Quote Originally Posted by MangaFish
If techno used to be better back in the day, then why not produce / DJ more of that style?
this will happen. it is already happening. but it's not the answer, IMO. i can only speak for myself, but i imagine many others who feel like me aren't lamenting that techno has moved away stylistically, but that it's lost some of its naive exuberance, it's experimental qualities, its soul.

so if people are happy with techno as is, then there's no prob for them. if people are not, we need to do something about it. just music tried, and it didn't work out. i applaud that and hope there are good things on the horizon for them and for people who feel the same way about techno.

i just don't see the point of arguing further along the lines of:

"it was better before"
"no it wasn't"
"yes it was"
"no it wasn't