Minimal techno is a
minimalist subgenre of
techno. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition and understated development. Minimal techno is thought to have been originally developed in the early 1990s by
Detroit-based producers
Robert Hood and
Daniel Bell. By the early 2000s the term 'minimal' generally described a style of techno that was popularised in Germany by labels such as
Kompakt,
Perlon, and
Richie Hawtin's M-nus, among others.