Hardcore! How ’90s TECHNO blew up the dancefloor – with Joe Muggs

*Diving deep into all things* ’*90s…* Hardcore, crusty, dub, four to the floor, LET’S HAVE IT… we are, of course, *finally* diving into the unrelenting, tribe-declaring world of ’**90s techno** (and the chemical revolution that fuelled the whole thing). The story starts in a Detroit suburb in the late ’80s with **Kevin Sanderson**, **Derrick May** and **Juan Atkins** – a trio of high-school friends with a deep fascination for European electronic music like Kraftwerk, Belgian synth-pop and Depeche Mode. Incorporating elements of Chicago house and funk, they created a sound that would go on to define the future of electronic music and even pop across the world, from the soulful **Strings Of Life** to the minimalistic bleep of **Warp Records** to **Underworld** and **Orbital**, and the almost impenetrable German punishers that packed out the floor at **Tresor** every weekend. Music journalist and tech-head **Joe Muggs** evangelises on the magic of the 4/4 to a slightly sceptical Miranda – “Sometimes I think I’m too Northern”. You’ll have to listen in to find out what prompted that… ⁠Support us on Patreon Follow us on:  BlueSky  Instagram  TikTok  Subscribe to our Spotify playlist • Buy Miranda’s book Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll be helping the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Pick up Flux Trax, a brilliant techno primer with sleeve notes by our own Andrew, for next to nothing! • Advertisers! Want your brand to reach the 3.5 MILLION people who listen to Podmasters podcasts every month? Contact [ads@podmasters.co.uk](mailto:ads@podmasters.co.uk) to find out more. *Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Produced by Liam Tait and Amelia Phillips. Audio and video production by Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Soniq Branding from Artlist. **Talk*** ’***90s To Me is a Podmasters production.***  www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices