Well, if you're gonna get all historical about it, techno is not
(chronologically) the grandaddy of all modern electronic music genres. House
has been around in one form or another since the fall of disco, and unless
you count kraftwerk as being the techno genre unto themselves, it predates
what most would consider techno.
So IDM should be listed under house now? :)
quoted 12 lines Because techno is the grandaddy of all modern electronic music genres.
>Because techno is the grandaddy of all modern electronic music genres.
>
>Before anyone was listening to house, jungle, breakbeat, trance, IDM, etc.
>they were listening to Techno. Everything after that is just a sub-genre.
>Techno is actually a very logical place to put IDM.
>
>12 years ago if someone asked me what kinda music I listened to I'd say
>"techno". So, as far as I'm concerned everything that came after is just an
>interpretation of the genre.
>
>Techno is the master genre. It defines the category of electric music we
>listen to.
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