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{{quote|'''Strong Bad:''' "I heard a techno song one time that went like... [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|'Doom doom doom doom doom doom doom doom']] And then this other part came in, and it was like... [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|'Doodle-um-doom doodle-um-doom doodle-um-doom doodle-um-doom'']] And then there's always some kinda high pitched noise, y'know? Or like a siren that's like... [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|'DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE DOO-DA-DOO-DA-DIDDLE']] And of course they have to put in the obligatory old movie quote from some sci-fi movie. It's like... "The system is down! The system is down! The system is down! The system is down!"
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[[Techno]] is, typically, a form of electronic dance music with a 4/4 beat. Most of the time it's instrumental, or uses vocals only in a limited manner, and has a synthetic, futuristic feel to it. However, this doesn't mean that music which has these characteristics is specifically techno, or that techno has to have all these characteristics.
It was originally conceived in [[The Eighties]] by three black middle class Detroit audiophiles (called "The Belleville Three" due to their neighborhood): Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson. They started making music that combined their love of early European synthpop (particularly [[Kraftwerk]]) and contemporary funk. It basically ended up sounding like music for robots to breakdance to. Atkins was arguably the [[Ur Example|first]] person to produce techno music, while May [[Trope Maker|developed]] many of its distinct features, and Saunders was the first to push techno [[Trope Codifier|to the charts]] (with his group Inner City). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I280cxs2jvA Here's] an example of an early techno song by Juan Atkins' group Cybotron.
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