Techniques Berlin has been played on NTS in shows including Silent Servant Presents: Optimistic Decay, featured first on 10 February 2021. Songs played include Love Via Computer (1987) and Cyberbeat (1989).

Techniques Berlin is a Minimal Synth-pop band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Formed in 1984 by high school buddies Andreas Gregor and David Rout, the band started experimenting with synthesizers, drum machines and guitars. In the early stages, Techniques Berlin was heavily influenced by UK new romantic acts Japan, Spandau Ballet, Visage, The Human League, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Yazoo and Depeche Mode as well as rising Canadian synthpop bands Rational Youth, Men Without…