Top 27 Techno Tracks of All Time

Basement-born Detroit twelve-inches sit beside Berlin warehouse weapons, half-hour minimal epics and big-room anthems still played at festivals. A few charted; most spread through DJ crates and word of mouth.

1. 1
   Strings of Life

   Derrick May's 1987 piano-and-strings track released as Rhythim Is Rhythim on his Transmat label.
   1000pts
2. 2
   No UFO's

   Juan Atkins's 1985 track as Model 500 and the first release on his Detroit label Metroplex.
   999pts
3. 3
   Hi-Tech Jazz

   Mad Mike Banks's 1993 Galaxy 2 Galaxy track released on Underground Resistance.
   900pts
4. 4
   Big Fun

   Inner City's 1988 debut single by Kevin Saunderson with vocalist Paris Grey, a UK top-ten hit.
   900pts
5. 5
   Fizheuer Zieheuer

   Ricardo Villalobos's 2006 minimal track of over half an hour, released on Playhouse.
   866pts
6. 6
   The Bells

   Jeff Mills track made in the mid-1990s and issued on his Purpose Maker label's Kat Moda EP.
   750pts
7. 7
   Subzero

   Ben Klock track first released in January 2009 on his Before One EP (O-TON 19) on Ostgut Ton.
   750pts
8. 8
   Throw

   Carl Craig's 1994 track as Paperclip People, released on his Planet E label.
   750pts
9. 9
   Rainbow Delta

   Len Faki's 2007 Ostgut Ton release (O-TON 04), with Mekong Delta on the B-side.
   680pts
10. 10
    Sonic Destroyer

    Track from the 1991 X-101 EP by Underground Resistance members, the first release on Berlin's Tresor label.
    600pts
11. 11
    La La Land

    Curtis Jones's 2001 single as Green Velvet, released on Relief Records.
    600pts
12. 12
    Spastik

    Richie Hawtin's 1993 percussion-only track as Plastikman, released on Plus 8.
    600pts
13. 13
    Mentasm

    Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique's 1991 track as Second Phase on R&S, known for its 'hoover' synth sound.
    600pts
14. 14
    Phylyps Trak

    Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus's 1993 Basic Channel release, catalogue BC-02, from Berlin.
    600pts
15. 15
    Higher State of Consciousness

    Josh Wink's 1995 acid track released on Strictly Rhythm, a UK top-ten hit.
    600pts
16. 16
    Your Mind

    Adam Beyer and Bart Skils's 2018 collaboration released on Drumcode as DC191.
    507pts
17. 17
    Incident

    Joris Voorn's 2004 track from his Lost Memories Part 2 EP on Technasia's Sino label.
    507pts
18. 18
    Singularity

    Stephan Bodzin's 2015 melodic techno track, also the opening track of his album Powers of Ten.
    400pts
19. 19
    Clear

    Cybotron's 1983 electro-techno track by Juan Atkins and Rick Davis, released on Fantasy Records.
    400pts
20. 20
    Domina

    Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus's 1993 track as Maurizio, issued as M3 on the Maurizio label.
    400pts
21. 21
    Crispy Bacon

    Laurent Garnier's 1997 single on F Communications, which reached No. 60 on the UK Singles Chart.
    273pts
22. 22
    Knights of the Jaguar

    DJ Rolando's 1999 track, title of his Knights of the Jaguar EP on Underground Resistance.
    273pts
23. 23
    The Man with the Red Face

    Laurent Garnier's 2000 saxophone-led track from his album Unreasonable Behaviour on F Communications.
    273pts
24. 24
    Good Life

    Inner City's 1988 follow-up single by Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey, which reached the UK top five.
    273pts
25. 25
    Energy Flash

    New York producer Joey Beltram's 1990 track, released on Belgium's R&S Records and licensed to Transmat in the US.
    273pts
26. 26
    Positive Education

    Glasgow duo Slam's 1993 track released on their own Soma Recordings label.
    0pts
27. 27
    Nude Photo

    Derrick May and Thomas Barnett's 1987 Rhythim Is Rhythim track, released on Transmat.
    0pts

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