knarz
n.— «Knarz: Crazy, Germanized techno that improbably combines elements of rock music and the baroque. The sound is dark and druggy, and works best in the basement of a factory between 4 a.m. and sunrise. Best practitioner scheduled for Fuse-In: Berliner Peter Grummich (who also records for Ann Arbor’s Spectral Sounds).» —“Technical English” by Carleton S. Gholz, Walter Wasacz Metro Times Detroit (Mich.) May 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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