Welcome to Part Two of our XXL 2000s Techno Blind Test episode, celebrating 25 years of Electronic Beats. In this second installment, we journey through the years 2011 to 2025, featuring 12 iconic techno tracks that helped define the era.
This is the 39th episode of the Blind Test series since we launched it in 2020. If you’ve missed any, there’s a whole archive waiting—packed with amazing guests who’ve helped make Blind Test one of the most popular YouTube series for electronic music.
Think you know your techno? Put your knowledge to the test. Watch, guess, and celebrate the sound that shaped the 2000s and beyond.
We don’t divide techno into subgenres here—minimal, dub, Detroit, Schranz—it’s all part of one vibrant, unified spectrum.
Line-up: Blasha & Allatt – Dynamic Mancunian DJ duo known for high-energy, vinyl-driven techno and co-founders of Meat Free Léa Occhi – French DJ, co‑founder & resident of Spectrum Waves Quelza – Cerebral French producer/DJ blending cinematic sound design with raw techno aesthetics Stenny – Munich-based Italian DJ, key Ilian Tape artist and long-time Blitz Club resident Rebecca Delle Piane – Italian DJ/producer known for refined, deep techno with a powerful sense of tension Denise Rabe – Berlin’s dark techno storyteller, founder of Rabe label and master of ritualistic soundscapes
We don’t divide techno into subgenres—whether it’s minimal, dub, Detroit, or Schranz—it’s all part of one vibrant and powerful spectrum.
⚠️ Note: This video is not in real time. It’s edited to create suspense, so you can play along and guess the tracks too! How many tracks can YOU name?
Production Credits: Produced by: Romi Agel & Holger Wick (Sense Music & Media) Concept & Track Selection: Holger Wick Edit & Graphics: Klara Mottlova Production Supervisor: Romi Agel
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Skipping early deadline.
Such a nice one.
It's a tough one.
Oh my god.
This is really sick too. Nice album.
Never heard that track.
I have to guess.
Function. Is it Function?
It's not Function.
Ah, this one is frustrating.
Yeah, exactly. I have the same feeling.
It's not Len Facky.
No, not Len Facky, no.
Is it...
Sounds like Shifted.
Of course it is!
Of course it's Shifted.
Oh, for god's sake.
We wouldn't have got that bad.
No.
Control.
That's an incredible team.
Nice. Nice one.
Yeah, when the synths now open.
Wow, wow, wow.
Really dope.
Soul, soul, soul, mental.
Killer, killer, killer tune.
This track is just one of my all-time faves.
It's like a pink center,
white, white place.
Pink and beige artwork.
Rose, maybe?
Oh, that's Rose.
Rose, yeah. Rose.
Arrows.
It's Rose.
Which name is this one?
Waterfall.
Waterfall, of course.
Crazy.
Unmistakable kick drum.
Oh, I don't have that.
Oh, Ben Clark.
Venir.
Shed.
No, that's Shed.
Shed.
I'm 100% sure it's Shed.
Wax.
Wax. It's Wax.
It's the Shed and the Wax.
This is the Wax number three.
This Wax number six.
Three or three or three.
Two, three, ah.
There's two different versions.
There's Shed, Sand.
SHD mix or something like that.
I use them a lot for my closings.
Closing tracks.
I mean, as if the original wasn't good enough,
like this is just heads up.
Absolutely dope.
Wow.
Definitely know it.
I know this tune, but
I really should know that.
I need to get this.
This is going to wind me up.
Oh my god.
I know this one.
No.
I forgot this one.
Yeah, I think I never hear this one.
I don't know that.
I love it, but I don't know that.
I know it. I know it. I have it.
I play it.
Is it Truss?
Okay.
Damn.
The only Truss was...
But not with the MPA3 bar?
No.
I'm okay.
It was the only one you did, the MPA3.
It's just Truss, you know.
Truss.
And I know this track as well.
Oh my god.
I really need a visual reference.
