Awesome Techno

Beatbox champion and human sequencer Gunho Kim aka WING shows off his incredible talents with the original techno track Dopamine. We’re amazed by his ability to maintain a rhythmic backbeat while interspersing vocals and drum breaks. For more of WING’s smooth beats, check out Triviallusion.

Most techno and industrial music is created with synthesizers and sequencers. Techno Balde performs the typically electronic genre on a random assortment of buckets, drums, and an electric guitar with a single effect pedal. The duo can be heard rocking out their high-intensity beats on the streets of Brazil. Featured video by Cuca Pimentel.

Klangphonics previously showed us how it’s possible to make techno-sounding music without using a computer sequencer. We recently came across a few more of their creative live performances, including one that incorporates a pressure washer and another with a rubber duckie and an electric toothbrush.

The Device Orchestra is back with their biggest stage show yet, complete with low-budget lighting and smoke effects courtesy of their resident steam iron. Eiffel 65’s Blue (Da Ba Dee) is just the right fit for this band of electric toothbrushes, credit card machines, and electric typewriters.

Most techno music is made with the help of computer sequencers. But the members of Klangphonics show how to pull of the electronic sound live using a mix of basic analog instruments and a pedal-controlled synthesizer for the bass notes.

We already know what it sounds like when 30 jew’s harp players perform a song together. Now hear how its unique and twangy sounds can be used to play techno music, courtesy of musician Ildar Gimadiev, who had us dancing to the beat by the end. (Thanks OrionFyre!)

A fantastic take on the Deadmau5 track Gula, as performed on brass, drums, glockenspiel, and other traditional marching band instruments by Hamburg, Germany-based techno band MEUTE, while on the streets of Lisbon, Portugal.

Moritz Simon Geist performs electronic music with a tableful of strange and wonderful mechanical contraptions he built by hand. Each one makes a unique analog sound that combines to create a driving beat. Check out the making-of video to see how it all works.