i got into techno thru old school mellow and hardcore.
my friends took me to a techno event and i didnt want to go. I saw speedy j live followed by hawtin doing a dex fx set.
From that day on i was hooked.
In my early days my influences wer dave clarke,mills, surgeon, speedy j, leibing, beltram and a few of the detroit heavy weights.
at this point in time i take influence from a lot of warp/rephlex type stuff, from plaid to auetchre. surgeon, regis and mills are one of my main influences on my music.
i think prehaps the biggest influence on my music is this board at the moment. I read get ideas, tips on records.