Free tekno is the name given to the music predominantly played at free parties in Europe. A free party is a party " free " from the restrictions of the legal club scene which typically involves a sound system playing electronic dance music from Teknivals (the word is a Portmanteau of the words tekno and festival) are large free parties which take place worldwide Freetekno is the name of a Cultural movement that is present in both Europe and North America. A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one often playing and producing one particular kind of Music. Rave music consists of forms of Electronic dance music that are associated with the rave scene. Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene Gabber (IPA pronunciation English /gæbər/ Dutch /xɑbər/ gabba or hardcore, is a style of Electronic music and a subgenre of Jungle music can mean Drum and bass - the current term used to encompass the entire musical genre of jungle and drum & bass Oldschool jungle Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of Electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies Speedcore is a form of Hardcore techno that is typically identified by its high rate of Beats per minute and aggressive themes Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of Techno that originated in the London Squat party scene in the mid 1990s Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long free festival and Rave held in the Malvern Hills near Great Malvern, England in 1992 CzechTek was an annual Teknival normally held on the weekend at the end of July in the Czech Republic. The Stonehenge Free Festival was a British Free festival from 1972 to 1984 held at Stonehenge in England during the month of June Reclaim the Streets ( RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of Community ownership of Public spaces Participants characterize the collective as a A free party is a party " free " from the restrictions of the legal club scene which typically involves a sound system playing electronic dance music from The spelling of the word tekno is made to deliberately differentiate the musical style from that of techno. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s The music is fast, normally 180 to 200 bpm and characterised by a pounding repetitive kick drum. Beats per minute ( BPM) is a unit typically used as either a measure of Tempo in music or a measure of one's Heart rate.

History

Tekno evolved in tandem with the teknival movement in the early 1990s since many of the teknival organisers and DJs were also making music. Teknivals (the word is a Portmanteau of the words tekno and festival) are large free parties which take place worldwide The music drew on influences such as hardcore, rave, jungle, gabba and techno, with the producers taking the sound in a darker, more organic direction. "Noisecore" redirects here For the style of metalcore see Mathcore. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events Jungle music can mean Drum and bass - the current term used to encompass the entire musical genre of jungle and drum & bass Oldschool jungle Gabber (IPA pronunciation English /gæbər/ Dutch /xɑbər/ gabba or hardcore, is a style of Electronic music and a subgenre of Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s An emphasis is placed on samples from TV shows, films and popular culture which are placed at strategic moments in the tracks. The music was produced with whatever was available: drum machines, synthesisers and keyboards as well as computer programs such as Cubase. For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Cubase is a computer program for music production/recording The program offers recording producing and mixing of sounds in order to make music production for distribution on CDs or the In recent years there has been a trend using laptops for live performances, because the capabilities of both the hardware and software are improving very fast.

Tekno producers come from different places including Great Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, France, and the Czech Republic. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Since the free party movement is very large in France in terms of numbers, there are many French artists and records labels. As the genre evolved it has come to be known by a number of names, including spiral tekno, hardtek, enimatek, tribetek and French hardcore (Frenchcore). Some well-known producers are Crystal Distortion, 69db, FKY, Spukkin Faceship, Les Boucles Etranges, Yale, Ixy, Psychospores, Curley and Sensory Overload.

The Network 23 record label started by members of the Spiral Tribe sound system has become hugely influential. Network 23 was a record label founded by the Spiral Tribe sound system in 1994. Spiral Tribe was a Free party soundsystem which existed in the first half of the 1990s A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one often playing and producing one particular kind of Music. Other well-known labels include Hokus Pokus, Passe Muraille, Perce Oreille and Foxtanz.

A complete history is made difficult by the very nature of the genre:

• Artists are not interested in fame or money so they will often use pseudonyms and change record labels frequently.
• The free party movement is against stars and profit-making.
• The genre is still evolving today.
• Part of the appeal of the movement is its underground nature.

Recently interest in tekno has decreased, as artists begin to explore other genres such as breakcore, speedcore and hip hop; perhaps because of an increasing boredom with the 4/4 beat or because artists find these genres more extreme. Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented Speedcore is a form of Hardcore techno that is typically identified by its high rate of Beats per minute and aggressive themes Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with

Sound systems

• Spiral Tribe
• Network 23 (record label)

External links

• Free Party article at h2g2
• Freetekno.org website
• North French tekno website (almost all in French)
• French tekno website (almost all in French)
• West France tekno website (in French)
• French free tekno website (in French)