Quote Originally Posted by SummerOfSam
Not helping techno evolve no, but helping the lifeline yes.
Man, you souldn't blame one sub-genre's lack of inward involvation on the horizontal diversification of the scene and the gradual intergtaion with other sounds. Hard and mininal techno, for example, aren't a pure form of music. they have evolved themselves from african, US and european influences - later adopted by asia. So, many people don't see a techno sound as something that can't be borrowed from.

I've never quite worked out who votes on what is and what isn't techno - the techno police?

Surely its a personal thing based on parties you go to and everybody has there own tastes whether it be tribal, squat, acid, rave, brazilian, booty/ghetto, minimal, hardtek, techstep, jungle, 2step, JazzStep, 80s SanFran & skate Punk, 60s garage... pop