interesting that everyone so far says B...i bet if i posted this in the hard techno forum, more people would say A...this forum seems to have more people in it who are worried about the state of techno...or at least critical, whereas that forum has a lot more people who are satisfied with the way things are (i'm not attaching a value judgement to that...just observing...hopefully people who would choose A or C will answer this post as well).

when i think about my favorite tracks...e.g. the wipe...they are very evocative of things other than BEAT or DANCEFLOOR or DARK/EVIL. that's what i want to hear in techno...a more complex palette and a more diverse set of influences, emotions, and aesthetics. but i still want it to be undeniably techno...