Techno was born on the ruins of Detroit's automobile factories, where African-American DJs Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May (“the Belleville Three”) created a new sound — cold, futuristic, industrial. Techno then crossed the ocean to Berlin, where it became the foundation of 1990s club culture.
Today Berlin, Detroit, and Amsterdam are the three capitals of techno. The legendary clubs Berghain, Tresor, and Panorama Bar set the tone for the world scene. In Ukraine the techno scene is flourishing: festivals Schemes of Things and Strichka, and the Kyiv club Closer are top locations on the European techno map. Ukrainian producers Nastia, Vakula, and Stanislav Tolkachev perform at the world's biggest festivals.
