Industrial techno
{{Short description|Musical subgenre}}
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| cultural_origins = Late 1980s to early 1990s,
UK, US, Japan
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Industrial techno is a subgenre of techno and industrial dance music that originated in the 1990s. Characteristically, it incorporates influences from the bleak, noisy sound and aesthetics of early industrial music acts, particularly Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle.{{Cite web |last=Finlayson |first=Angus |date=13 February 2013 |title=The industrial techno revolution |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/1774 |access-date=1 February 2017 |publisher=Resident Advisor}} American industrial music label Wax Trax! also had a profound influence over the genre's development.{{Cite journal |last=Lien |first=James |date=January 1995 |title=Various artists - Blackbox |journal=CMJ |issue=17 |page=44}}
History
The origins of industrial techno date back to the early 1980s with the work of Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, then a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. According to Fact and Louder Than War, Sakamoto's solo album B-2 Unit (1980) anticipated the sounds of industrial techno.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Mikey |title=The Essential... Yellow Magic Orchestra |url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/01/22/the-essential-yellow-magic-orchestra/ |website=Fact |access-date=3 March 2025 |date=22 January 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Shtreis |first1=Irina |title=Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer and producer, RIP |url=https://louderthanwar.com/ryuichi-sakamoto-composer-and-producer-rip/ |access-date=3 March 2025 |work=Louder Than War |date=3 April 2023}}
Some of the earliest musical projects in the genre include the band Final Cut, formed by Jeff Mills and Anthony Srock in Detroit during the late 1980s.{{Cite web |date=2016-02-17 |title=Stream Jeff Mills And Anthony Srock's 1989 Industrial Techno Album |url=https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/stream-jeff-mills-anthony-srocks-1989-industrial-techno-album/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Telekom Electronic Beats |lang=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cardew |first=Ben |date=2022-04-14 |title=How Jeff Mills' 'Waveform Vol. 1' started a new era of techno |url=https://djmag.com/features/how-jeff-mills-waveform-vol-1-started-new-era-techno |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=DJMag.com |language=en}} Their 1989 debut industrial-techno album{{Cite web |last=Lobenfeld |first=Claire |date=2016-02-16 |title=Listen to early Jeff Mills project Final Cut's 1989 debut |url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/02/16/final-cut-deep-into-the-cut-stream/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Fact Magazine |language=en-US}} Deep into the Cut was described by The Wire as "a significant moment in the convergence of the classic industrial aesthetic and the emerging sound of Detroit techno".
The genre has seen a resurgence in the 2010s, spearheaded by acts such as Adam X, Orphx, and Ancient Methods, and others later like Blawan and Karenn. Other artists associated with industrial techno include Cut Hands, Helena Hauff,{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/helena-hauff-discreet-desires-album-review-1.2355294 |title=Helena Hauff: Discreet Desires |last=Carroll |first=Jim |date=18 September 2015 |publisher=The Irish Times |access-date=31 January 2017}} Forward Strategy Group, Surgeon, Michael Forshaw,{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/joe-muggs-industrial-techno/ |title=There Is No "Revival", Industrial Techno Has Always Been Banging Party Music |last=Muggs |first=Joe |date=19 February 2014 |publisher=Vice |access-date=1 February 2017}} Jeff Mills, Regis, Dominick Fernow and Mike Banks.{{Cite book |title=Electronic Music |last1=Collins |first1=Nick |last2=Schedel |first2=Margaret |last3=Wilson |first3=Scott|year=2013|page=108|publisher= Cambridge University|isbn= 978-1107244542}} Perc Trax record label has been credited with the revival of the genre in the UK, with artists such as Perc, Truss, Hppa and Ansome.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/09/british-industrial-techno-new-wave |title=The new wave of British industrial techno … and you can dance to it |last=Turner |first=Luke |work=The Guardian |date=8 June 2012 |access-date=9 June 2012}} Some revival artists have subsequently been criticized for making the new music in the genre that "sounds old, that it's overly indebted to a sound invented and thoroughly exhausted in the '90s", but despite this, innovation derived from the post-dubstep and garage scene have been highlighted. As a result, it has gained a significant fanbase from the post-dubstep audience.
See also
References
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