Ghettotech (also known as Detroit club) is a genre of

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originating from

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. It combines elements of Chicago's

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with electro,

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Overview

Former Detroit music journalist for the ''Detroit Metro Times'', Hobey Echlin describes ghettotech as a genre that combines "techno's fast beats with rap's call-and-response." It features

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rhythms and is usually faster than most other dance music genres, at roughly 145 to 160 BPM. Vocals are often repetitive, crude, and

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. As DJ Godfather puts it, "the beats are really gritty, really raw, nothing polished."XLR8R TV Episode 13: Detroit Ghettotech. 14 Aug. 2007. . Ghettotech was born as a DJing style in the late 1980s, inspired by the eclecticism of

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and the fast-paced mixing and turntablism of Jeff "The Wizard" Mills. DJs would mix multiple genres including

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, hip hop, R&B, electro and

. The music of

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is also cited as influential to the genre. A Detroit ghettotech style of dancing is called the jit. This dance style relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations. The roots of jit date back to Detroit

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s in the 1970s. Chicago's equivalent dance style is Juke, where the focus is on footwork dating back to the late 1980s. Ghettotech was an integral part of the

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, an annual event.

Key record labels

*Twilight 76 *Databass *Electrofunk * Jefferson Ave *Motor City Electro Company * Intuit-Solar

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* {{House music-footer Music of Detroit Music of Chicago Bass (sound) House music genres

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