minimal techno

a synthesizer-generated type of music characterized by a bpm (beat-per-minute) tempo of 140 on average. Minimal techno seems to be an offshoot of Rotterdam hardcore, the type of extremely-fast music in vogue on the dance-floors of the Dutch city. In the US, DJs/Producers like Jeff Mills (Detroit) have championed the sound since the early 90s and can be heard unleasing the hard, take-no-prisoners sounds of minimal techno at dancefloors across the globe. he is most popular, it seems, in Europe and, Japan.