Hype can be a good thing though, like mysticism surrounding an artist or stories of an amazing talent, but in this instance no its not good. I dont think hype is ruining music at all but I personaly think if the music is bad it will ruin itself, needless to say i didnt like electro clash and I dont like this minimal stuff either. But different strokes for different fokes.

I think techno itself has always been an area where you werent involved in mob behavour but now as techno has moved on and the numbers following the wide scene have grown you can see the sheep mentality creeping in and it manifests itself in fads like electro clash and das minimal sound.

I dont care what the music is and it isnt the music I have a problem with its the following I have a problem with.