If you haven't been hearing electro on the dancefloor over the last 12 months, then have you even been going to the right parties?

We documented the alarming rise of electro at the end of last year and the genre, in its truest form originating from Detroit and even earlier in Germany, has found its way back into the recordbags of the world's most prominent selectors.

Artists like Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray and Objekt have been injecting their sets with industrial, staggered and furious electro tracks, all of which have been quietly maturing over time like a fine wine.

It's rowdy, it's devilish and it's indicative of the turbulent landscape we're living in right now. Electro is back baby and not only is it here to stay, it's here to takeover your minds and souls.

Admittedly, it's not been any easy task trying to narrow down the best electro tracks from before 2000 but we've been digging through Discogs like a teenage vinyl-collector with too much time and money on their hands and we've come up with 20 of the most essential cuts that'll kick start your newly found love affair with 2018's most urgent genre.