Artist	Song
The Chemical Brothers	Chemical Beats
from Brotherhood (2008)
New Order	Blue Monday
from Singles (2005)
Fatboy Slim	The Rockafeller Skank
from You've Come a Long Way Baby (1998)
Cybotron	Clear
from Clear (2006)
Donna Summer	I Feel Love
from 100% Pure Dance (1996)
DJ Assault	Ass-n-Tittes
from Mr. MuthaFucka (1999)
Yello	Oh Yeah
from Stella (2005)
Aphex Twin	Windowlicker
from Windowlicker - EP (2005)
Green Velvet	La La Land
from Whatever (2001)
The Chemical Brothers	Block Rockin' Beats
from Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
Fischerspooner	Emerge
from #1 (2003)
Lil' Louis & The World	French Kiss
from Club Epic: A Collection of Classic Dance Mixes, Vol. 4 (1996)
Fatboy Slim	Everybody Needs a 303
from Better Living Through Chemistry (1997)
Matias Aguayo	Minimal
from Minimal - EP (2008)
Superpitcher	Tomorrow
from Kompakt: Total 3 (2001)
Front 242	Quite Unusual
from Moments... (2008)
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army	Cars
from Gary Numan & Tubeway Army: Premier Hits (1997)
Matthew Dear	Dog Days
from Leave Luck to Heaven (2003)
Moby	Go
from Songs 1993-1998 (2006)
The Crystal Method	Keep Hope Alive
from Vegas (1997)
The Orb	Little Fluffy Clouds
from The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1994)
808 State	Cübik
from 808:88:98 (1998)
Le Tigre	Deceptacon (DFA Remix)
from Remix (2009)
Kraftwerk	Trans-Europe Express
from Trans Europe Express (Remastered) (2009)
Underworld	Crocodile
from Oblivion With Bells (2007)
Chicks on Speed	Euro Trash Girl
from Will Save Us All (2000)
The Prodigy	Charly (Original Mix)
from Charly (1991)
Alec Empire	If You Live or Die
from The Golden Foretaste of Heaven (2008)
Wink	Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk)
from Higher State of Consciousness - EP (2007)
The Farm	Groovy Train
from Spartacus (1991)
Dub Pistols	Unique Freak
from Point Blank (1998)
Nitzer Ebb	Join in the Chant
from That Total Age (1987)
The Shamen	Move Any Mountain
from En-Tact (1991)
The Faint	Agenda Suicide
from Danse Macabre (2001)
The Prodigy	Fire (Edit)
from Fire / Jericho - Single (1992)
Information Society	What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
from Information Society (2008)
Slam	Positive Education
from Positive Education - EP (1993)
Kraftwerk	The Robots
from The Man Machine (Remastered) (2009)
Surgeon	Muggerscum Out
from Muggerscum Out (1996)
Japanese Telecom	Character Maps
from Japanese Telecom (2000)
Nitzer Ebb	Let Your Body Learn
from That Total Age (1987)
Meat Beat Manifesto	Radio Babylon
from Original Fire (1997)
Mr. C	Cha Cha Slide
from Cha Cha Slide - EP (2004)
New Order	Bizarre Love Triangle
from Singles (2005)
DJ Icey	Dim the Sky
from Different Day (2003)
I:Cube	Adore
from Adore (1999)
Erlend Øye	The Black Keys Work
from The Black Keys Work - EP (2004)
Orbital	Belfast
from 20 (2009)
The Grid	Swamp Thing
from Pecker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1998)
Mathew Jonson	Return of the Zombie Bikers
from Out for Lunch (2006)
Orbital	Lush 3-5 (C.J. Bolland)
from Diversions (2005)
James T. Cotton	Press Your Body
from Press Your Body - EP (2004)
Radio Slave	Bell Clap Dance
from Bell Clap Dance (2008)
David Holmes	Gritty Shaker
from Let's Get Killed (1999)
Freestylers & Soul Sonic Force	We Rock Hard
from We Rock Hard (1999)
Moderat	Seamonkey
from Moderat (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Gold Chains	Straight from Your Radio
from Straight from Your Radio - EP (2002)
Funkstörung & Triple H	Grammy Winners
from Appetite for Disctruction (2003)
Swayzak	I Dance Alone
from I Dance Alone - Single (2002)
Cobblestone Jazz	W
from Cocoon Compilation G (2007)
Electric Skychurch	Heaven
from James Lumb's Sonic Diary Singles (2006)
Dave Clarke	The Wolf
from Devil's Advocate (2003)
Monolake	Tangent I
from Interstate (1999)
Gregory Shiff	October
from Exit and Entrance, Vol. 2 - EP (2003)
Shed	Estrangé
from Shedding the Past (2008)
Hardfloor	Hardfloor Will Survive
from All Targets Down (1998)
Tiga	Hot In Herre
from Hot In Herre (DJ-Kicks) - Single (2003)
Speedy J	Actor Nine
from A Shocking Hobby (2004)
Martyn	Elden St.
from Great Lengths (2009)
Benny Benassi & The Biz	Satisfaction (Radio Edit)
from Satisfaction (2004)
Bruno Pronsato	Deco Ghetto
from The Lime Works, Vol. 1 - EP (2009)

Comment:

Aside from its ever-present beat — a familiar sound whether it's slowed down to soothing blip/beep levels or sped up to heart attack proportions — techno has taken on countless different forms and faces since its mid-'80s inception in the underground clubs of Detroit. That's why our Essentials playlist is free of filler and bursting at the grooves with instant classics from every subgenre imaginable, including the wailing synths and chunky hip-hop breaks of big beat (Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, the Crystal Method), the fashion-fueled, instant genre-jamming gratification of electro-clash (Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Chicks on Speed), the epic, stadium-filling singles of electronica (Underworld, Prodigy), and the break-dance-ready productions of early electro (Cybotron and Kraftwerk, which can be heard in the bass-heavy hip-hop tracks of everyone from Dr. Dre to Missy Elliott).

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