This clip, from the film Vibrations, explains how to make techno.

And when it comes to explaining how to make techno, this version is golden.

In case you missed Vibrations when it came out, it’s about rising rock star, TJ Cray:

TJ gets the shot of a lifetime, an audition with a A & R man.

On the way into the city, though, a carload of drunks smash into his car, severing his hands. So he drops out of the business and becomes a homeless drunk.

Cray wakes up to a pulsing beat in an abandoned warehouse, where a “rave” party is in full action. To his rescue comes Anamika, a computer artist, who takes him outside for fresh air.

They become friends and eventually reinvent TJ’s career. With the help of friends, they replace his hands with prosthetics and design a metallic cyber looking suit. TJ becomes an overnight sensation as Cyberstorm.

But he doesn’t get his hands back.

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