My 2 cents...

I am bored of tracks been built purely on tribal style drum sections. I would like to hear more sound manipulationand feeling expressed through sounds. At the end of the day its all about the rhythm but it doesnt mean we have to use the same old dry sounds. I don’t think you have to reach for the nearest machine sample cd, however some futuristic sounds/synths would be good imo.

I see Migz point with the fast bmp over distorted sound but that’s not the techno I hear when I am out at a club so it doesn’t bother me. I just see it as another sub-genre. Although I can understand this because there’s a lot of this stuff in the record shops

For me I would like to hear more sound synthesis, tunes with more emotion and identity thro the sounds. I also think that new structures and ways of making the techno change in its 6 min duration wouldn’t do any harm. I don’t mean to sound old fashioned but why not have a record with a beginning middle and end section, instead of the same groove.

I would like techno to feel more like that equipment is speaking to you. When its looping its great but I would like to jump out of the loop and into more programmed sections within it.

With my tracks I find what limiting my sound is, having to think ahead for the dj, it sometimes feels like I have to do certain things within the tracks otherwise the labels won’t take it or the dj's wont play it. This can make my sound more formulated. I’m actually trying to think of a way around this. I also feel limited because of the lack of hardware and would love to try a different approach within the studio. Perhaps an external midi sequencer and more devices hooked into each other. I like the analogue sound much more. I dont think you have to go non 4/4 but i do think that genre itself has a big future in techno right now.