Quote Originally Posted by DJAmok

"Maybe those who do hardtechno should raise the bar a little"
I think all of us, in all types of techno, should be constantly raising the bar, and seeking to push ourselves, sometimes even into less safe territory, not just hard techno, all techno needs to be doing this.
The only reason hardtechno gets a hard time, is becasue it became so popular that all the producing for 5 minutes kids with fruity, rather than taking label rejections and learning from them to improve. Just punted out their own stuff on cheap labels.
Of course there is good hard tech out there, and of course their is dire experimental or dark or whatever.
The fact that you have stated you are trying to raise the bar yourself, means you have the right attitude, which will separate you from the clones and the copycats in the long run of things.