These are (in my opinion) the best techno songs, ever. My top techno songs.

They are the best techno songs to listen to...ever. I feel that they give a wide range of the best techno that has shaped every track, and kick started a the "now" generation into making their own techno. Spin one of them down a techno club and they will still attract a pumped up crowd. My top 10 of best techno songs featured are between 5 to 15 years old, so what! They are classics, pure timeless classics that will not fade.

Even though classics are just that, classics, you might want to check out my best techno songs of 2005 page, and see some of the best techno songs so far. Remember though, these have only progressed and became 2005 hits due to the influence of the below top techno tracks.

I have given the techno albums where the best techno songs can be found. I doubt that the songs can be found individually, so the album is the next best thing, the good thing though is that the album features even more top techno.

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To make stomping techno tracks that transform and then become the best techno songs, there is one golden rule: you have to learn from commercially successful tracks.

Why?

Because they are successful, they are the best techno songs, they have made it, they show what the labels are looking for (they say they accept all types of tracks, but they don't, they are running a business and want business successful tracks). If you learn from these top techno songs you should see how the composition is built up in highly commercial techno. What you will find is that they are all quite similar in the way that they are structured. Take any techno album, then listen to each track- you should note that each techno song builds up more or less the same, it has a set pattern. The musician knows this and so does your brain-now with each track your brain wants things to come in on certain points or for the song to build and build- it is what you expect, and you wait for it to happen, so the artist doesn't disappoint.

My top techno songs are listed in no particular order.

Best techno songs member: Faithless- Sunday 8pm.

A phenomenal piece of an album that is a true techno top 10 classic. Yes I know, there was an album before this, and honestly the only really really good techno song on there was Insomnia (you can still catch it on Q and MTV Dance now and then- 10 years after it was released). It was a basic track- that shouted- this is how it should be done- and a worthy best techno song winner.

Of the 11 track album I personally like Killer's Lullaby (the harpsichord is just genius- and could only be really done in a techno song), God is a DJ (the full techno version, not the cut radio edit- is a full floor stomper that has a great bass and drum combo in the middle), the short The Garden and Take the Long Way Home are equally impressive tracks.

God Is A DJ- Live:

The album is full of good tracks, however I find that some techno artists tend to go down the arty route, and do soft compositions- i.e. no/minimal beats and wooshy pads. It just sounds like fillers, and this has 3 tracks that fit into this category and the album is slightly spoiled because of those.

Best techno songs member: Rob Dougan- Clubbed To Death

Fantastic. The original is pure genius and that is what the Youtube video shows. The flanged middle part is just great. You may of heard it from The Matrix, but it was out way before that. Rob actually financed the recording of the tune and distribution, so big respect to him. Thjere is also a "vocal version" called Furious Angels- equally as good. Enjoy this classic:

Best techno songs member: Supereal- Elixir

Now and then the best techno songs just comes out of the blue and you wonder where on earth that came from. Well that is Supereal- a group that no-one has heard of, yet this album has some of the most perfectly composed techno that I have heard.

An 8 track techno album that contains some long tracks- note that they don't become boring. The best song I have heard has got to be United State of Love. It has so many squidgy sounds and multiple beats arranged without being cluttered that it is a perfect template of how a track can just survive on 303 techno sounds.

I Almost Love You- has that soft techno aspect, but it uses a brilliant clap echo effect that moves the track along and when the distorted guitar kicks in towards the end it's just a fabulous effect. For a track that is written with basic on its mind (i.e. the hooks are easy to make), Aquaplane is the best track. With an electric guitar that has 3 notes, and the other instruments being used having one more or less it is a perfect techno song that is easily radio play material.

Unfortunately the YouTube footage is of Body Medussa.

Energy 52- Cafe Del Mar (Michael Woods Remix)

This is one of my favourite tracks. It is from my chill out area (the best Chill out songs) and I like this version. The poriginal is a sheer classic, and getting to Felix status, but not quite yet. Anyway, I think Cafe Del Mar deserves a special mention here.

Listen to the footage, it is relxing, cool and has no beats.

Best techno songs member: Ferry Corsten- Sweet Sorrow

I am starting to become a big fan of Ferry. From tracks like "The Race" and "Moonloght" Ferry is becoming a genius at making tracks unboring, which is a great talent. I think Sweet Sorrow is one great track and highlights what this guy can do:

Best techno songs member: Pendulum- Hold Your Colours.

Now what a really classy, and fresh (such a change!) album. They have been classed as the "next Prodigy", and you can belive that. A serious Drum and Bass fusion with dance and some real cool style and ideas (who would of thought a swing beat could be fused into drum and bass?). The best tracks? Hmm, now that is a hard choice. For pure dance action that could be a chart player (apart from Slam- the one with the fat guy dancing in the street) it would have to be Fasten Your Seatbelt (ft. The Freestylers). Then the best track has to be, for me, Out Here- I love it. We should hear more of Pendulum, they have already remixed Voodoo People for the Prodigy.

Pendulum- Out Here:

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Best techno songs member: Prodigy- Music for the Jilted Generation.

