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
John Morrison, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Musically, Cindy Lee's opener, fellow Canadians and past collaborators Freak Heat Waves, are decidedly different, their sound leaning more into trip-hop, '80s techno and other throwback electronic styles.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
Tennis star Naomi Osaka offered her response to Luca Guadagnino’s buzzy tennis movie Challengers on Thursday, sharing her own moves on the court set to the movie’s viral techno score.
—Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
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
Noun
Direct descendants and spiritual heirs of disco, house, and techno producers in Chicago and Detroit translated Earl Young’s four-on-the-floor beat onto their Roland Tr-707, 808, and 909 drum machines.
—John Morrison, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Musically, Cindy Lee's opener, fellow Canadians and past collaborators Freak Heat Waves, are decidedly different, their sound leaning more into trip-hop, '80s techno and other throwback electronic styles.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
Tennis star Naomi Osaka offered her response to Luca Guadagnino’s buzzy tennis movie Challengers on Thursday, sharing her own moves on the court set to the movie’s viral techno score.
—Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
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
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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