often attributive
: electronic dance music that features a fast beat and synthesized sounds usually without vocals or a conventional popular song structure
: technical : technological
technocracy
Examples of techno in a Sentence
Noun
The club plays only techno.
Recent Examples on the Web
Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Indeed, Mills is techno’s Renaissance man.
—Mike Rubin, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Diners and drinkers sat at tables under the stars, and music was everywhere: bands at the cafés played American blues, a DJ spun techno in the city park, and, at the end of our street, a Latin American students’ association held a dance in a middle-school courtyard.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Musical styles ranged across rock, disco, techno, and rap – sometimes a mashup of more than one.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
Musical styles ranged across rock, disco, techno and rap — sometimes a mashup of more than one.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
The music is a spasmodic mix of heavy metal, techno, and trap.
—Leila Sales, SPIN, 7 May 2024
Direct descendants and spiritual heirs of disco, house, and techno producers in Chicago and Detroit translated Earl Young’s four-on-the-floor beat onto their Roland Tr-707, 808, and 909 drum machines.
—John Morrison, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Musically, Cindy Lee's opener, fellow Canadians and past collaborators Freak Heat Waves, are decidedly different, their sound leaning more into trip-hop, '80s techno and other throwback electronic styles.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
Noun
Many of the world’s biggest DJs are playing the festival, with Four Tet, Peggy Gou and hard techno star Sara Landry all making their EDC Las Vegas debuts this weekend.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 May 2024
Editors’ Picks Indeed, Mills is techno’s Renaissance man.
—Mike Rubin, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Diners and drinkers sat at tables under the stars, and music was everywhere: bands at the cafés played American blues, a DJ spun techno in the city park, and, at the end of our street, a Latin American students’ association held a dance in a middle-school courtyard.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
Musical styles ranged across rock, disco, techno, and rap – sometimes a mashup of more than one.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
Musical styles ranged across rock, disco, techno and rap — sometimes a mashup of more than one.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
The music is a spasmodic mix of heavy metal, techno, and trap.
—Leila Sales, SPIN, 7 May 2024
Direct descendants and spiritual heirs of disco, house, and techno producers in Chicago and Detroit translated Earl Young’s four-on-the-floor beat onto their Roland Tr-707, 808, and 909 drum machines.
—John Morrison, SPIN, 9 May 2024
Musically, Cindy Lee's opener, fellow Canadians and past collaborators Freak Heat Waves, are decidedly different, their sound leaning more into trip-hop, '80s techno and other throwback electronic styles.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
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“Techno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/techno. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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