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It started in Detroit!

Hmmmm... lots of cross-pollination there, but from the German Techno - Wikipedia article:

In Europa wurde der Begriff ,,Techno" zum ersten mal im Jahre 1982 von Andreas Tomalla (alias Talla 2XLC) verwendet. Der Frankfurter Musikliebhaber arbeitete Anfang der 1980er in einem Plattenladen unter dem Frankfurter Hauptbahnhof. Dort sortierte er Schallplatten mit elektronisch produzierter Musik in eine eigenständige Kategorie und benannte diese mit ,,Techno".

Die damit entstandene Sammelbezeichnung umfasste anfangs Strömungen wie die deutsche Avantgarde (Kraftwerk), Elektronische Popmusik (Depeche Mode), EBM (Front 242, Nitzer Ebb), Industrial (Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA, Throbbing Gristle) und generell elektronisch arrangierte Spielarten der New Wave-Epoche (siehe Electro Wave), aber auch den Detroit Techno (A Number Of Names, Cybotron), der stark durch europäische Musikrichtungen geprägt wurde. In dieser Form konnte sich ,,Techno" als Dachbegriff für elektronische Musik international - und vorzugsweise im deutschen Sprachraum - bis in den Beginn der 1990er Jahre weiträumig etablieren.

I submit that there was back-pollination from Detroit Techno - as well as House/Acid House, which I find was developed in Chicago; and which arrived in Frankfurt when I was ending my second schoolyear there.

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by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:12:29 PM EST
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Techno is an urban remix of Kraftwerk having sex with New Order while Georgio Moroder takes abstract photos.

House would be the style that's more indigenous to the US. Europe never quite got the funk vibe which seems to be the backdrop of most US pop.

One offshoot of Eurobeat eventually turned into Trance, which - I think - has very much more of a Euro feel than a US one.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:28:26 PM EST
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Now that you mention Trance, to nanne: I used "techno/dance" as a broad umbrella term for electronic music with strong beats (I include everyone from Paul van Dyk, Scooter, Robet Miles, Underworld, Loona to ), whose fans use these and a variety of other names - with techno zene = "techno music" being the most widespread umbrella term in Hungarian, but I was less sure about elsewhere, sayh there's this:

Dance - Wikipedia

Meist wird mit Dance insbesondere im kontinentaleuropäischen Raum eine massentaugliche und kommerzielle Variante von Techno und House bezeichnet. Stilprägend ist eine eindeutige und einprägende Melodie, die von einem bassbetonten Beat im Viervierteltakt begleitet wird.

Thus Eurodance as described and as shown by your example is only part of it. (Also according to the above article.)

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by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:47:05 PM EST
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With dance music, the sub-genre breakdowns can get just a little extreme.

About the only thing you can say about is that there are probably synthesizers, and there are probably beats.

The rest just depends.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:59:38 PM EST
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That's true, you get this language confusion. When Dutch people used to talk about 'house' back in the 90s they meant stuff like Capella and 2Unlimited. Which caused endless net discussions :-)
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 01:07:07 PM EST
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2Unlimited

Whatever happened to them?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 01:15:42 PM EST
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They stopped making music! Jean-Paul DeCoster seems to have retired with his millions, Phil Wilde is still driving other dance acts (notably, Kate Ryan).
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 01:25:44 PM EST
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The number one techno musician in Hungary seems to be one DJ Sterbinszky. Those who like techno decide if he's any worth - I myself get enough of any of his work after four beats...

DJ Sterbinszky: Just My Kind (04:13):



*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 05:21:33 PM EST
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Giorgio Moroder - Chase

Music starts at 01:34.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 03:41:27 PM EST
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as well as House/Acid House, which I find was developed in Chicago; and which arrived in Frankfurt

...from Britain (hence my assumed origin)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 12:29:29 PM EST
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