this is totally amazing - precisely the type of this you want to read. mate, welcome to the forum. here, we have some one has been into the more commercial edge of trance, hears picotto and then starts to research into techno with a passion. i love that. we need more people like you in the techno scene.

my opinion is that picotto is a great intro to techno but there's so much more out there. techno is a huge genre with many different styles. research into as much as you can. check some of the techno filez section and understand what it's all about.