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Toytown techno

Toytown techno is a music genre in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of electronic dance music. Its influences include techno and breakbeat. Explore key artists and related styles.

About Toytown techno

Toytown techno is a music genre in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of electronic dance music. Its influences include techno and breakbeat.

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Toytown techno (also known as kiddy rave or cartoon rave) is an underground subgenre of techno that emerged in the early 1990s, characterized by merging techno, jungle, or breakbeat hardcore with samples from children's television series or public information films.

Popular songs within the subgenre include Alpha Team's "Speed", Mark Summers' "Summers Magic", Smart E's "Sesame's Treet", the Prodigy's "Charly", Shaft's "Roobarb and Custard", and Urban Hype's "A Trip to Trumpton", which featured samples from Speed Racer, The Magic Roundabout, Sesame Street, Charley Says, Roobarb, and Trumpton, respectively.

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What is Toytown techno?

Toytown techno is a music genre in the 1990s. It is usually classed as a form of electronic dance music. Its influences include techno and breakbeat.

Where and when did Toytown techno originate?

Toytown techno originated in the 1990s.

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