I listen daily to techno & electro at home they're my main musical loves and they hold a special and untouchable place in my heart

But just to try and appreciate a small slice of the HUNDREDS of years of musical, technological and cognitive evolution which has led humankind to a place where we can create this amazing techno music surely broadens and deepens our understanding of where we are now and maybe where we're going (not to mention being a heck of a lot of fun while you do it!! :) )

Over the last year or two ive had a break from trying to write techno...and looked at things from some different angles. One of the things ive made a point of doing is getting my head properly around music history (going back a few hundred years) and music theory. Ive listened to loads of classical music and jazz (amonst others) and tried to get an idea of how our precursors two or three hundred years ago broke the rules and tried to move forward. Im yet to understand how to incorporate everything i've learnt into my electrotechno but I definitely feel wiser...and broaderminded...having that knowledge. Its good to keep things in perspective and know where techno fits in to the wider world

Phew that was quite an essay