Some of his older techno tracks appeared on Super Dance Freak compilation in the 1990s.

If so, Mr. May met it: he added a techno track to the mix, a more robotic sound but with the same tempo.

Freeland initially produced techno tracks in the late 1980s.

He preferred Shimomura's techno tracks, but enjoyed the way the two styles mixed together.

The trio would record a rock song one day, a pop song the next day, and maybe a techno track the day after that.

The average tempo of a minimal techno track is between 125 and 130 beats per minute.

Both are still often used on today's minimal techno tracks.

His band does know the Brazilian samba beat; it showed up in "Maria," topped with a keyboard line fit for a techno track.

Certainly a relief after a hundred techno tracks: this stuff is as good as anything.