Techno-Classical
Classical music that sounds like techno – a rhythmic list. Playlist curated by Arno Lücker.
Read more…Officially speaking, techno is a genre of music originating from the 1980s. And yet the love of a rhythmic drive that allows for seemingly-ritualistic dance moves, so to speak, is much older. Composers across all musical eras showed preferences for repetitive, catchy beats, only (mostly) without using percussion – instead opting for melody instruments, and thereby pounding the rhythms less insistently into the listener’s ear.