I agree completely with what you said. I also feel from a different perspective that the techno genre is way toooooo main stream nowadays. Years ago I used to always say that I wish the techno scene was a little more wide stream and used to get excited when I would hear a commercial on the tv with techno in the background. The reason I would get excited is because alot of the people I work with and associate myself with today always make fun of me for listening to techno and my come backl would be if this music sucks, why do commercials used the clips to emphasize a commercials message. Now I wish I could go back on what I said and that techno should stay underground more as it did years ago. One of the reasons I feel so strongly about this now is because like I said in my post I havent been listening to the new techno that has been out for the last few years, and recently I aquired an iPhone and playing around on iTunes, I noticed that Judge Jules and Oakenfold have Podcasts. I downloaded a few and was EXTREMELY dissapointed in the music they were playing. I feel as though the music they were playing was of quality of that you hear on a top 40 radio station. SAD!!!!
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