who or what is forward thinking techno?

[Jay Pace]

Its a narrow slice of techno, but I can see where you are coming from.

Not sure how forward thinking a single release can be.
A series maybe - because it means that someone is pushing something new (eg Beyer's mad eye work) but I think a single track can only really be judged as a single track.

Just my 2c though...

[holotropik]

forward thinking music would be defined as that which
reflects an ideal
represents a heartfelt attitude
is a voice that reaches out
at any given moment or cycle...

...irrespective of market analysis, fads, trends or bandwagons.

[dirty_bass]

techno is fluid, it changes, it keeps changing.
New styles within it come along, and remain in favour for a while, then everyone tries to make it, then it becomes more mainstream, then the stragglers catch up, then some creative people get bored and move on, while others latch onto said sound and rinse it for eternity.

there`s nothing wrong with this. the need to move on is a natural response from any creative and explorative artist.

Some techno gets given a new name, so people don`t consider it to be techno any more
It`s not really about forward thinking for me, more about change and trying not to stand still.
Although there`s nothing wrong with keeping old and good stuff with you at the same time.

there are some people who have never heard a techno record before who may hear some and think it is the most amazing futuristic, forward thinking music there is, so in a way, it`s all relative.