Techno vs. EDM 

00'00: Radio Slave - The Clone Wars 00'15: Jeff Mills - The Bells 01'07: Fanon Flowers - Mode 08 02'03: DVS1 - Evolve 02'31: Reeko - To The Sun 03'02: Steve Stoll - Dumbo 03'43: The Transhumans - Collapsing Human Relations 04'23: Endlec - Force of Future

EDM = California on Friday night Techno = Germany at 3 AM every night

TECHNO - for your mind TRANCE - for your heart HOUSE - for your feet EDM - for your toilet

You are correct. Techno is EDM but EDM isn’t Techno. EDM is an umbrella term, not a genre. Techno is an actual genre.

The whole point of good 'techno' is its rejection of classic melody in favor of overlapping loops that gradually change over a 32 and 64 beat periods. On the surface, the 4/4 beat is king and there is a lot of repetition, but if you listen closely, no two bars of the track are the same. The track is always evolving. This has an intrinsic psychedelic effect on the human brain, and generates a trance like state that alters your perception of time. Techno is not a linear musical experience it is a single place that is ancient and eternal. Each track is like a slightly different door to that place. But every artist working in techno recognizes that their work is only an entrance to the same thing. This is why good techno is essentially anonymous and is a strange way... humble. Electronic dance music has always been saturated with pop elements. It is an industry thing. They are always trying to create dance music that will cross over as a mainstream pop hit. Then there is the wacky stupid, tasteless stuff, because the music industry and nightclubs attract dicks, and no self respecting pop culture takes itself too seriously.

me: "so you like techno? who's your favourite dj?" person: "david guetta" me: *walks away*

Protip: Techno creates tension by making you feel trapped in a loop, and you wonder if on the next part you'll escape the loop or if the same thing will repeat again. It works because of the release created when something new happens, so songs can be extended with longer repetitions because those will just cause stronger releases. I'm actually not a big fan of pure techno, it could be argued that the Streets of Rage 3 soundtrack was very technoy, but I liked the first two ones better.

She did actually pronounce Berghain correctly, or at least much better than most non-German speakers.

The whole purpose of techno is to chill, with long repeating beats, melodies and tunes. What I like about techno is that when I'm not listening to it, I can have a certain part of a techno song in my head. Or of course some random beat or tune that would fit right into a Techno song.

Now that we've cleared up what Techno and what EDM is, now we should start explaining people the difference between Techno, House and Trance and what prefixes like "Acid", "Psy", "Dark" and "Hard" indicate.

Darude - Sandstorm is trance, not EDM and don't you dare make fun of it

I've been listening to techno for about 30 years now - and I'm still not bored of the genre, nor has it gotten stale but constantly reinventing the ideas of rhythm and sound. I grew up on the sounds of Jeff Mills, Juan Atkins, Luke Slater, etc and now I really dig the sounds of Amelie Lens, Rodhad, Paula Temple and so many others. I've seen other genres rise up and fall away, yet I see techno still there, still consistent and still so damn enjoyable... Long live techno.

Thumbnail = David Guetta on Drugs at Tomorrowland 😂

00:00 Radio Slave - The Clone Wars 00:15 Jeff Mills - The Bells 01:07 Fanon Flowers - Mode 08 02:03 DVS1 - Evolve 02:31 Reeko - To The Sun 03:02 Steve Stoll - Dumbo 03:43 The Transhumans - Collapsing Human Relations 04:23 Endlec - Force of Future

Excuse me, the example at 3 minutes in is actually not Techno, it's Acid House! Perhaps somewhat of a precursor to Techno.

This video as a whole is so cringy lol

Techno is for humans, EDM is for lizards.

Trying to define techno is like trying to define love....impossible to explain but the feeling it gives you is amazing.

Techno has a funny way of being both communal and solitary at the same time. It's tribal - lots of people dancing together, but individualistic and introverted - hypnotic, head down, eyes closed, focus is on the sound and rhythm not what other people are doing in the room. I don't think there is any other music that is quite like this. Also, for me at least, an important part of techno is that it's about hearing music you have never heard before. I know there's hits and classics in Techno as there is in all genres but I am most happy listening to a set where I don't recognise any of the tracks.

techno is about manipulating the sound instead of playing a melody.

EDM is just an umbrella term. Techno falls under that umbrella.

"EDM" is the new Eurodance, same history back in the 90's.

what if i told you that Edm ( Electronic-dance-music) is nothing else but a generalization of all electronically created music. Edm is not Techno but Techno is Edm. Dubstep is Edm, House is Edm. Those genres are just different but gennerally speaking it is all electronically created music and therefore it is all Edm.

EDM is not techno, but techno is EDM...get your facts right!

Wow, didn't know techno needed a defense lawyer...

Very simple: Techno emulates the sound of the Industrial Age. Like stepping into a factory and hearing the sounds the machines produce. Or the sound of an steam engine (train), etc.

