During the later years of the 1980s, the term “techno” starts to be used by more fans and artists around Detroit in reference to this relatively new genre of music. It is however with the release of a specific compilation album, which includes Juan Atkins’s song titled “Techno Music”, that audiences in other parts of the United States, and on the other side of the world, become familiarised with the practice of referring to this music in this way. The release of this compilation album, called “Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit”, will likewise prompt the media, especially in England, to give the group of artists from Detroit who are creating this new sound, a collective identity under this term, “techno”.

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