haha, i usually catch fergie on the way home from work on the radio and ill admit he plays some alright stuff now and then, but thats all hes doing playin some ok techno on the radio, hes not pushing the genre forward, not even a part of the underground techno movement.

and i suspect hell move away from techno in the future when he comes across something else.

but perhaps him playing techno (albeit a lot of the time hes playing the more comercial clubby techno) will allow people out there who dont normally come across it access to the sound. i had found the sound a good few years ago through the voodoo techno hours on crash.fm, i mean his whole approach to it is blatently comercial, with the phrases HAPPY DAYS! spouting up every 2 mins. but i have heard some decent music being played which cant be a bad thing and if it opens peoples eyes (or ears if u will) to the techno sound perhaps they will go out and search for the music as i did once.....

i mean i might be wrong
perhaps hes spawning a whole generation of "happy days!!" saying "techno enthusiasts" all claming to be die hard techno lovers in the midst of a "underground fergie movement" :P


the way i see it is thers allways going to be a commercial crust, but thankfully its one we can mostly ignore.

Lets inspect the mainstream pattern, house> commercial trance > house >commercial house > hard house > commercial trance again > (repeat for 4 years)

here today gone tommorow :)

were as the underground is generating quality music for people who appreciate it.