Techno by Makayla Leonard

Techno began in Detroit and started as an underground movement. Techno is a form of electronic music produced with a wide array of computer-based digital instruments and softwares. It resulted from the melding of African American music including Chicago house, funk, electro, and electric jazz with electronic music. Techno became very popular during the 80’s in Europe. It is now prominently popular in white communities more than any other. Techno is a sped up digitalized version of Funk music. To this day, tons of people are still listening to techno music. 

Techo can also be described as a form of dance music that came about in Detroit in the early 1980s that mainly has electronic instruments. 

A variety of instruments included 

• samplers
• computers
• multi-track mixers
• drum machines