well the production is electronic and comes from mirwais. i mean this guy works like every otehr electronic musician in his studio and works wiht protools. the only difference with a techno producer is that he produces pop music.

so yeah that means more money and more expansive gear, but there are some techno producers who probably own the same gear coz it costs really fewer than producing a band playing with real instruments. and well i havent heard any techno record who reaches this quality of production ... the gorillaz album also impresse dme a lot