just not happy about some of the arguments here. i wish certain people would just chill out

anyway. if you took practically all the names listed here by everyone and listed them one after each other it would probably read as a great little intro to someone not into techno wanting to find out about people who've found there own niche within certain areas of the sound. people who done more than your average techno producer/dj and really influenced alot of people. fair play to absolutely EVERYONE mentioned here.

i don't think however it would read as a list of techno 'legends'. ie people who, in 100 years time, will be in the history books when someone describes 'techno music at the turn of the 21st Century'. i've mentioned why Mills, Atkins and Aphex are legends, but this topic has always made me think. especially with all the arguments. to a certain extent, these three are the ultimate commercial legends of techno.

if you track all techno music back, it will always boil down to atkins. if you take all hardness, attitude or atmosphere in techno music, it will always go through mills. and if you take all the mad wierdness in techno it will always trace back to aphex. and these are the three factors that make up alot of the music we discuss on this board. and these factors apply to most strains of modern day techno music whatever style it is.

so no matter what techno you are into, these three have influenced it. that's why to me they are the real legends. not the libs, not dave clarke and certainly not me (hehe - maybe one day eh).

it all depends how you read the question. if we're talking 'your' hereos of techno (which is how alot of you read this) then well, those we some interesting answers and it's nice to see who's been influenced by what. but to be fair i really did mean true pioneers/legends. anyway the damage has been done, i really should have written the question better but hey, this is turning into quite a good thread anyway! let's keep going ;)