This is a wonderful album, a true and worthy best techno songs list member, I will protect it, and I will not let the CD get scratched. The Prodigy are music pioneers and have brought techno/ rave through from cheesy rubbish techno songs to perfect, intelligent techno that is such a cut above the rest that it was, and still is frightening.

The best tracks (out of a great 13) have got to be Full Throttle, No Good (start the dance), and Skylined. These tracks have the essence of everything that you should need to know- full stop. They are changing, shifting, enthralling, playable and listenable- it becomes a joy to own the CD.

Prodigy- Full Throttle:

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The trick is that each of the tracks are non-complicated. You listen to the beat, you get the chorus, then you wait until it comes back. If I had to choose the best of the three, I would hesitantly go for Skylined (I can not find the single anywhere which is such a shame- I would love to hear mixes of it). It features my all time favourite- the strings, and is really uplifting with a simple beat and that's it. Strings, a beat and some effects- fantastic.

Best techno songs member: The Shamen- The Collection.

These guys have been making techno songs for a very long time now. Shot to fame with Move Any Mountain, and then Ebeneezer Goode. Those two are my favourite really, however, you could easily miss it, but a pure techno song called Indica- a strange hidden little techno song that bumps quickly on its way but is really listenable, and it is the final song. It keeps interest by just using beats, 303 and a string.

The Shamen have always had the audience in mind with their techno songs. However I find that sometimes the singing (and rapping) can be too much/ not needed and the electric guitar that is used, well, it is always being used, and makes some of the songs too "samey".

The collection is probably the best of the Shamen albums because it has their best techno songs on there AND has remixes from top techno artists- a bargain really. The Shamen have always been copied or have been the spark to start up and coming techno artists.

The Shamen- Indica.

Best techno songs member: Felix- #1

Not to be confused with Felix da Housecat- no-one saw Felix coming. A true bedroom techno artist and no-one knew his name. He appeared on television with a mask on, and no-one knew him. His best techno song by far is Don't You Want Me.

Felix- Don't You Want Me:

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This top techno song has been remixed so many times I have honestly lost count. But it is great- a brilliant build up on a simple keyboard pattern- and it was a huge hit. Felix came and went- but any compilation will feature his techno, without a doubt- so he is still earning some money from this one techno song.

Off that one song, I took the gamble and bought the album. It is pure simplicity, and that is why it is definitely a top 10 techno album. There are 7 top techno tracks that are really basic, but it proves that you do not need fancy equipment to pull off some great techno. Why the techno song Stars was not released is beyond me- it could have been another hit if it was beefed up a little more.

I would imagine he has one keyboard, one sampler and maybe a drum machine and a computer. But I love all the tracks. Make some more techno Felix!

Best techno songs member: The KLF- The White Room.

Before Scooter, and before real mainstream techno, The KLF were the pioneers. The best techno songs that are listed anywhere must have a KLF song present. They were the leaders, they showed you how it is supposed to be done with little kit and a sampler. Their techno is still used today, it is timeless it really is, and spookily the songs have aged very little.

Out of the eight tracks on offer all are pretty cool, but the best techno songs on offer are classics like 3am Eternal, What Time is Love and Last Train to Trancentral are perfect examples. Last Train and What Time is Love are the best- without a shadow of a doubt. What Time is pure techno class. I don't know how many times I have replayed the part when the whole song stops and a perfect juddery base line with kick drum plays, then a skippy loop comes in (about mid to last quarter through the song)- and its only 20 seconds long!
This is like picking up your first car, or your first book, this is how techno was made- this is what we should be learning- pioneering stuff. Highly sellable, coupled with an enormous amount of hooks and large public satisfaction.

KLF- Last Train To Trancentral:

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Best techno songs member: Leftfield- Leftism.

Leftfield produce techno songs that are very listenable and very wide-ranging. They are similar to Moby, in that they are advert material- those car ads that you see, or an ad will probably have Leftfield music playing over it. Even my parents and my wife like Leftfield- truly accessible music.

Covering "out there" sounds, originality, and being hugely addictive made Leftfield hot property. There are 12 songs, and most are really cool. Four tracks stand out further than the rest. They are:

Afro-Left shows off incredible originality and huge talent that gives the song major lastability- incorporating an African tribal leader chant (going into robotic), ethnic instruments coupled with modern day 303s and stomping beats.

Song of Life (my favourite song) has my favourite: the strings, a great basic 303 loop, and a slow beat that goes into stomping territory later on in the song.

If you want pure stomper action Space Shanty is a killer- you know it is building up to something- and it does. To a great beat with a great phased keyboard riff- then with that combo they layer and add until the song is over.

Leftfield- Space Shanty.

Storm 3000 is just a techno song, with a great beat (that becomes much better at the end with an added loop which is such a shame), some cool keyboard sounds, and a filtered lead. It is unconventional, a lead? Within a techno song? Yep, and it sounds good- and I have heard it on sports TV as well, so it is commercial. Unfortunately you don't hear the great synth sounds at the start again- which is a real shame.

Leftfield- Storm 3000.

