How Techno was born: From Detroit to Berlin and back
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As Berlin gears up for the Love Parade successor, Rave The Planet this weekend, we take a look at the beginnings of techno. Techno is the unofficial soundtrack of Berlin, intertwining with its vibrant and relentless party culture, but where did it all start? The real backstory of techno begins early 1980s in Detroit, a city struggling with industrial decline and social challenges. In this episode of Arts Unveiled, we take a look back at the birth of techno as a response to these hardships, as visionary artists like Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson fuse funk, electro, and synth-pop with futuristic visions from science fiction.
2 of the biggest ever influences in all electronic music be it Electro, House, Techno etc all stems from Kraftwerk and possibly Tangerine Dream imho but as far as the genre Techno its roots surely starts as that named genre Detroit
The influence of European electronic music, particularly the iconic Kraftwerk, on the Detroit pioneers, who crafted a unique sound would revolutionize the music scene. Black and queer communities played a pivotal role in the genesis of techno, with their contributions building the genre and culture as we know it.
We will take you to Berlin, where techno found its second home after the fall of the Wall in 1989 and to the electrifying atmosphere of dark basement clubs and run-down buildings where the hard and fast beats of techno first captivated audiences. From the Love Parade, a legendary music festival that took techno to the streets, drawing millions of ravers from around the world, to the legendary clubs of Berlin, such as Tresor and Berghain, where techno thrives with no curfew.
man, i miss the original Tresor
Join us as we unearth forgotten history and hear from techno legends, including interviews with DJs from Detroit and Berlin and learn how every genre of music has its roots in something different and embrace the story behind techno's rise to global dominance.
Get ready to dive into the captivating origins of techno and its incredible journey to become a socially acceptable genre, even finding its place in esteemed concert halls like the Berlin Philharmonic. Don't miss this immersive exploration of the genre that changed the world.
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Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk. Manuel Gottschings E2-E4 was groundbreaking and defined Techno.
00:00 Introduction
01:41 How Techno Came to Berlin
Techno came from Europe and Japan.
04:17 Detroit: Birthplace of Techno
08:23 From Underground to Mainstream
EDM isn't exclusive to one group of people. It's an inherently primitive form of music in spite of its advanced production process. Every group of people on Earth today at some point or another had a primitive beginning, all our ancestors danced around fires, and that's the spirit of EDM.
13:19 What Exactly is Techno?
17:06 From Clubs to Concert Halls
From Detroit to Cologne and then maybe Berlin
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detroit is the world!
@eskotz88Are you kidding me? Detroit has never done anything.
@erikageorge9203Id 3.58?
@HugoFuller-o7sIsn’t it ironic that Deutsche Welle makes a video about how Detroit House Music Influenced the German Techno Music instead of making the much greater story how electronic pioneers Kraftwerk inspired Detroit House and HipHop. There wouldn’t be Africa Bambaata without his iconic Kraftwerk sample in „Planet Rock“, then there wouldn’t be Westfalen Bambaata Westbam without Africa Bambaata. Berlin Techno was born in the 1970s in Düsseldorf before there were even synthesizers and drum machines. Americans made Kraftwerk danceable and Europeans molded that into Techno.
@sevntysixrDetroit inventing Techno is pure American marketing. They were Pioneers of their own sound, but there were other sounds at the time. Belgium for example. What actually happened was the emergence of an INTERNATIONAL movement with various flavours of Techno distinctive to various cities. Frankfurt had a different sound to Berlin for example, and even has an older Techno history than Berlin.
If "anyone" invented it, it was the 100th Monkey. Look up what the 100th monkey thing is, it's fascinating.
In other words this vid is an opinion piece. The proof lies in crates of actual records. And they say Cybotron was Electro, not Techno. Ultimately no one person invented it. Saying otherwise is insulting to the other pioneers and the cities whose sounds we are still dancing to today.
Very interesting video :)
Side note: maybe it would be nice to add at the start of the video a "photosensitive seizure warning screen". Some sequences were intense hahaha
Kraftwerks played techno in the 60's
@africa5027i'd encourage y'all to check out the interview with jim morrison in which he predicts the advent of techno/EDM
@danielle78730Jeff “The Wizard” Mills
@FedUpSistaPhace , mefjus is the no.1 and Misanthrop....
