Tech noire

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Tech Noire
Stylistic origins	Industrial music, Dada, Musique concrete, Fluxus movement , Performance art, Electronic Music, Punk, Noise music
Cultural origins	Late 1980s; Iceland, Canada
Typical instruments	Synthesizer - Drum machine - Tape loops - Found objects - Modified electronics - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler
Mainstream popularity	Underground, interest in Germany, Iceland, France, Canada
Derivative forms	Techno - Synth pop - Schranz
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Tech noire is a specific term for a style of experimental music. It is solely electronic music and specifically relies on synthesizer. The term was first used in the late 1980s to describe the unique sound of Dada electronic music artists in Lennoxville, Quebec.

Tech Noire is the marriage of Techno, Industrial and Dark Wave music. It is being produced and distributed by Beatkamp among others. Beatkamp is a pocket record label that has its roots in Toronto, Canada as well as Reykjavik, Iceland. Dada Pogrom is the name of the band that created Tech Noire.