I guess it's no secret that once you hear certain Italo, Neue Deutsche Welle, and No Wave tracks, it's clear what the direct percursors of Detroit techno are. But this new comp on Stone's Throw is another missing link:
http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/various/minimal-wave "Crash Course In Science" by Flying Turns is Drexciya before Drexciya. Other tracks sound like Adult, who have always worn their New Wave & No Wave influences on their sleeves. Now would be when Dave Walker pipes up and tells me that he bought all this stuff when it came out in 1981 ;-)