How to Use techno in a Sentence

techno

noun
Definition of technonext
  • The club plays only techno.
  • Have the barons of the modern techno age changed our lives for the better?
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Here, Hawtin reflects on the tour, and and on techno at large.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But then came disco in the ’70s, followed by techno and hip-hop in the ’80s.
    — J. Lester Feder, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Baile funk echoes in the streets and blasts in clubs, pushing techno and house forward.
    — Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
  • Later, there is salsa, rap, and the dark techno of the title track.
    — Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The album was so extreme, like death techno and death punk.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Music thumped and blared: metal one hour, techno the next.
    — C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Whether the techno, boho, or rock'n'roll vibe appeals to you, there's a party for you on Ibiza.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2021
  • The guy before me does straight vogue music, the guy after me does straight techno.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2022
  • By then, the playlist was at Pink Floyd, before going techno.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • House, techno and trance albums are also flanked by hip-hop and R&B.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • If Detroit is the birth city of techno, then Berlin is the capital of techno.
    — Mathias Döpfner, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
  • In the Lo-Fi room will be electronic music and techno beats.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Someone should sign her up to direct a techno-thriller.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2019
  • The styles Britt explores range from Jamaican dub, Detroit house and British drum-and-bass to hip-hop, techno, fusion-jazz and the avant-garde.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • In the world of climate discourse, Gates is what’s known as a techno-optimist.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The music is a spasmodic mix of heavy metal, techno, and trap.
    — Leila Sales, SPIN, 7 May 2024
  • The lineup caters to electronic, house, techno, dubstep, drum and bass, and hip-hop spread across five stages.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Did Ivrea’s lefty techno-utopians run afoul of Uncle Sam?
    — Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Talk to me about your decision to work with Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers to give the show a techno score.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Maceo Plex returns with a sublime slice of melodic techno that stretches past the six minute mark.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The other is a Japanese techno artist with a penchant for the obscure.
    — Annabel Ross, Billboard, 21 June 2018
  • Quantum computing, we’re told, will be the next big techno-shock, and the country that gets the lead on it will become the world-hegemon.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The opening ceremony kicked off with a techno set from a local DJ that was very much on brand for the city home to Berghain.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The show reflects a kind of collage, just like techno music is also a kind of collage.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But the government has sound ideas to stop this techno-plague, so be optimistic.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
  • Housed in a former East Berlin power station, Berghain may be the world’s most hallowed techno club.
    — National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019
  • On the one side was the AfD. On the other was a counter-rally organised by techno clubs, epitomes of the right-on, post-68 Germany.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • The record keeps in step with her signature sound, which is known for having chunky basslines, melodic beats and elements of house and techno.
    — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024

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