You didn't even point out the differences. You just plyed sound clips side by side and expected your audience to understand.

You are the type of person why I avoid talking to people on parties

Techno is not dubstep or electro? NO SHIT, Sherlock!

"THIS IS TECHNO" *plays House* Seems legit.

Techno is a sub-genre like House, Trance, Trap and Dubstep of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) but recently EDM has become a synonymous with Big Room House which is a sub-sub-sub-genre of EDM, sub-sub-genre of House and sub-genre of electro house. I'm not even kidding its actually that confusing.

EDM = Electronic Dance Music... Therefore, techno is EDM.

Chris Liebing, Len Faki, Rebekah, Pan Pot, Sam Paganini....

Electronic Dance Music Techno is a subgenre of EDM

I prefer Bolivian acid punk trance castration metal house, but to each his own.

1990's-2000's trance was the best - it was so simple yet effective!

love Techno, Water and Extasy

EDM literally just means Electronic Dance Music lol.

so techno is the shittier version of edm? okey, got it!

Dear Americans, the actual genre of TECHNO was around way before you came up with the douchy term of 'EDM'...

It's almost like explaining what Trance is to people who listen to EDM

Anyone from the Techno Union would know the difference. (Also my phone auto corrected Techno Union will caps automatically. We have won boys!)

to me techno is probably the most fascinating musical phenomenon... perhaps it's the ultimate form of music on this planet... the last original music genre in history

Jeff Mills is Techno. Kenny Larkin is Techno. The Advent is Techno. Mad Mike Banks is Techno. Steve Stoll is Techno. Rob Acid is Techno. Hardfloor from germany are Techno. The sound of Detroit is Techno. The sound of Berlin like TRESOR, BERGHAIN, etc. are Techno. Skrillex and musicians like him are commercial pop dance or just EDM.

Not an expert, but I’ve always felt that techno is more structured like disco - in the sense that both have a continuous and constant rhythm and beat (builds up slowly) while EDM emphasizes heavy drops and immediate buildups. Could be wrong, but I’d say that other than asthetic sounds, I think that these differences seem the most important.

Tell the people that the difference is not just in the music, its at the people too. Techno People are open minded and without any prejudices, you find a lot of new friends and everybody is helpful. Its like that hippy thing back in the 60s. EDM is just a Kirmes-Version of all that.

I had goosebumps when the techno played! ❤️

Funny how this 'good techno' sound like minimal

You’re so triggered lol

*underground vs commercial

I am really happy that at 3:03 they play acid!

I think it's important to note there's a loooooooot of different styles, shades and variations of techno.

A video like this really needs links in the description.

3:04 Is ACID HOUSE.........NOT TECHNO...........And you call your self a Techno Head lol.....🤣😜

Im nearly 40 now and used to go to HOUSE OF GOD at kue club when it was on absolutely wicked no phones no drink just pills and water 😄👍

i get the point of the video. people kept calling all EDM "techno" for a while lol... you can still call techno "EDM" and not be wrong since the term EDM just means electronic music, which is an umbrella term for anything electronic sounding... but most people wouldn't use the term EDM that way, they would probably use it for the "danceable" electronic music you would hear in clubs or those "raves" (even though those of us who have been in the electronic music scene for a long time would NOT call those raves since they are mostly mainstream EDM artists, and they are events you can buy tickets to and are well known to the public. real raves, don't really go on much anymore as far as i know, they feature unknown underground artists and are not announced more than a few days in advance and used to get shut down by police raids a lot)

If it sounds like your washing machine broke, then it's good techno. :-)

EDM is an umbrella term, created by corporate suits in the Content® manufacturing industry, to describe something they didn't understand but needed to "brand" for marketing purposes. Techno is included in that umbrella term, like it or not. It'd be better to say that Techno is not Liquid Drum 'n Bass, or Trap, or Ambient, or any of the other many types of electronic music, because even giving lip service to the term "EDM" only serves to legitimise it, when in fact it should be abolished. "EDM" is an insult to every _actual_ genre of electronic music,. not just Techno.

Techno is a Sub Genre of EDM. I don’t understand why people get so mad

Techno can vary quite a lot , from underground to experimental to wonky to hard techno/schranz. It can start from 128bpm all up to 150/160bpm it all depends on your liking. Techno for life

I was ready to smash the Like button , when I saw he wrote “absolute shit” to Skrillex’s song !! Shame 👎🏻 respect other genres

You only used one genre of techno but referred to it as just "techno" giving the impression that this is the only sound techno can take the form of.

Darude is all genres

EDM is not a genre it's just a name to give music made electronically. Techno IS made electronically therefore it is technically EDM. Btw I enjoy techno, just tired of people giving out wrong information to try and sound superior to others.

Lets talk about progressive trance...

Some people love techno, other ones love EDM, this is life and music is diversity and freedom. Let people listen what they want to listen to. I do not love Big Room House at all or Trap music, but it's not really interesting to compare genres like that...