Best techno songs member: Moby- Play, and Everything Is Wrong (DJ Mix Album)

Moby- he has been around for along time now, his first major hit was Go and from then on he has trickled out some songs, then BLAM, Play was released. What an album. Tons and tons of hooks, and due to the popular nature of the compositions (i.e. non offensive beats, warm sounds, euphoria and music with a heart) created a goldmine of an album.

Porcelain is one of the best tracks (even though most are really good), simple, catchy, and loaded with hooks that it is impossible not to like it- I personally like the mid piano and string combo- such class. There is no repetition (that leads to boredom) sounds change (his voice does half way through), and that is good he keeps all the sounds familiar to his audience. This techno song is called intelligent techno, it is polished, bright, and clever.

Special mention has to go to Rushing for being a slow moody/ arty piece that is listenable and is definitely not a filler track. Also Machete needs a mention. It gets of to a good start, but it just gets angrier and angrier. The solid, quick, techno instrumental at the end is a great ending to a great song. Everloving is a great techno track that has an acoustic guitar at the start (with Moby humming), then becomes a seriously chilled techno experience- a great piece.

Moby- Machete.

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Unfortunately I didn't like Moby's next album- I felt he went away from Play, and his "roots". But again I went through his back catalogue and discovered Everything Is Wrong (DJ Mix Album). The album deserves a huge special mention as he mixes tracks from previous albums and the mixes are fabulous. Loads of 303 squelches and they are really basic loops that become filtered- its just so cool. This is pure techno. The best techno songs on the album are: Hymn is just a great song- the track at the end when the Juno lead (it sounds like one) that plays throughout becomes phased and filtered is just awesome. Feeling So Real is just a techno hit, full stop.

Due to that it is a mix album, Everything Is Wrong is a continuous play, and how Moby jumps from song to song is good education, he uses different techniques, different sounds and mixes each song well.

Best techno songs member: Way Out West- Way Out West..

Not a well know group, how ever that is a huge pity. They have made some of the most diverse, listenable, funky, and evolving techno out there. Their 10 song album is long, with songs averaging 6 minutes. But it is proper "driving music".

With each song you get used to a part, then it flips to something else, then something else again. Always keeping your attention. The best techno songs are:

Domination- is a great techno song- a real floor filler that you have to listen to a couple of times because of the amount of hooks that were missed! It gives you one hook then layers many more on top of that one, and it just becomes a full techno hook get together. Half way through the song actually slows down, stops, and then comes back kicking and screaming at you (this song is eight minutes, and it just keeps on building up). I do think you get the song's chorus at about 6 minutes, then it is over within a minute. The main thing though- it never gets boring- there is so much going on that you can not get bored, the problem I have is constantly rewinding and forwarding to great parts that I can be on one track for ages just rewinding.

Way Out West- Domination.

Sequoia is another 8 minute monster, with skippy drum loops, and some great chords. I would say this is my favourite song. It's mainly because after a big build up the strings comes in and you think, great good song, then some great hard techno kicks in, and its like "yeah, I like". The hard techno part has some great samples, all electronic, and it is so well built that it incorporates some of the beginning (only the good parts- they seem to know), and you know that you have listened to a good song.

Way Out West- Sequoia.

Way Out West- The Gift.

Best techno songs member: Wipeout- The Music.

Admittedly it is not an artist, and yes, some of the other songs mentioned above are on this album, but there is one track on it that makes up for everything and ranks as one of my best techno songs. The Hardfloor mix of New Orders Blue Monday.

New Order- Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)(short version)

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What a brilliant remix of a great initial song. Undeniably my favourite mix of all time, and hence why it is in the best techno songs list. This is the true definition of a mix. Get a great initial track + Add your own signature = an enhanced, better track.

The middle section is by far the major hook. A brilliant 303 driven filter happy piece that just needs to be turned up and to blow those sub woofers. However, the hook through out the whole track is the 303, it acts as a base line and a main lead.

Orbital's P.E.T.R.O.L is another super techno song from the album. It is a classic build-up track that features some cool samples and loops. The main keyboard riff that kicks in at about 2 minutes is basic, but it carries the song so that everything else can be built up around it.

Orbital- P.E.T.R.O.L

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Generally though all the successful, the best techno songs are simple. Every album/ song mentioned is quite simple when broken down into component parts. Don't scare yourself with anyone of them, pause the songs, and listen carefully to individual sounds and you will notice that they are simple. Well if you think about it THEY HAVE TO BE for you to remember them. Faithless Insomnia- a simple power instrument as a "chorus", Hardfloor's remix of Blue Monday is simple, even the seemingly complicated Way Out West has very simple chords and 4-5 note sample sequences that are layered up to sound musically awesome.

I firmly believe that if you want to try certain types of techno you should see that anything can be possible, but it is an idea to research before hand, to look up various techno songs, and to see how they are composed. To go against the grain is taking a very big risk and is rarely successful, but to make improvements on certain styles will put you in good stead, as you are already building upon a top techno song style that has already been successful. What has happened over techno time is that these artists mentioned have been influenced and used styles from artists before them, and theis is what you are trying to achieve. Use these artists for inspiration then build upon their foundation.

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