I think techno is just more subtle. For some tracks, if you live in a region, knew the artist was from the region, and heard a particular sample, you might get the message where the rest of the world would be completely in the dark. One of the more heavy handed tracks I worked on with the group I'm part of on the Industrial Strength CD was a pretty big dis on Christian fanatics. It's possible one could get that from the samples in the track. We called it "Turn Right and Go Straight." Most people, particularly those who don't see such cute bumperstickers here in the US, probably wouldn't get it. There's another one on the same CD called "Blue Balls" where the samples were arranged around speeches involving the gunning down of an unarmed man in Cincinatti, and the riot it started. One was done in a similar fashion called "My Life with the RIAA" which was making fun of the music industry's legal bullshit and, if one didn't know the name of the track, and just sorta heard the samples, it would sound like
another speedcore track with horror movie samples. Did one called "Superbull" that started with a speak and spell voice giving George Bush's little speech about hunting terrorists and then use a crowd football chant in the buildup. I dunno. I've done a shitload of tracks with political themes that probably go unnoticed for the most part. Thus, I don't doubt there are plenty of others who do the same. Hell, some of the message has only been in the titles of some. Given the music places more emphasis on beats than words, it's harder to do noticably politicaly themed tracks. And, unfortunately, often when it is noticable, it feels really ****ing forced. Kinda like you're being lectured rather than amped up.