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Originally Posted by datune

....About the minimal being such a trend in germany right now, it's the same crap with "Techtonik" being such a trend in Paris. It's just a hype that will pass eventually.

dunno bout that, techno, electro and derivatives will be with us for a looooooong time.
I see it as a new form of free jazz. (idea about arrangement, role of improvisation, letting go of classically based harmonic structures) The cool thing about techno still, comparing it to most jazz is the improvisation coupled with raw energy.

Originally Posted by datune

I wish people would stop thinking about music in terms of sub-sub-sub genres, and whether it's commercial or not, I've said this all my life, commercial music doesn't exist, there is only good music and bad music, end of story.

hear hear