Is reducing techno down to 15 or 30-second social media clips, changing the direction of techno production? Is it techno anymore? Or is it something completely new? As far as electronic music genres go, techno is arguably the most versatile. From the stripped back sparsity of minimal to the tribal maximalism of schranz, the techno umbrella encompasses a huge variety of different styles. In recent years, a new sound has come to the fore. Characterised by high BPMs, often 160 and above, extreme ki