Quote Originally Posted by Jay Pace View Post
At the same time, things are being done differently now though. The hard techno people switching to a different sound brought new things to that sound. A lot more energy for starters, different structures being used, different types of sounds. Something different did get created, although its obvious which artists were influential in defining that sound.

Melodic techno, sure, nothing new there but there's great music being made with a different approach by artists with different backgrounds. Babicz stuff these days bears little relation to mentalist rob acid tracks from a decade back, but thats not to say he isn't bringing something new and special to the sound.

It's the old adage that there are no truly new ideas, only new combinations of old ideas. I think lots of producers are trying new things, and whilst that maybe only be "new for them" instead of "never been heard by human ears" it still means that you get a fair amount of variety within techno. I really like the fact that techno seems to try out new things, even if trying new things out means borrowing from other genres or trying on different hats at least it shows a desire to experiment, instead of a commitment to staying put.
From what i've gathered, techno ranges from the down right filthy dirty to the complete and utter pretentious, and then goes through just about anything a producer might take influence from, all whilst engineering new sounds with new technology. It is music for everyone really and fits into our class system at all levels, it's just a shame that not everyone sees it like this, then again, maybe not...