i dunno, things change people get older. techno was good for me in the early 90s, and i rediscovered acid techno, in about 2001.
all i know is that these days im buying a lot of good techno from the 90s mostly, from ebay at good prices. got some great early tunes by steve stoll, derrick may, ken ishii - which im really enjoying and is much better than the dross released recently.
i only wish i can wirte and produce my own music, as i'm sure i could do a lot better. thats the problem too many techno djs doing too much coke, or woteva and losing the plot.
i've only bought 4 records that were released this year.
i think schranz and all that crap saturated the market, there's very little worth buying being released.
i mean even relatively prolific writers like dave the drummer/geezer/ant have hardly released anyhting this year, but the situation was similar last year.