How to Use techno in a Sentence

techno

noun
  • The club plays only techno.
  • Have the barons of the modern techno age changed our lives for the better?
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Here, Hawtin reflects on the tour, and and on techno at large.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But then came disco in the ’70s, followed by techno and hip-hop in the ’80s.
    J. Lester Feder, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Later, there is salsa, rap, and the dark techno of the title track.
    Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The guy before me does straight vogue music, the guy after me does straight techno.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2022
  • House, techno and trance albums are also flanked by hip-hop and R&B.
    Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In the Lo-Fi room will be electronic music and techno beats.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The styles Britt explores range from Jamaican dub, Detroit house and British drum-and-bass to hip-hop, techno, fusion-jazz and the avant-garde.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The opening ceremony kicked off with a techno set from a local DJ that was very much on brand for the city home to Berghain.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • For December 28 This is a Detroit techno and house song.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • For years, companies and techno-bros have been saying that self-driving cars are ready to roll.
    Wired Staff, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Donning gold chains, the Bronx brothers spun a lively mix of techno, dub, and a dose of classic New York house for good measure.
    Isabela Raygoza, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2022
  • Detroit has graced the world with influential hard rock, techno and, of course, the genre that etched the city into its very name: Motown.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The series takes viewers behind the scenes of the emergence of key trends in the global music scene, such as punk, grunge, techno, funk and salsa.
    Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Strapped with two friendly bots, the Mitchells hatch a plan to win the techno-war, bonding on every nondigital level along the way.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
  • Damian Lazarus is among the most renowned names within the contemporary house and techno scene.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Both Diplo and Claude VonStroke have called him one of their personal favorites, while many in the scene cite him one of the best live acts in techno at large.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The movie is its own genre, techno-testosterone nostalgia.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
  • To the side, Vertov can be seen lost in music, bouncing his head along with a techno track, blissfully unaware of the upheaval to come.
    Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Eber, a young techno dancer, finds his battlefield on the dance floor and discovers his true destiny: to become the new God of Lightning.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Her high-energy and fierce set at the Gobi stage lured in fans who not once stopped dancing to her trilingual techno and pop anthems.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2022
  • For the kids, there is an adventure room and a teen techno room, while adults can hangout in the sports and news café that serves continental breakfast.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Why else would jazzy trip-hop playing in the bistro feel like a logical pivot from the thumping techno of a dark oceanic tunnel?
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The group brings DJs on-site to spin techno music while volunteers and residents shovel and sweep.
    Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Richie Hawtin closed the amphitheater-style Movement stage with pure, banging techno.
    Ana Monroy Yglesias, Billboard, 2 June 2022
  • For Thiel, there may be no better time to take on their mantle and to put his own brand of techno-libertarianism on the GOP.
    Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The former is a heartbreak corrido song and the latter is a flirtatious techno dance track.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 3 July 2023
  • John Schuster, known best behind the decks as John Summit, is revered for his modern, driving and melodic sound that spans across house and techno.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • In electronic music, most of what makes the mainstream is business techno.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2022

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