i've got an open mind to music and (though i was never a fan of this stuff) i could tolerate it and appreciate it for bringing in some new talent into techno.

sadly though - instead of aiding the techno scene, i think its doing just the opposite. because of the flood of this poorly produced, repetitive and formulaic percussive hardhouse, a lot of clubbers have actually been blinded by the cliches and lost sight of that techno is really all about.

its a shame really as i thought the potential this crossover stuff had could have actually paid dividends for our scene as its an un-intimidating way to introducing new blood to a scenes thats labelled as being pretentious and anal (which to be fair, the techno scene is a lot of the time).

bha - i'm actually quite offended by some of the tracks labelled off as techno these days. no imagination what-so-ever.