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Detroit techno is a pioneering electronic dance music style that emerged from Detroit in the mid-1980s, blending futuristic synthesizer sounds with the city's industrial landscape and Motown soul heritage. The music features mechanical, driving rhythms and cold, atmospheric textures that evoke both urban decay and technological optimism. Its creators infused the genre with Afrofuturism and working-class resilience, making it emotionally deeper than typical dance music.
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1972 | Various Artists | Interstellar Fugitives |
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| 94 | 1983 | Cybotron | Clear |
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1985 | Model 500 | Night Drive / Time Space Transmat |
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1987-05 | Rhythim Is Rhythim | Strings of life |
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1988 | Inner City | Big Fun |
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| 99 | 1989-05-08 | Inner City | Paradise |
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| 42 | 1990 | Inner City | Fire |
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1991 | Underground Resistance | Final Frontier E.P. |
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1991 | Underground Resistance | Death Star |
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| 59 | 1991 | Blake Baxter | Dream Sequence |
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| 12 | 1992 | Underground Resistance | Revolution for Change |
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1992 | L.A.M. | Balance of Terror |
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| 37 | 1992 | Underground Resistance | message to the majors |
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| 20 | 1992-04-24 | X-102 | Discovers The Rings Of Saturn |
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| 69 | 1992-06-01 | Inner City | Praise |
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1992-08-24 | Underground Resistance | Revolution for Change CD |
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| 48 |
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1993 | Model 500 | Classics |
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1993 | Drexciya | Drexciya 2: Bubble Metropolis |
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| 92 | 1994-02-08 | Kenny Larkin | Azimuth |
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| 90 | 1994-10-24 | Laurent Garnier | Shot In The Dark |
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1994-11-07 | Plastikman | Musik |
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| 88 | 1995 | Carl Craig | Landcruising |
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| 39 | 1995 | Kenny Larkin | Metaphor |
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1995 | Kenny Larkin | Metamorphe |
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| 41 | 1995-06-01 | Dave Angel | Tales Of The Unexpected |
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1995-06-22 | Model 500 | Deep Space |
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| 29 | 1995-07 | Robert Hood | Nighttime World, Volume 1 |
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| 85 | 1996 | Paperclip People | The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich |
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1996 | Model 500 | I Wanna Be There |
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| 91 |
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1996 | Drexciya | The Return of Drexciya |
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| 38 | 1996-04-01 | Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes | Black Technosoul |
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| 36 | 1996-04-21 | Derrick May | Innovator |
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1996-05-28 | Dave Angel | Classics |
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| 68 |
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1996-06-10 | Suburban Knight | By Night |
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| 16 | 1997 | Jeff Mills | The Other Day |
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| 19 | 1997 | Dark Comedy | seven days |
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1997 | Carl Craig | Innerzone Orchestra Programmed |
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| 97 | 1997-04-22 | Carl Craig | More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art |
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| 60 | 1997-06 | Drexciya | The Quest |
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| 49 | 1997-10 | E-Dancer | Heavenly |
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| 61 | 1998 | Octave One | The Collective |
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1998-06 | Scan 7 | Resurfaced |
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| 86 | 1998-09 | Underground Resistance | Interstellar Fugitives |
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1999 | The Aztec Mystic | Knight Of The Jaguar |
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| 79 |
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1999 | Innerzone Orchestra | Programmed |
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1999-03-08 | Model 500 | Mind and Body |
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1999-03-20 | Model 500 | Mind & Body |
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1999-03 | The Aztec Mystic | Knights Of The Jaguar EP |
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1999-08-02 | Ectomorph | destroy your powercenters 12" |
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| 75 | 1999-08-10 | Aril Brikha | Deeparture in Time - Revisited |
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| 96 | 1999-09-01 | Drexciya | Neptune's Lair |
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2000 | Robert Hood | The Blueprint EP |
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| 67 | 2000 | UR | Spirit Of The Jaguar |
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2000-10-02 | DJ Rolando | Jaguar |
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2001 | Scan 7 | Il Etait Une Fois Astropolis |
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| 72 | 2001-04-28 | The Detroit Escalator Co. | Black Buildings |
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2001-09-17 | Richie Hawtin | DE9 : Closer To The Edit |
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2001-11-02 | Transllusion | The Opening of the Cerebral Ga |
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2002 | Frankie Bones | Army Of One |
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2002 | Underground Resistance | Inspiration / Transition |
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| 71 | 2002 | Abstract Thought | Hypothetical Situations |
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| 8 | 2002-01-01 | Drexciya | Grava 4 |
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| 93 | 2003-04-07 | ADULT. | Anxiety Always |
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2003-09-30 | Daniel Bell | Blip Blurp Bleep |
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| 9 | 2004 | Dark Comedy | Funkfaker: Music Saves My Soul |
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2004-10 | Carl Craig | Just Another Day |
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| 1 | 2004-11-17 | Psyche | Elements 1989-1990 |
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| 21 | 2004-12-10 | Los Hermanos | On Another Level |
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2005-01-17 | Arne Weinberg | Confessions Of A Believer |
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2005-06-27 | Anthony Shakir | Lost & Found Part 1 |
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2005-10-25 | Various Artists | Subvaritrax |
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2005-11 | P.O.D. | The Vanguard EP |
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2005-12-12 | Magda | Stop |
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2006-04 | D5 | Neutrino EP |
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| 89 | 2007-03-20 | ADULT. | Why Bother? |
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2007-06 | Underground Resistance | Electronic Warfare 2.0 |
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2007-12-21 | Los Hermanos | Traditions and Concepts |
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| 76 | 2008-08-30 | Kenny Larkin | Keys, Strings, Tambourines |
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| 27 | 2009-12-09 | Jeff Mills | Sleeper Wakes |
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| 47 | 2009-12 | Anthony Shakir | Frictionalism 1994-2009 |
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2010 | Jeff Mills | Waveform Transmission Vol.1 |
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2010 | Jeff Mills | Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 |
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2010-05-14 | Kyle Hall | Must See EP |
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2010-05 | Drexciya | Neptunes Lair |
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2010-06-14 | Robert Hood | Omega |
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| 84 | 2010-07-26 | Jimmy Edgar | XXX |
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2011 | Rick Wilhite | Analog Aquarium |
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2011-06-20 | John Tejada | Parabolas |
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2012-02-20 | Redshape | Throw in Dirt / The Land |
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| 66 | 2012-08 | Robert Hood | Motor: Nighttime World 3 |
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| 34 | 2013-03-11 | The Black Dog | The Return Ov Bleep |
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2013-06-20 | Redshape | Red Pack II |
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2016 | Various Artists | Juan Atkins: Wax Trax! MasterMix, Volume 1 |
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2016-05 | Omar-S | The Best |
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2016-09-16 | Dax J | Illusions Of Power |
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2017-03-20 | Drexciya | Drexciya |
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2020-09 | Theo Parrish | Wuddaji |
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2021-02-21 | tred | Realities & Fictions |
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2022-04-14 | Various Artists | Depth Charge, Vol. 1 |
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2023 | Various Artists | Interstellar Fugitives - Destruction of Order |
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| Robert Hood | Nighttime World |
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