Well.. For a start: Techno is a subgenre of EDM, so you can't say that Techno isn't EDM, because it is. So next time, just tell people, techno is not dubstep or house or whatever. But Techno is EDM, so I say this video is not based on fact, but on mere human opinion and ignorance. Thx

The way people poke fun at these genres make me laugh. Missed the boat on it all imo. Techno is the truth

You sound like an old man complaining that the harpsichord has a superior earfeel to a pianoforte

Those EDM lovers will eventually evolve and become a part of our Techno family. Just give dem time!

jeff mills - the bells

So basically when it gets repetitive and boring you know it's techno, got it thanks.

Also there’s different sounds to Techno. Examples like, Dark Techno, Acid Techno, Detroit, Berlin, and many many more.

It's fucking music. Listen to it.

I remember when people called it all "electronica" in the 90's... and I gave up trying to explain. If you know, you know.

If you go by the european definition of techno, which completely ignores Detroit: Techno is industrial and experimental music not meant for dancing. Minimal tech is related to techno, but was actually born our of the Glitch movement(which was wider and more interesting in scope). Most of your examples are darker house, and tech-house tracks. I'd only classify the last one as definitely a techno track. If there's a four on the floor kick with claps - it's house music, acid house, tech house or club trance.

The Prodigy got me into electronic music in general 20 years ago. Most people at that time considered it Techno, or anything else with synths, drum machines, or DJing. I don't understand why there needs to be so many strict subgenres... I just like good electronic music, I don't care what want to label it.

LOVE THAT YOU MADE THIS> I get tired of slapping ppl when they refer to all electronic music as techno. THx mang !!!!!!!!!!

I'm a veteran raver from the 90s and I thank you Mike Derer for posting the true explaination!! Well Done! from Duchess Of Dub Canada

What subgenre of techno is this? I like this bpm and maybe a little faster on the bass

Yes! I'm so glad you brought this up! Its so infuriating to hear this EDM garbage the greatest bandwagon of all in music. Enough of overrated festivals, time to get back to the dark underground roots. Dont be holding up cameras the whole entire time, its about movement and dancing, yes dancing. Crazy concept to this modern generation. Awesome video by the way of techno clubs and what goes on inside! I enjoy Techno, Minimal, Tech-House and Tech-Trance.

GENRE POLICE 😂😂

Techno = Real Thing

Techno is a sub genre of EDM

I watched this again and you know what seems obvious to me, real techno is hypnotic and your brain immediately syncs with it while EDM is like an annoying alarm clock "hey listen to me !!!"

Looks like the term EDM has changed its meaning. Last time I checked EDM meant just "electronic dance music", a blanket term covering all danceable genres of electronic music, including house, techno, trance, drum&bass, breakbeat, hardcore and so on (as opposed to synthesiser electronic music or avantgarde). Now I guess it means just some sub- sub-genre of house. People do like to complicate things needlessly.

what techno really is: a whole bunch of elitism

At 4:14, I lost my shit. That was fucking hilarious

EDM is usually the general term for any electronic music lol. But I agree that many mix up techno with house music and etc.

Very nice techno picks! :) ID last one please!

Its all EDM , Hard techno, Acid Techno, Minimal Techno, Dub Techno ,Detroid Techno, House ,Acid House, Tribal House ,Deep House ,Drum&Base , etc ,etc etc, its all Eletronic Dance Music. My opinion.

EDM is an umbrella category, Electronic Dance Music, which could be anything from Techno,Trance,Hands up etc The examples you sited are either pop/hands up/europop

You’re so mad about this

I must say, I really enjoy Japanese techno, it has a decent bit of variation. Music artists such as ken ishii and 7th gate are just plain awesome (and slightly influenced by Detroit techno)

you guys are lazy 1:07 fanon flowers mode 08 2:04 dvs1 evolve 2:40 reeko to the sun 3:02 steve stoll dumbo 3:44 transhumans collapsing human relations 4:24 endlec force of future

Techno drives people crazy the music alone is a drug.

The (Techno) tunes in this vid...5 Star!

Techno is EDM. EDM is not Techno. EDM=Electronic dance music. So is techno, it is just a subgenre.

This actually helped me alot, for years i was told edm is technically techno. I have always been able to spot edm, but since i didn't grow up with techno, it was always difficult for me to pinpoint it, but after watching this, i don't get how it was hard for me too differentiate the two.

If I was told to make 'edm', it would be difficult. There are too many genres that edm include, that it is impossible to choose a single one representing electronic music. To those who say techno rose up before 'edm' are saying the truth, but don't make it seem like edm is a genre. Techno goes under the term 'EDM' or 'EM', but you should never use those terms as genres. Instead of saying "I listen to edm", it'd be better to say, "i listen to (DnB, techno, house, bounce, trap)" instead.