1.   Garbage ruled the modern rock airwaves with its canny mix of techno beats, loops, samples and surefire pop hooks, a blend of sugar and edginess.

2.   No one is jumping around to a techno beat in this workout video, released last week.

3.   She stood at the bar of Spa, a Manhattan nightclub, decked out in body-hugging seafoam green and undulating as DJ Girlina spun a techno beat.

4.   The disc mixes techno beats with guitars, original melodies, strange lyrics and clever arrangements.

5.   The repetitive THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP of a techno beat was pulsing when a young composer, Lowell Pickett, decided to make a few changes.

6.   While Koven attempted to boogie off by himself to the throbbing, techno beat, others skated partners or bobbed and whirled in synchronized groups.

7.   Who can resist the techno beat of the Macarena song that is keeping the craze alive?

8.   Paris and Berlin celebrated gay pride on Saturday with rollicking parades that drew revelers who held hands, waved rainbow banners and danced to techno beats.

9.   Another song, a bluesy track set to a burbling techno beat, intrigued him even more.

10.   The models in stiletto heels marched down the runway to a techno beat, while laser rays highlighted the pretty clothes of the latest Versace collection.