
In the early ’80s, the Roland Corporation, a Japanese electronics company, developed two machines that would soon become obsolete and change the world, in that order. The TR-808
These tabs include the names of artists, DJs, engineers, etc. that made important contributions to the Detroit Techno genre/culture. The “Key Names” tab includes names that were highlighted throughout the chapter of our text and the “Others” tab includes names that were mentioned. If you click on a hyperlinked name, it will lead you to more information on that person.
Disco, House, and Techno music originated all around the 70s. Disco music, which was started in night clubs, was parented by Funk, Soul, and Pop.
Techno, electronic house music (EDM) began in Detroit in the 1980s and became popular globally in the 1990s. EDM still had explicit connection to disco
Funk music originated in the mid 1960’s in African American communities. It became a very popular genre of the 1970s and 1980s, it consisted of a
The era of R&B, soul, funk and techno R&B or rhythm and blues manifested in the black community during the 1940’s. It wasn’t until the1950s
We got the funk, gotta have that funk! Funk music originated in the 1960s and 70s during the fight for equality, the Civil Rights Movement.
The genres within this poster include Rhythm and Blues (R&B), Soul, Funk, Disco, Techno and Hip-Hop.