History of Techno
This is about as conventional a narrative as you can get. I&#x27;ve never been happy with it though, it&#x27;s way too much of a tidy, linear, clean through-line.<p>For instance, this narrative always leave out free-style and electro like Hashim (example: 1983, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ykK0uEjSsqY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ykK0uEjSsqY</a>), Newcleus, etc. Soulsonic Force (1982: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rHQ11l4uiM4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rHQ11l4uiM4</a>) predated Atkins Cybotron project and Atkins even said he didn&#x27;t see a huge difference between the free-style, electro, and what he was doing.<p>It also leaves out Italo Disco and the British New Wave movement. Take the intro to 1983&#x27;s Hypnotic Tango by My Mine for instance: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=X6EbVwOumlE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=X6EbVwOumlE</a><p>They do an obligatory Kraftwerk but the entire berlin school and midera is left out in the cold as well (Tangerine Dream for example. 1975, Ricochet P2 for instance <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XoSNbCNYsA4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=XoSNbCNYsA4</a>) along with artists who were giant in their day like Jean Michelle Jarre.<p>Also what&#x27;s left out are the other influential  Krautrock artists like Manuel Göttsching and his 1981 E2-E4 album. (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;ys0HyevZpQg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;ys0HyevZpQg</a>).<p>There&#x27;s also the left-field weird albums that were mighty influential at the time, such as Misa Criolla by Fuego (1981: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Era1x9hRnBQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Era1x9hRnBQ</a>) There&#x27;s your &quot;four-on-the-floor&quot; with tape loop sampling. Speaking of children What about the next year, 
Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque ... <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;a_sAH2QGotE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;a_sAH2QGotE</a> there&#x27;s your techno<p>Or take the Bobby Orlando sounding driving beat in Le Jeté - La Cage Aux Folles (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zzI2v0RJ8DQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=zzI2v0RJ8DQ</a>) - a common track of the hot-mix 5. Or Massimo Barsotti&#x27;s cover of Led Zepplins&#x27; Whole Lotta Love (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EsEwWSs-t7w" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=EsEwWSs-t7w</a>)<p>Or what about Stopps &quot;I&#x27;m Hungry&quot; from 1983? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;I26lP56-UeA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;I26lP56-UeA</a> ... this strange track was played in Chicago house clubs, Belgium pre rave new beat &quot;acid house&quot; parties and the early EBM scene. Pretty expansive one to leave out<p>And keeping things in the US, they always ignore the west coast, with outfits like Megatone records out of san francisco and  gay club music (eg Hi-NRG) and people like Bobby Orlando.<p>Anyway the history is vast and rich and this article is essentially the same story that&#x27;s always written. I dunno, I almost feel like this structure misses the boat. I know that&#x27;s a big claim.