often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure
: technical : technological
technocracy
Examples of techno in a Sentence
Noun
The club plays only techno.
Recent Examples on the Web
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
At once a portrait of techno producer Carl Craig and a love letter to his city of Detroit, Desire: The Carl Craig Story lays out the vast backdrop of artists and venues who played a part in the rise of Craig’s massive, genre-defying career.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Texas Eclipse Festival Dance to trance, techno, and various EDM sets for four days surrounding this cosmic spectacle.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 5 Apr. 2024
The crackle of vinyl runs implacably through his music like rain crinkling on trash bags, and, from the silence, snatches of breakbeat and fearsome industrial techno burst forward with fierce energy.
—Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
Stationed at the turntables was star producer and reggaeton master Tainy, who integrated spells of house and techno into Balvin’s bass-laden tropical medley.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
The electronic music festival has found the right home in the birthplace of techno and pays its respects accordingly.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
Ray of Light' (1998) Another huge artistic stride, this single was seen as Madonna reclaiming her spot on the front lines of the dance-pop revolution, bringing in producer William Orbit for a clattering gem of a track with elements of techno, trance and electronic dance.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
Pleather trench coats, manic camerawork, a thumping techno soundtrack, and the bizarre casting of an American MMA fighter as the head of Japan’s G-Force unit give Final Wars a sense of style that’s unlike anything else in the Godzilla series.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Noun
In addition, the SOMA stage will mark a return to the Marx Meadow, ditching the tent format for an extended, open air dance space spotlighting house and techno stars, including actor/DJ Idris Elba, Uncle Waffles, The Blessed Madonna and Shiba San b2b CID, among others.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
At once a portrait of techno producer Carl Craig and a love letter to his city of Detroit, Desire: The Carl Craig Story lays out the vast backdrop of artists and venues who played a part in the rise of Craig’s massive, genre-defying career.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Texas Eclipse Festival Dance to trance, techno, and various EDM sets for four days surrounding this cosmic spectacle.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 5 Apr. 2024
The crackle of vinyl runs implacably through his music like rain crinkling on trash bags, and, from the silence, snatches of breakbeat and fearsome industrial techno burst forward with fierce energy.
—Daniel Bromfield, SPIN, 13 Mar. 2024
Stationed at the turntables was star producer and reggaeton master Tainy, who integrated spells of house and techno into Balvin’s bass-laden tropical medley.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
The electronic music festival has found the right home in the birthplace of techno and pays its respects accordingly.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
Ray of Light' (1998) Another huge artistic stride, this single was seen as Madonna reclaiming her spot on the front lines of the dance-pop revolution, bringing in producer William Orbit for a clattering gem of a track with elements of techno, trance and electronic dance.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
Pleather trench coats, manic camerawork, a thumping techno soundtrack, and the bizarre casting of an American MMA fighter as the head of Japan’s G-Force unit give Final Wars a sense of style that’s unlike anything else in the Godzilla series.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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