Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
Techno is a genre that covers so much ground, to focus on one tiny sub sub genre, fashion or not, is just another form of inbreeding that contributes nothing to evolution.
True, although on the other hand you could argue that some sub genres have more mileage in them than others and I think a lot of people are genuinely excited by minimal techno right now, to them it's not one tiny sub genre. I'm sure the inbreeding thing will become more apparant as time goes on, but for now it is a sound in its prime, and providing a reasonable amount of variation for hardcore fans. That said, I think there's a lot of punters who are buying every Minus 12" without *really* liking each one. And I do find it amusing the amount of people who make up their minds based on trends, it's kinda sad really... or people like to section themselves off with a genre, it's like there the other day this Belgian geezer in the shop who was looking for a few old records asks me what I'm into.. "So what are you into? You're into minimal? Or are you more into tech house? Y'know Fabric style stuff"... and I'm like "er, I like techno" :)

On a side note, I think the Sleeparchive stuff is excellent. I'd heard a few people going on about him and took my time about checking him out, but I must say.. it's great. Time will tell whether or not he progresses much with this sound, but for now it's good to have a label that is putting out consistently strong and relatively fresh records.