Holidays 9 December 2025 · Society of Ordinary Gentlemen

Holidays 9 December 2025

💃🕺World Techno Day🕺💃

With pulsing beats and synths that transport you to another dimension, techno music is a force to be reckoned with.

This musical phenomenon has been taking the world by storm, from its creation in the melting pot of Detroit’s musical scene in the 1980s, and exploding across the world to Europe, this fascinating style has quickly moved into the limelight as one of the most popular forms of music.

There is just something so compelling about the driving rhythm that reaches right down into the depths of the soul, and brings out that base animal nature.

For some, techno is just music that gets their heart rate up. For others it’s a shamanistic dive into the psychedelic lights and writhing body that brings about an altered state, irrespective of any chemical influence.

World Techno Day is dedicated to bringing more people into the world of techno music, to discover this music and the places deep within them that can be touched and brought to life by embracing this vibrant nature.

The genre is limitless in its depth, and so it’s time to celebrate World Techno Day!

Learn About Techno Music

DJ and record producer Juan Atkins is believed by many to be the creator of one of the first techno songs, No UFOs, in 1985.

Atkins was part of the Belleville Three, so named because of their time together in Belleville, Michigan, which is a western suburb of Detroit.

Along with being one of the major vehicle manufacturers in the world, this area is also recognized as the birthplace of techno. Many people attribute the start and growing popularity of this genre of music to the black neighborhoods of America.

Since its inception, techno has grown from a single musical style into an expansive category covering variations that, frankly, couldn’t have been conceived of at its creation!

Older musical styles have been rebirthed through sampling and mixing into configurations that make them relevant in today’s musical theater while remaining nostalgic.

A couple of decades later, techno is still considered a music genre that is cerebral and intellectual, sometimes known as “intelligent dance music”. Some people even prefer to use techno in their music therapy regime!

No matter where it comes from, techno music is all alive and all relevant. Even video game music has been incorporated, and it.. is… fantastic.

It is not at all unusual for this genre to be used for revolutionary aims, not necessarily to overthrow the government, but certainly to challenge the concepts of what is socially acceptable.

It asks questions about what humans are and what they are expected to be. Techno will reach into the inner truth and drag it screaming into the light.

💃History of World Techno Day🕺

World Techno Day was first celebrated in 2003 as a way for techno fans to come together to acknowledge and celebrate this genre of music as well as the electronic dance culture that goes along with it.

The event is scheduled to be observed annually on this day as a nod to techno founder, Juan Atkins.

11 comments