Techno is a type of dance music that can be traced back to Detroit, Michigan, from around the mid to late 1980s.

Techno music also influenced many other genres during this period, in particular hardcore- although this was less electronic.

Techno is often blamed for the death of the disco music scene, which dominated the 70’s and early 80’s.

As the techno scene was considered to be very underground- even during its heyday- it produced very little acts who managed to break into the mainstream.

Although techno music is considered as a genre in its own right, it does tend to get generalised as dance music.