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Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free parties
Free party

A free party is a party "Freedom " from the restrictions of the legal club scene, which typically involves a Sound system #Freetekno/Free Party Sound systems playing electronic dance music from late at night until the time when the organisers decide to go home....
 in Europe. The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno
Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988....
. The music is fast, normally 180 to 200 bpm
Beats per minute

Beats per minute is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of one's heart rate. A rate of 60 bpm means that one beat will occur every second....
 and characterised by a pounding repetitive kick drum.

o evolved in tandem with the teknival
Teknival

Teknivals are large free party which take place worldwide. They take place most often in Europe and are often illegal under various national or regional laws....
 movement in the early 1990s since many of the teknival organisers and DJs were also making music.






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Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free parties
Free party

A free party is a party "Freedom " from the restrictions of the legal club scene, which typically involves a Sound system #Freetekno/Free Party Sound systems playing electronic dance music from late at night until the time when the organisers decide to go home....
 in Europe. The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno
Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988....
. The music is fast, normally 180 to 200 bpm
Beats per minute

Beats per minute is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of one's heart rate. A rate of 60 bpm means that one beat will occur every second....
 and characterised by a pounding repetitive kick drum.

History

Tekno evolved in tandem with the teknival
Teknival

Teknivals are large free party which take place worldwide. They take place most often in Europe and are often illegal under various national or regional laws....
 movement in the early 1990s since many of the teknival organisers and DJs were also making music. The music drew on influences such as hardcore
Hardcore techno

Hardcore techno, often referred to as just "hardcore", is a style of electronic music that originated in the early-to-mid-1990s in multiple locations including the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the UK....
, rave
Rave

A rave is a term in use since the 1980s, to describe dance party with fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties disc jockeys and other performers play Electronica, Trance music, and Techno ,...
, jungle
Jungle music

Jungle music can mean:* Drum and bass - the current term used to encompass the entire musical genre of jungle and drum & bass* Oldschool jungle - a style specific to the earliest form of drum and bass, still produced today...
, gabba and techno
Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988....
, with the producers taking the sound in a darker, more organic direction. An emphasis is placed on samples from TV shows, films and popular culture which are placed at strategic moments in the tracks. The music was produced with whatever was available: drum machines, synthesisers and keyboards as well as computer programs such as Cubase. In recent years there has been a trend using laptops for live performances, because the capabilities of both the hardware and software are improving very fast.

Tekno producers come from different places including Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, The Netherlands, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, and the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
. Since the free party movement is very large in France in terms of numbers, there are many French artists and records labels. As the genre evolved it has come to be known by a number of names, including spiral tekno, hardtek, enimatek, tribetek and French hardcore (Frenchcore). Some well-known producers are Crystal Distortion, 69db, FKY, Jack Acid, Spukkin Faceship, Les Boucles Etranges, Yale, Ixy, Psychospores, Curley and Sensory Overload.

The Network 23
Network 23 (record label)

Network 23 was a record label founded by the Spiral Tribe sound system in 1994 in music. It stopped in 1996 in music....
 record label started by members of the Spiral Tribe
Spiral Tribe

Spiral Tribe is a free party Sound system which existed in the first half of the 1990s, and became active again in 2007. The collective originated in west London and later travelled across Europe and North America....
 sound system
Sound system (DJ)

A sound system is a group of disc jockey and Audio engineering contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music....
 has become hugely influential. Other well-known labels include Hokus Pokus, Passe Muraille, Perce Oreille and Foxtanz.

A complete history is made difficult by the very nature of the genre:
  • Artists are not interested in fame or money so they will often use pseudonyms and change record labels frequently.
  • The free party movement is against stars and profit-making.
  • The genre is still evolving today.
  • Part of the appeal of the movement is its underground nature.


Recently interest in tekno has decreased, as artists begin to explore other genres such as breakcore
Breakcore

Breakcore is an electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial music, jungle music, hardcore techno and Intelligent dance music into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density....
, speedcore
Speedcore

Speedcore is a type of techno that is typically identified by its high rate of beats per minute and aggressive themes. The range of bpm is quite vague, some people claim the minimum beats per minute start at 230bpm, but this is not clear....
 and hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
; perhaps because of an increasing boredom with the 4/4 beat or because artists find these genres more extreme.

Sound systems

  • Spiral Tribe
    Spiral Tribe

    Spiral Tribe is a free party Sound system which existed in the first half of the 1990s, and became active again in 2007. The collective originated in west London and later travelled across Europe and North America....
  • Network 23 (record label)
    Network 23 (record label)

    Network 23 was a record label founded by the Spiral Tribe sound system in 1994 in music. It stopped in 1996 in music....


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