i grew up on chicago house and hardcore at first.......then discovered techno around 95/96, dj misjah, jeff mills, surgeon, sonic groove, synewave stuff, etc.......for me it was hard to find techno around here, since the rave scene was mostly house, trance, hardcore, hard house, but yeah thats how i started out

i heard very little techno on the radio, only way to find it was buying tapes off of 'pure acid mixtapes' catalogs haha