im with jamie and shiva on this one, theres a passion that u get in rock musis thats missing from techno a lot of the time. i reckon acid techno captured the rawness and full-on party attitude of punk, say what u will about it musically. punk was never the thinking mans music, but it sure as fuk made people have a good time.

acid techno mite be too simplified and formulaic for many, but i think maybe a lesson could be learned from it. the emphasis was on energy and party attitude, and thats been missing from a lot of the sets ive heard recently.

the records i try and buy are ones which give me a genuine rush when i hear them, of one kind or another. it should make your leg start twitching as it kicks in, when theres a bit of funk and a bit of attitude, something that makes it more like a song and less like a tool.

ive found schranz sets to be pretty self indulgent sometimes, the dj will be hammering away at the hardest kick drums and the most bludgeoningly fast fills while a few people dance and the rest kinda stand around looking dazed. like someone said, people have paid money to come to this nite, they wanna be entertained, they wanna dance all nite. do your own thing, be experimental, but remember youre in a club and everyones here to party :)

i dont produce music myself (aint got the time and definitely not the money) but id like to see techno coming out thats got the soul and passion of rock/conventional music fused with the power that only techno has (you know what im talking about)