How did you first get into techno?

[teknorich]

My brothers/sisters all listened to indie and rock/pop when I was growing up, and I liked electronic sounds. I had no-one to learn from, so ended up with the obvious chart stuff like 2 Unlimited, Capella etc, then a bit faster with Westbam (Wizards of the Sonic - lovely tune!!) and Van Basten, then into happy hardcore/old skool hardcore, then happy gabba, then darker gabba. Got into Hardcore techno, and then Speedcore and kind of hit a brick wall. For years I'd been getting faster and harder all the time, but then finally started to get a bit bored of speedcore and I'd reached the end of the faster/harder spectrum so couldn't just continue that path any more.

Came across a Techno mix cd in a music shop and listened to it out of curiosity. It was Jeff Mills Liquid Room Tokyo mix, and it blew my mind. Starts so weird and eerie, and then the fat heavy drums kick in and it just goes off. It was a h*ll of a lot slower than what I had been listening to at the time, and I had always imagined that 140BPM techno would sound weak and wussy compared to 220+BPM hardcore, but it really didn't! Bought the CD there and then, and within the next week I'd bought Dave Clarke's FUSE mix cd, Richie Hawtin - Dex EFX and 909, and also DE:9 Closer to the edit.
That was me converted!!!