Fair play Steve, you have very high standards and this is good. But at the end of the day techno music is made to rock the crowd, no matter how musical the tune is, if it don’t rock the crowd….why will djs buy the record?

Producers make predictable music because they know it works and this is important ...pushing musical boundaries will happen and certain producers are constantly doing this and others will follow no doubt. But really our music (techno) will slowly progress as time goes by. Go back 10 years, our music has changed, so many people are at it these days and so many people are trying to be different. It just takes time for people to adjust to newer sound...the people that judge our music are the clubbers, the ones that dance to our music, live our music and buy our music...everything will progress and I suppose its down to artists like yourself, Dave the drummer, cave, etc...who are really pushing newer sounds out there and other producers will follow the new trend and this way techno will evolve in its own time. Sorry to ramble on but really, I think the techno of today is as good as it has ever been and it’s getting better everyday ;)

and btw..who gives a **** about britney... :lol: