I dont care for waht Jules & Fergie are playing...I'm sure we'll never hear them play underground techno. I imagine they only play tracks by Umek, Bailey or tracks with bigger breakdowns. I give them respect for even playing techno on a fri & sat night to the weekend wannabes.

Besides, we've all made bad musical judgements in the past (me anyway...I used to like [and still do like] hardcore). I think the more you listen to a certain type of music, the more interested you become. We all love techno so much because we can all relate it to being inside the club and dancing our tits off, or stood behind dex in our rooms, knowing full well that we're going to be the next Jeff or Richie. For someone thats never been to a techno night, it'll be harder for them to appreciate it.

My issue with the techno is the lack of new talent that gets promoted. I get the impression that the direction of Techno is run by a select number of people (think distributers,agencies&clubs).

Tis a good time for all things music. Most of us have access to computers that can produce quality tracks. The one thing that always needs to happen is proggression, maybe in 5 years techno will have warped into a new style.