@wintermuteukeastek7510Track at 0:00 please?
@ForgivenpeopleYou know, underground will always be underground. We are facing globalisation and its influence on society. Humanity will never be perfect. We can’t let underground die, so support your local parties and djs!
@beparisiAnd now to far-right events and personalities, courtesy of some of the established names like Amelie Lens..
@SStagnatDj in the chat and Detroit native I lived around the corner from Buyrite Music in the 90s...
This environment inspired me to be a Dj and Music producer..❤ To the big three and Berlin 🎉
Hey song at 9.10???😊😊
@RaveOdysseyPaul Van Dyk!!!
@iancarisi8342Who cares what colour people were. Certainly no one back in the day who were jumping around to this
@GrimUpNorth_ytTechno is life style for me. 🙌
@what-if-technoI'm a rocker. As a teenager in the 90s I resented EDM in general, because when I went out all the clubs were focused on it, and there were almost no venues with bands (and not living in a big city, we didn't get big concerts either). I actively worked in the 00s to organise live music events with bands and played in a couple myself. But retrospectively, I have come to appreciate not only EDM, techno, trance, but also its influence on rock (The Prodigy, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein) and the unique sub-genres that electronic music helped create, like trip-hop. At the end of the day it's all music, and every genre has something worth appreciating.
@harrr53I still don’t like techno but I love what it evolved into. I’ve been listening to Tripolism on repeat for over a year now. Just started listening to whomadewho and the two Hispanic girls
@T0mF0rdFrom Germany (Kraftwerk) to Detroid and back. Germany is the origin and destination.
@electronicinfection❤ I’m from Detroit. Techno is a gift from the aliens 👽 😊. For real tho whatupdoe! We love you Berlin.❤
@soo31369pls no ultrafast strobe on youtube.
@Gawd-z3cOmen was before Tresor and Frankfurt was Before Berlin..
@SeverinMettlerOmen -> Tresor. If you know you know....
@severinpasqualmettler8045You meant from Düsseldorf to Detroit to Berlin
@MaddLanDI got to see Lords of Acid, THrill kill kult, radioactive goldfish.. and a few others . I Went to real raves that were held at night in abandoned buildings.. not this day time sanctioned junk.. that's just a dance fur adults😅
You missed it but the music lives on
Can we get a track id going for this ?
@myronwatkinsii1915Its interesting that the Germans dance to the music of black people but yet are racist towards the people. Next time you dance to techno bit remember that black people are behind this music that makes you dance all night long.
@OtherNotes-s9wI mean whoever that does not think that House Music is taking over the world doesn't know what they are talking about. House Music is indeed the most listened genre in the world!
@HouseMusicExplainedID 17:06 ????????????????
@sitges000lol was this put together by AI? so disorganized and weird.
@Michael-xr5yxKraftwerk (GERMANY) was the beginning, just wasn’t called TECHNO then. Detroit took it and made it a religion! Big Props to the Wizard and Mayday!
@scottneighbors7077still remember seeing jeff mills and surgeon in tresor in the 90s. pure bliss.
@faruambientI loved electronic music since end of the 80s listening to Kraftwerk, Belgian New Beat, House & Techno when it was fresh; after a few years I got FED UP listening to the genre always RE-PEA-PEA-PEA-TING itself; it became plain BORING listening to techno muzak where djs are rechewing the $ame $HIT.
@MiskoKatuaBlack people 🎉🎉
@landmark22at this point we should be talking about how it died.
@blibliobli7275Ah yes, the indisputable fact that techno was invented by Africans. Same as the lightbulb, fridge and rock music 😂. Thank you Africans 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@trolojolo6178Now the Blacks want to claim Techno too?
Cultural appopriation!
Gerne beim nächsten mal eine Epileptikerinnen Warnung am anfang des Videos angeben.
@turboklaus8141Dont forget Australia the Fairlight was the 1st digital sampling machine made in 1979 ! check out Severed Heads... Pioneers of early Techno!
@mauriceflavel6271