Quote Originally Posted by tocsin
And, if we approached it that way, things would likelier be healthier, especially if people dropped stubborn attitudes that clung to inaccessable and outdated technology. It's completely ironic when a "techno" crowd is opposed to advances in technology.
yeah strange of all the music genres techno is in a small group that aspire to using new/future technology and its ideology of space and futurism. unfortunatley only a few techno artists aim towards this objective, the rest seem to focus more on other factors. i'd say the early electronic pioneers from the 50s still sound more futuristic than much of the techno fodder that is released today. there have been a lot of advances in technology in the past decade but i don't see techno being the genre that explores the possibilties..i mean people are still getting excited over a software 303 clone! even disreagarding technology, techno tends to stick to similar structures and production values, i can count on 1 hand the number of tracks released that don't confrom to 4/4. i don't think the crowd is anti-change, the rise in popularity of electronica shows how much people are wanting it. all credit to dirty bass because he sticks his neck on the line and challenges techno's form and there are many other notable artists out there.

i love all forms of techno but for me and like juan atkins once said "techno is just dance music" and its produced to work on the dancefloor. if i want to hear something take me to the otherside of the universe and back, its not very often i'll be listening to techno*

*but there are always exceptions ;)