Music

May, 1993

Robert ChristgauIf you like techno, you probably know more about it than I do, because if you like it, you dance to it, which I haven't enjoyed enough lately to stay up past my bedtime. More than house, disco or mashed potato, techno is dance-specific. Designed for the humongous sound systems of clubs permanent and floating, it isn't live music, album music or even singles music. It's DJ music, intended to be segued, cut up and otherwise fucked with by someone whose job and art involves exciting...

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