[QUOTE Techno became pop.[/QUOTE]

yeah but more pop is being sold in singles than ever before due to downloads...it doesn't seem to be the same with techno sales though.

BBC News - Singles sales soar to record high

I think the music is going the same way as dj'ing - somewhere along the way it stopped being a spectator sport and people just preferred doing it themselves, leading to hundreds if not thousands of mediocre labels.