Beacon.
No, it's Beacon.
It's Beacon.
Now I know it.
This is good.
Yeah, I love it so much.
Yeah, I love it.
It's from James Ruskin.
So it's Ruskin.
Yeah, I thought that was too obvious.
James Ruskin?
James Ruskin.
That's James Ruskin.
Yeah.
I should not give you the track name, but...
Yeah, it sounds very Ruskin-y.
Is James Ruskin...
Controlled? No.
Track name is not easy to remember.
I'm really bad with track names.
But it's Ruskin, 100%.
Yeah, I'm gonna block everyone with the track name on this one.
But you gotta exist.
Classical, blueprint.
Yeah, such a nice label, Blueprint, but...
Ruskin-y.
I would listen to that song the whole time.
I know it, of course.
That's a classic, yeah.
Such a banger.
Absolute.
So good.
I love that track.
Insane loop, yeah, yeah.
That's DVS-1.
DVS-1.
DVS-1, DVS-1, DVS-1, DVS-1.
DVS-1?
DVS-1.
Yes!
Right, Black Russian?
Black Russian?
DVS-1, Black Russian.
Black Russian.
I mean, in theory, we should be doing twice as good because there's two of us, so...
Should be, but...
Yeah.
If we come last this time, don't ever ask us back, please.
Chunky.
I know this one.
Oh my god.
I've played this a lot, actually.
I have to dig it out.
No idea.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know for sure this one.
Not so, but...
Find the name.
Never heard of that.
Banging.
Random Earth?
Is it Random Earth?
Random Earth.
It's Random Earth.
Random Earth, that's it.
And it's on Cone Basement Series.
And it's...
Do the things I do or something like that.
Dancing, dancing.
Do the things I do.
This is...
Those noises are...
Sounds familiar.
Wow, these chords.
When this line comes in.
I know that.
I know that sound.
Love it, but never heard of that.
No idea.
Could it be Levon Vinson?
It's Levon Vinson.
Levon Vinson.
This is absolutely incredible.
I remember this track's name.
Is it Woman?
Woman is the Devil, or Woman...
Woman is the Devil.
This was like the antithesis.
Woman is an angel.
I imagine playing it in the closing, you know?
So beautiful.
You just fly with that track.
I don't remember a bad track from Levon.
It's so good, I love it.
No, I absolutely don't know this one.
It's really good, actually.
I don't think I know this one.
Really, really good.
Never heard it before.
I need this track, I love it so much.
Oh my God.
Sick.
This is an...
I'm going to take this back to the city to be collected.
No, f***.
No?
No.
Sorry.
This is the...
...finish mate...
...physiological strength that I need.
So good.
Beautiful.
I love him.
I really...
He's one of my favourite artists.
Oh, that's Blahwang.
Yeah, that's Blahwang.
Yeah, it's Blahwang.
It's Blahwang.
Titles.
I don't know, even my own titles.
Oh, 998.
998 of Blahwang.
993, right?
993?
His style is definitely recognisable.
The sound.
Just the sound.
Instantaneous with Blahwang.
Oh.
One of my favourite techno producers and DJs.
What's Koala did?
This one also a classic.
D-Dan.
That is D-Dan.
And that is on...
I'm pretty sure it's on Lobster Ferry.
That's D-Dan, yeah.
Yeah.
I don't think I know the track name, but...
We've both got it.
Absolutely unreal record.
The whole record.
Rinsed it.
One of my favourite artists ever.
I remember this, when it came out last year.
He is undeniably killing it.
Oh, Lux Later.
Lux Later.
Is it Lux Later?
LB Dub Corpse, is it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
LB Dub Corpse.
It's LB Dub Corpse.
Yes.
It's LB Dub Corpse.
It's more stripped back stuff.
Lux Later House Project.
And the track name of this one...
Thank you.
I don't know the title.
And that is...
Well done.
Keep up with you.
We're not doing shifts anymore.
Cut.
