yeah,,tronic on monday nights at sullivan room is a good bet,,,although the board is rite,,,christian smith isnt really hard techno imo,,,although some ppl think so,,,and even when i heard him play hard it isnt xactly what i am looking for and seems to be very house influenced...

but tronic does have some really great hard techno djs/live acts play there and u can see them 4 cheap and w/a great vibe,,,like beyer, liebing, speedy j, punisher, barbara, heiko laux, dylan drazen,,, i could go on for a long time but u can check to see all the great djs that have played there....nyc techno heads r fortunate to have had tronic for the past 3+ yrs

function reps nyc techno to the best imo and is actually at tronic 2morrow,,,his closing sets at arc r some of my favorites...

occasionally arc(old vinyl) has a techno night of sorts and liebing and function were probably the hardest,,,

not sure when u will be in nyc,,,but pm me or u can check the calendar on my site bec if i am playing it will be REAL hard techno(may be minimal and hard early and then hard and banging as the nite proceeds),,,,we r doing a party at angel on the 15th and another at a loft on jan 29th,,,info will be up during the week and its always cool to see ppl looking for the real stuff