20 minutes to represent techno on Radio 1

[dirty_bass]

holy f* dirty, you have got such a massive point. this has hit me in the face completely. sure, i love showing ppl the history of techno, it's very important to me, but yeah, kids are just going turn off if i play a load of old music. you're right, techno is about the future. when ppl ask me to play old school sets in clubs i really shy away from it, unless it's for a back room where i'm not going to get 10 ppl at the front going 'play it harder'. the section in the show is called '21 minutes to know' and i have 21 minutes to show the kids what techno is all about. obviously i thought straight away i have to show them the old shit but no, i really don't. and really is it wise to do this and risk ppl switching off and thinking techno is a load of old sounding music.

very very good point. i'm going to mull this over. any other comments much appreciated.

Well, I just look at it via what the new rock explosion has done for music.
All the new bands that have emerged over the years have caused the kids to investigate the music, and now because of the kids doing their own research into the influences of their faves, they are discovering (and in some cases, re igniting) bands such as led zeppelin, the pixies, neil young, nirvana, the sex pistols etc.

Getting kids sparked off on the more surface and immediate sounds of todays techno might then ignite their nerdy interests to investigate deeper (deeper back historically, and deeper down musically).

the thing we can easily forget is that youth is about immediacy, attitude, rebellion. the deeper stuff comes with life experience for the most part.