"Techno moves fast, always has. It's the genre's boon and its bane. To borrow a phrase from post-punk, techno's a speed trial, though not so much for its beats, but its turnover. The music industry may be slumping, but house and techno's deluge of new material continues unabated, fast and furious as ever. To get a sense of the genre's cruising speed, just spend a few weeks reading the Hot 100 Sales chart on the website of the German vinyl mailorder retailer Decks.de. Updated every week, and tracking sales over a three-week span, the chart's turnover is mind-numbing. Few records last more than two or three weeks before being displaced by new entries. No wonder that over the course of a given DJ's set, I might only identify a handful of tunes, despite the fact that this is a genre I devote most of my waking hours to. 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. The rest of it is churn."
p.sherburne
i think this group of people would fall into the category of people with no ideas... i don't understand what the point is in making music that is simply a complete re-hash ... i mean they call it techno jungle or whatever but it to me it sounds like a rubbish hardcore record. it might have been interesting if it employed elements from new nuum' ideas/production/ or indeed shown some sort of acknowledgement of the fact that 2step/dnb/dubstep have happened. or perhaps picked up on interesting techno strands that occured after 1993.... it just sounds so stale , pointless and dull to me.
some people have gone back to old(er) strands of music that are dormant and come up with intereting records. i feel that these producers have added something that never really cross pollinated with said genres during their "active" period. eg burial / 2step , r&s / dub , audion / acid house to me these guys are what BRMC are to Jesus and the mary chain to hardcore.