1995’s Best Techno Music
A look at the best techno music from 1995 – a year that saw the rise of some of the biggest names in the genre.
Best Techno Songs of 1995
The 1990s was a great decade for techno music, with a huge range of artists and songs that have stood the test of time. In this article, we take a look at the best techno songs of 1995.
1. “Inner City Life” by Goldie
2. “Belfast” by Orbital
3. “Alone With You” by The Orb
4. “Bug” by The Prodigy
5. “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer
6. “Rez” by Underworld
7. “9pm (Till I Come)” by ATB
8. ” Northern Soul” by The Chemical Brothers
9. ” leave Me Alone” by N-Joi
Best Techno Albums of 1995
1. Dave Clarke – Red 2
2. Derrick May – Innovator
3. Jeff Mills – Waveform Transmissions Vol. 1
4. Plastikman – Musik
5. Robert Hood – Internal Empire
6. Surgeon – Balance
7. Moodymann – Silent Introduction
8. Eddie Fowlkes – Gate 22
9. Marco Carola – Play it Loud
10. Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald Present Borderland
Best Techno Labels of 1995
1995 was the year techno exploded. Propelled by the sounds of Detroit and Belfast, the genre left its own dark corner of clubs and entered the mainstream. Top 40 radio stations in the US and UK were playing techno, albeit a very watered-down version of it. Commercial nightclubs began to host nights dedicated to techno music. In short, 1995 was the year techno went global.
The following is a list of the best techno labels of 1995, as voted by readers of Mixmag, one of the world’s leading dance music magazines:
1) R&S Records
2) Warp Records
3) Planet E Communications
4) Plus 8 Records
5) General Production Recordings
6) Soma Quality Recordings
7) Manmade Dia Made Journalabi Abi (MDMA)
8) Axis Records
9) Peacefrog Records
10) Items & Things
