Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit

Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit
Compilation album by
various artists
Recorded1988
GenreDetroit techno
Length73:54
LabelVirgin, 10 Records

Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit is a 1988 compilation of early Detroit techno tracks released on the Virgin Records UK imprint 10 Records.[1][2] The compilation's title helped establish the term "techno" as the name for electronic dance music emerging out of Detroit in the 1980s.[3][4]

  1. ^ Sicko 1999:98
  2. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (2021). Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Penguin Press. p. 379.
  3. ^ Brewster 2006:354
  4. ^ Reynolds 1999:71. Detroit's music had hitherto reached British ears as a subset of Chicago house; [Neil] Rushton and the Belleville Three decided to fasten on the word techno – a term that had been bandied about but never stressed – in order to define Detroit as a distinct genre.

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