http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug...es-hip-hop
And this is from the comments section. In The Guardian.
"I believe the first use of the term Techstep was on Emotif's seminal compilation "Tech Steppin" released in 1996. I would say the first distinctly techstep records came out on No-U-Turn though. Obviously techstep took a lot from 1993's darkcore stylings but it's still really interesting to listen to some of Trace and Ed Rush's stuff on Lucky Spin Recordings. "Don Bad Man/Clean Gun" is a kind of proto-techstep, a direct precursor to tracks on the ultimate Techstep document, No U Turn's 1997 release "Torque"."
And this is from the comments section. In The Guardian.
"I believe the first use of the term Techstep was on Emotif's seminal compilation "Tech Steppin" released in 1996. I would say the first distinctly techstep records came out on No-U-Turn though. Obviously techstep took a lot from 1993's darkcore stylings but it's still really interesting to listen to some of Trace and Ed Rush's stuff on Lucky Spin Recordings. "Don Bad Man/Clean Gun" is a kind of proto-techstep, a direct precursor to tracks on the ultimate Techstep document, No U Turn's 1997 release "Torque"."
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