| Toytown techno | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early 1990s |
Toytown techno (also known as kiddy rave or cartoon rave) [1] 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. [2]
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", [3] which featured samples from Speed Racer, The Magic Roundabout, Sesame Street, Charley Says, Roobarb, and Trumpton, respectively. [2]
References
- ^ Cardew, Ben (11 September 2017). "'We were just clowning about': how cartoon rave changed pop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 343/4. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "Toytown Techno". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 30 June 2016.