Minimal really isnt minimal....

[BloodStar]

yeah but no use just singleing minimal out for that, practically every sub genre of techno suffers from this, with hard techno, as much as i love it, probably being one of the worst offenders

just nature. Someone hears something they like, they want to imitate it, some happen to mould what they do into their own sound, some dont

Yes thats true, it is problem in every sub genre,. but really to me so many minimal tracks, mainly produced by bandwagon jumpers (no offfense) sounds like a copy of Beyer walking contradiction and also that one very favourite record by him, i forgot the name.. it is all same basslines, same percussions,same approach,. boring.. they are good tracks, thats for sure, but in general i really dont see anything innovative on it.