toytown techno
On the techno line between minimal techno and dub techno. Grew out of jungle (drum and bass line) and breakbeat hardcore (hardcore line).
EMERGED 1991
TOYTOWN TECHNO
Cheeky British rave records built on samples of children's TV themes and public information films, sped up over breakbeat hardcore. A chart craze in 1991 and 1992.
FIVE TO START WITH
- 1Summers MagicMark Summers4TH & BROADWAY / 1991
- 2CharlyThe ProdigyXL / 1991
- 3Roobarb and CustardShaftFFRREEDOM / 1991
- 4Sesame's TreetSmart E'sSUBURBAN BASE / 1992
- 5A Trip to TrumptonUrban HypeFAZE 2 / 1992
SOURCES
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toytown_techno (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toytown_techno (derived)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Summers (year)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame%27s_Treet (seed)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_Trumpton (seed)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toytown_techno (seed)
Dates informed by Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music.