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Welcome to the Detroit Institute of Techno

In our library of music you'll find techno mixes selected for freshness, relevance, and overall high-quality. Although Detroit is the birthplace of techno all styles of techno are featured here: Detroit, minimal, electro, tech house, and all electronic dance music derived from and influenced by Detroit techno.

This is a user-driven site. You are encouraged to vote for sets you like, fill in play lists, post links to DJ sets you find, and discuss the music. Find the latest posted sets in the Unpublished section waiting for you to vote them up.

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Christian Fischer April mix

Posted by tomo 4193 days ago techno| german minimal download promo All
Christian Fischer, German DJ and producer and owner of Definition Records, has played at many of Europe's biggest festivals but this month he brings us a relatively calm, smooth, minimal mix. Read More
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Bodycode at Fabric

Posted by tomo 4194 days ago techno| download ghostly portugal minimal micro house tribal All
Live set from Portugal's Bodycode for those who like their techno on the micro, experimental yet danceable side. Read More
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Carl Craig on Hardwired Radio

Posted by tomo 4195 days ago techno| detroit second wave tribal minimal download All
Carl Craig appeared on Hardwired Radio (XM 80) a week ago and his set has appeared on the net courtesy of spaceboss.net. Nice soulful dance music, Detroit techno, a touch of minimal. Read More
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Go Hiyama and Takaaki Itoh at Groove

Posted by tomo 4198 days ago techno| japan download All
If you enjoyed the set by Takaaki Itoh last week you'll probably dig the performance by him and his Japanese music partner Go Hiyama recorded at Groove in Madrid. Read More
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Tresor closing video and Richie Hawtin documentary

Posted by tomo 4199 days ago techno| detroit berlin video documentary interview tresor history All
Richie Hawtin's set from Tresor's closing party and a documentary about Richie and the second wave Detroit techno scene. Read More
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Tresor closing letter

Posted by tomo 4199 days ago news| berlin tresor All
We hereby disclose that on 16 April 2005 Tresor Club will celebrate the last party in its Leipzigerstrasse location.

The property landlord Bauwert Development Delta GmbH & Co. has amiably allowed this last extended time limit. After that an offic Read More
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FIXED: Awakenings 10 Year Anniversary 4/7-4/8

Posted by tomo 4201 days ago techno| download streaming detroit tech house minimal All
The rest of the 10 year anniversary of Awakenings. There are sets floating around the net purporting to be the Awakenings 10 Year sets but some are fake. Get the right ones. Read More
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Awakenings 10 Year Anniversary 4/6/2007

Posted by tomo 4202 days ago techno| netherlands detroit tech house minimal sweden download streaming All
Here's the rest of the first night of the 10 year anniversary of Awakenings. Read More
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Surgeon at Awakenings 10 Year

Posted by tomo 4203 days ago techno| awakenings detroit streaming download All
The 10 year anniversary of Awakenings went off in Amsterdam last weekend. First up, Surgeon with a banging set of techno mixed with some left-field EBM and ghetto to boot. Read More
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Takaaki Itoh at Orange Club

Posted by tomo 4205 days ago techno| japan download All
This is hard, fast, sometimes abrasive techno. Let the weekend begin. Read More
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Rich Korach and Eric Johnston at Sakana

Posted by tomo 4206 days ago techno| demf streaming detroit minimal All
Nearly 2 hours of Sakana sushi lounge minimal techno by Paxa-resident Rich Korach and Eric Johnston. Read More
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John Acquaviva April podcast

Posted by tomo 4206 days ago techno| download canada second wave detroit demf electro All
Founder of the seminal second wave Detroit techno label Plus 8 pushing an electro mix. Read More
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