There was a time that some may remember with fondness, when disco was in its death throws but people still wanted to dance. Between the years 1979 and 1985 was a period of transition, where the public were still going out clubbing (gay and black clubs, mainly), and demanded new material but disco had already been mortally wounded, so it had to be reinvented. It was at that time when the styles that still today reign supreme began to take shape: house, hip hop and techno. When talking about techno, it’s impossible not to talk about Detroit. For some unknown reason the music of Kraftwerk, a very white and very German band using mostly synthesizers began to make a big impression on young black musicians of the time, who took this hypnotic and melodious sound from Europe on board and made it their own. And that’s how with the help of Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and Juan Atkins what we know today as Detroit Techno was born, but before techno proper there was ‘electro’ created by Atkins with Cybotron.