“The pace of techno’s output is like capitalism on speed, with innumerable, virtually identical products hitting the market in quick succession. Along the way, there are the interpretations, the innovations and the occasional improvement– and that’s why we keep listening.”
“I’ve always loved techno precisely for its streamlined seamlessness, but with so much material out there that sounds almost as if it’s trying to be anonymous, indistinguishable, one begins to wonder if techno’s long, asymptotal slope towards its ideal type isn’t beginning to split subatomic hairs.”
“Like dubstep, techno can be way too self-serious for its own good. What happened to the euphoria? (Maybe it was the shift from ecstasy back to cocaine in dance culture.)”
Techno music has been pared down to create the super-trendy ‘minimal’ sound sweeping out of Berlin. Alex Macpherson meets the DJs spreading the new dance gospel
[…]it is no coincidence that postcommunist Berlin has become the scene’s hub, or that Villalobos pinpoints Romania as the country most likely to produce the next generation of techno leaders. Hedonistic freedom will always hold special significance for those who have known the absolute lack of any freedom.”
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