I think Mills and Hawtin maybe see techno as moving beyond concepts such as 'soul' - there was this interview with Mills on Axis in which he stated something along those lines. Hmmm. Wonder who did that interview. Great questions.
>> > I seriously doubt that Richie Hawtin would agree it is a "fact" that >> > he has "limited the expression ... of his soul" whatsoever. Nor that >> > his music is designed to let the listener "project *anything* he or >> > she wants *onto* the structured repetition ..."