Eh... thing is, I grew up with techno. Polyrhythms and melody are kind of important. This stuff is to dub what Squarepusher was to D'n'B. This is in my DNA: This is in my DNA: This is in my DNA: ("i do not own this song. i have no right to it. the rights are held by the producers and artists of this song. and possibly kate bush" God bless Youtube) That's Golden Oldies for you, and I fully recognize that. But for us oldsters, Goa Trance kinda took the "musicality" of techno and the "energy" of techno and pushed it as far as it could go, then said "job well done" and vanished from the face of the earth. So the whole "lounge" fork is kinda, well, eh. And when the lounge fork meets the dubstep fork... This is also in my DNA. (I doubt even Kurzweil thought anyone would actually use that thunder/lightning patch - this entire album is a K2000S) So the "chillout" fork kinda went in the direction that those of us who got old liked. Not to shit on your music. It's interesting and I appreciate listening to it. But I guess I still like... musicality in my music. (yes, I know - the old folks home is that way --------->>>>>)
Fair play. I'm all for Techno and used to be big into Trance too. I've also been to a fair few 'old school' nights, so I somewhat get where you're coming from (without trying to sound patronising!). Of course, I'll unfortunately never truly get to experience what those days were like though. I'll sign off with my favourite Techno track:
First rave I ever went to was in '90. Portland, ME. There was so little music available that they were playing anything electronic, including a bunch of KMFDM and Skinny Puppy (yes, I was at a rave where they played Harsh Stone White). Chick walked up to me and said "you need a pick-me-up." then she shoved a tube of Vick's Vapo-Rub in my left nostril and instructed me to breathe deeply. When I started coughing she said "Oh, you're not on E. It's no good if you're not on E." Then she walked away. Now Skrillex is making six figures a concert.