yeah. i'm all for hardhouse producers getting into techno. i dont mind them writting stuff thats still got a stomp to it or whatever appeals to their scene. but its whenn they release stuff without really understanding the scene and market it as 'techno'. 99% of it is just hardhouse with a couple more layers of percussion and a looped vocal.

is it really too much to ask for these people to do a little research or listen to a few mixes from techno icons BEFORE dictating to other people about what techno should sound like. maybe i'm 'anal' for thinking this way, but i'm pretty sure they would be the 1st to complain if i made a techno track with hoovers and marketed it as hardhouse.