Fast Electronic Music is a genre of music that is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and synthesizers to create a fast-paced, energetic sound. Techno is a subgenre of this type of music that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Detroit, Michigan. It is characterized by its repetitive beats and basslines, as well as its use of samples from other genres of music. Techno has become one of the most popular forms of electronic dance music in the world.