I equate hard techno to really heavy metal. It's the intensity of both that draws me to them. Slayer isn't for everyone. Those same people would probably last about two minutes listening to an Ogi set before making an ugly face and walking out of the room.

Mnml just doesn't have that same "grit your teeth" hardness. There's some really great stuff going on in mnml, but it just doesn't do the same thing for me as the pounders. Both definitely have their place, though, and I'm glad to see electronic music is still evolving rather than stagnating.

I just wish I could, for ten minutes, listen to a few productions that will come out twenty years from now. Would I understand it? Would I like it? Would I make the aforementioned "this is too hard" face and walk out of the room?