Minimal techno
| Minimal techno | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early 1990s, Detroit, United States and Berlin, Germany |
| Fusion genres | |
Minimal techno is a subgenre of techno music. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition and understated development. Minimal techno is thought to have been originally developed in the early 1990s by Detroit-based producers Robert Hood and Daniel Bell.
By the early 2000s the term "minimal" generally described a style of techno that was popularized in Germany by labels such as Kompakt, Perlon, and Richie Hawtin's M-nus, among others.