Typing londontechno.co.uk doesn't seem to return anything useful :( Is the site still up? What's the go? I want more handy hints... it's my birthday and I only got 2 pressies today. Goddammit!!!

Seriously though, thanks for the quality posts so far. Much seems to be completely common sence (like many good ideas). I really liked the one on developing grooves in isolation from your kick and bass. Makes allot of sence when you think of your kick and hats as the generic medium in techno for carrying your other percussive elements and melody. Grooves and the melodies would be the unique parts of your track, and thus the elements you'd want to concentrate your creative energy on - which would only be obfuscated by other percussion.