Which is minimal techno, of course - no thigh slapping in these parts.
Dan experienced a second epiphany when hearing the sparse, minimal techno of fellow Ontarian Richie Hawtin (AKA Plastikman) for the first time.
This was fun music, joyous music, not the austere minimal techno of downstairs, or the jazzy techno of Jonson and Minilogue, or the hardcore techno that would inspire one to press the dwarf.
Conversely, most of Herbert's big-band fan base has no idea that he also D.J.'s ear-splitting minimal techno to crowds of sweaty teenagers throughout Eastern Europe; and it's safe to say that the Day-Glo clubbers in Ibiza, Spain, who dance to Herbert's house tracks are totally unaware that he's currently remixing Mahler's unfinished 10th Symphony for Deutsche Grammophon.
Microhouse, a term coined by Philip Sherburne, married the sparsity of minimal techno to the glitchy hyper-precision of all the clicks & cuts bollocks that bald blokes in heavy glasses liked at the turn of the century.
Pole, a k a Stefan Betke, brings the cerebral disposition of minimal techno to a fondness for Jamaican dub reggae.
In hindsight, can we view this as a starting point for the minimal techno takeover of the European dance music scene that minted most of the biggest names outside of the EDM bubble today.
Nothing says "I hate sleeping" quite like the minimal techno sound of a Sunday morning Resolute party.
Dawn of Midi descends from a lot of sources — classical minimalism, early-1970s German progressive rock, minimal techno, rhythmic traditions of West Africa and the Antilles — but it's not wholly indebted to any of them.
Unless you're at one of the tiny stages, where there's minimal techno and plenty of room to move around, Ultra isn't really about dancing.
Over the course of the following two days, we had to wean ourselves off of the sound that had co-opted our heartbeats, moving first to minimal techno (the methadone of house addiction), and then gradually – down through early Hatcha mixes and Shed – to silence.
