i used to love techno for the pure faceless honesty of its music..
Agreed. Not so long ago, I don't ever remember their being big discussions over whether a track sucked or not because it was made with a Tracker. ;) A lot of people were very much into a certain artist that advertised on their record covers "recorded in glorious 8-bit mono" to the point where he records were fetching some ridiculously high bids on auction services.