"Alleys of Your Mind" was the first single released by Cybotron, the collaborative project of Detroit techno legends Juan Atkins and Richard Davis. Upon its release, the Detroit scene was largely consumed with electro, hip hop, and disco, but the Metroplex sound would quickly move things into the techno world. Atkins and company took the funky grooves of disco and merged them with the dark, robotic elements of Kraftwerk, and the "proto-techno" that resulted bears striking resemblance to a lot of the "new beat" and minimal wave happening at that time. There is much debate about whether "Alleys of Your Mind" or A Number of Names' "Sharevari" was the first techno track, both having been released in 1981. Regardless, this track is dark, groovy, and a milestone for electronic music.
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