jensen interceptor remix)
assembler code
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13
monolith
bitstream
Discogs YouTube
14
seen unseen
cyrk
Discogs YouTube
15
skewed objects
cywu
Discogs YouTube
16
1nce again
client_03
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17
untitled (d2)
dj pete
Discogs YouTube
18
rocket scientist
dopplereffekt
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19
superior race
dopplereffekt
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20
soul searching machine
module werk
Discogs YouTube
21
robot prostitute
shemale
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22
harmonik science
spesimen
Discogs YouTube
23
techno drivers (vocals)
the other side of space
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