the thing is, there is no one techno scene. Sound's to me that the side of things you got involved with Pete were to be blunt, shit, and it's soured your whole view on things. That's a very negative and cynical view on what is a global genre of music. We've had a thriving scene up north for years spanning across cities like Liverpool and Manchester for me particulary, always seeing the same regular faces at parties, good, honest people, many are professionals in their field. Several of my friends are doctors and consultants and they enjoy regular raving, doesnt always equate to drugged up face munchers though. Alot of my friends, myself included, started out just as a punter and the passion has since developed into something people can try and make a career out of, with some people i know actually doing just that

it's not all about bad acid records, parties in forests and big bags of pills