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Schranz
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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}

'''Schranz''' ({{IPA-de|ˈʃʁants}}) is a European style of music derived from [[techno]]. It originated in Germany.

==Etymology==
The term emerged in 1994 when Germany born DJ [[Chris Liebing]] and [[The Advent]] (U.K) described a certain type of techno while searching for records at the now closed "Boy Records" store. The next time he visited the shop, the owner had a selection of harder techno records filed under ''Schranz''. "For me personally, since that day in 1994, Schranz is a description for various dark and distorted sounds in techno", Liebing said in 2002.

To this day, speculation remains about the meaning of the word ''Schranz'' within the techno scene. Many believe it to simply imitate the sound of a crunchy low fidelity (lo-fi) percussion loop. Meaningful speculations indicate that it was meant as a contraction of the two German nouns ''{{Lang|de|[[Wikt:Schrei|Schrei]]}}'' (scream) and ''{{Lang|de|[[Wikt:Tanz|Tanz]]}}'' (dance), i.e., ''Schr-anz''.

==Characteristics==
The original Schranz sound is a harder, uptempo (about 150 BPM) [[Techno]] style inspired by [[Detroit techno]] with reduced melodic elements. Schranz often features just single synth stabs or atmospheric sweeps with a major emphasis on percussion. A trademark of this style are heavily compressed and filtered loops, combined with Roland TR-909 kick drums, snares, and high hats with various forms of distortion applied. A prime example of this are Chris Liebing's records ''The Real Schranz 1–3'', the ''Stigmata'' series by André Walter, and many of the Schranz 1.0–22.0 series compilations.

==Current trends==
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Places schranz can still be found in 2012 are: Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain and Bulgaria but in its prime was found all over globe, not limited to, but including, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, USA, among many others.

Events that play this type of music are occasionally niche club nights, but is more commonly played at freeparties and "teks".

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