Jon Savage on song: Cybotron – Techno City

Inspired by the dereliction of 80s Detroit, Cybotron projected themselves into the future to create Motor City machine musicIt begins with a brief synthesised fanfare. Then comes the rhythm: choppy, insistent and clonky. A soulful solo vocal extemporises, before the hook comes in: "Ooh, techno city." A Detroit radio announcer robotically states "the time is 6.57am": sampled, sped up, slowed down and cut up, his voice will repeat on and off throughout the next six minutes. The mood is straight...

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