but the advantage with mp3 is you dont have to take tracks you dont want. You can pay for single tracks or the ep as a whole, and i know these days that usually when i get a release with 5 - 7 tracks, its not often i like all the tracks, even with my favourite producers. And in this day and age, alot more people are becoming less and less attached to the physical medium and more into the digital domain as it where, there's no ignoring that really. I honestly cant see people paying out for techno ep releases on CD in the long run. It would be good if people would, but i just dont think it appeals to enough people, as downloading (and yes even pirate downloads) are just too much an attractive option at the moment. Even some of the "bigger" labels as it were are starting to do only digital releases for a while to see how things go.

I think CD albums are a little different, or really high quality compilations that allow people to get a series of ep's all on one CD appeal alot more though definately, certainly albums.

a tricky one still i guess