I really love listening to techno music when I'm driving, the pace of the music seems to get me places quicker, or so it seems.
In Detroit, techno was a result of melding African American music with electronic music.
How interesting! Did it originate in Detroit in the modern times then? 
Yes.  Detroit techno is seen as the foundation upon which sub-genres exist.
I did not know that. I really admire the production of techno music, you can listen to a song endlessly and still hear hidden depths to it.
This wonderful new music emerged during the mid to late 1980s.
I believe a lot of new genres were founded in the 80's, it's a time when music really began to change, especially with the development of music videos on channels such as MTV.
Definitely! I miss the old MTV. It was launched on August 1, 1981 and used to only air music videos.
I remember my parents getting Sky tv in the 80's and we watched the first ever song played on there, Money for Nothing I think it was called by Dire Straits.
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1995. The band became one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million.
Their first hit single "Sultans of Swing
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States in the mid-to-late 1980s. The style resulted from the melding of African American styles such as Chicago house, funk, and electro with electronic music by artists such as Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Added to this is the influence of futuristic and science-fiction themes relevant to life in American late capitalist society, with Alvin Toffler's book "The Third Wave" being a notable