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EDITORIAL > GEOGRAPHY OF MUSIC SERIES: FROM WHERE ARE THE TECHNO TOP ARTISTS?
SWEDEN IRELAND
- ADAM BEYER - TIGER STRIPES - REBŪKE - DISFREQ
Sweden is the birthplace of iconic names like ABBA. Despite being a recognised disco powerhouse, this country has many The Irish consider Ireland to be the most underrated techno scene in the world. This statement is due to the acknowledged
more genres to offer such as techno. In the 90s some Swedish artists broke new ground and built a new and refreshing emphatic and devoted techno crows and the flood of techno lovers in Ireland. The country is now a hot hub full of rising
sound: Swedish techno. More than productions, they were a philosophy and club phenomenon with great expression in the stars and a buzzing rave generation ready to take techno to the next level. It is from this new generation that arrives the
late 90s. Different from the rest of European techno but with the same calibre, even today the techno coming from Sweden acclaimed duo Disfreq representing Ireland alongside Rebūke.
is highly appreciated and is represented here by Tiger Stripes and one of its founders Adam Beyer.
GERMANY SLOVENIA BULGARIA
- LILLY PALMER - MARK DEKODA
- UMEK - PHOENIX MOVEMENT
- KAI TRACID - OLIVER HUNTEMANN UMEK is no stranger to the Beatport charts having won Best At the turn of the millennium, the techno scene exploded in
Techno Artist at the Beatport Music Awards in 2010. The Bulgaria. The voice of freedom and the expression of young
Techno was born in Germany in the 80s and many consider
Slovenian artist started his career at the age of 17 in 1993, people’s desires, techno served as a political manifesto
it to be the true birth of this musical genre. Disputes aside,
being one of the pioneers of electronic music in Slovenia. and became the soundtrack for change in Bulgaria. The
the truth is that Germany is an important techno epicentre
The capital has become an important nest of techno music music accompanied the country’s democratic transition
and Berlin is still the capital of this sound. The unpretentious
and underground culture, which continues to develop. UMEK and techno flourished in full splendour, where it remains.
nature of techno made it almost a religion when Germany
is here the great representative of Slovenian techno. Representing Bulgaria in this selection, we find Phoenix
was unified, helping its proliferation. Home of the pioneers
Movement.
Kraftwerk, today Germany and its techno are very well
represented by Boris Brejcha, Lilly Palmer, Mark Dekoda, Kai
Tracid and Oliver Huntemann.
Analysing the charts of the techno artists who have sold the most in the last three months according to Beatport, and
taking into account their nationality, showed us a musical map and a somewhat expected trend. Of the 25 artists that
- BORIS BREJCHA
made up our sample, the majority are German, corroborating the country’s hegemony when it comes to this musical
“Berlin techno thus maintains its reign as a genre. Although the universe analysed draws a small world map that takes you from the United States to Brazil, from the
United Kingdom to Belgium, passing a little bit throughout Europe, the results do not lie and lean clearly towards Germa-
strong export hub for this musical genre.”
ny, represented here by 20% of the artists analysed. Berlin techno thus maintains its reign as a strong export hub for this
musical genre.
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