techno

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Howard Stern may be many things but he's not known as a techno geek like other stars.

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  1. noun Any of various styles of dance music characterized by electronic sounds and a high-energy, rhythmic beat.

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  • It's good to see Robinson putting out a stand-alone book, and even better to report that it's one of the best things he's done in years Back to Table of Contents THE ICE LIMIT Douglas Preston ; Lincoln Child Warner, $7.99 (mm) ISBN: 0-446-61023-2 This one's probably best described as a techno-thriller with a hard SF idea at its core. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2002
  • "Damien wants techno, and those little fellas can definitely be construed as techno We all want techno, but we want techno without specks," JD moans The camcorder guy zooms in on the specks, and it's very quiet until he says, yawning, "Far out People people people." —  Glamorama
  • "There is techno, there is house, there is hard house, there's Belgian house, there's gabba house." —  Glamorama
  • Whether you believe (or care) that Maurice Fulton, a house producer known more for his techno-tinged outré-disco than the whoop-whoop of the genre, actually hooked up with three Finnish dudes to record this album of shape-shifting techno-jazz (as in: not techno-y or jazzy but somehow as improvisational and propulsive) pretty much doesn't matter. —  Miami New Times | Complete Issue
  • HARRIS: But, that future is now threatened by what's being called a techno sexual tragedy, involving the mayor and his chief of staff. —  MRC Latest Headlines
 

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