Welcome back, music lovers. There is a subculture of folks who listen to minimal techno. There is at least one label devoted to the genre (Minimal Wave). This is just one of the tracks from Minimal Wave’s first release about 15 years ago:
Veronica Vasicka continues to curate and even record minimal wave recordings, as well as DJs on a regular basis.
Here’s the set she put together for a recent podcast on Soundcloud. It’s a chilling blend of 1980s’ inspired techno and contemporary electronic music. Dark, bleak, post-apocalyptic. Seems fitting for our times.