I've become a big techno-head lately. The music gets me so pumped! I just think it's so funny it evolved from Detroit, Michigan of all places. Seems random, right?
That does seem pretty random.  When did it get started?
In the mid-to-late 1980s. Word wasn't even used until 1988 to describe the genre specifically. Detroit techno is seen as the foundation, which is still kind of goofy to me, but factually correct! But when you look into it, it makes sense. It melds African American music with Chicago house/funk/electro/electric jazz with electronic music. Detroit has a lot of that.
Detroit does have a wide variety of culture for sure.  Are there any particular techno artists well known from Michigan?
Some of the more notable techno musicians are actually outside of Detroit. Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, and Yellow Magic Orchestra were all acts/groups formed outside of the city, only taking inspiration from the music spawned from there.
Yellow Magic Orchestra is an awesome name for a group.  Can you tell me more about them
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) are a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic music. They were pioneers in their use of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, drum machines, computers, and digital recording technology in popular music, and effectively anticipated the "electropop boom" of the
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