I was gong to reply to this earlier but was going to say that most of these producer's idea of "techno" is more Timbaland than Juan Atkins.
I'd have guessed at some D&B, UK Garage and people like Dre/Timbaland/ Premier as influences to UK Dubstep producers.
Just a guess mind, but over here (UK) most young people view techno as of German original and most certainly not a music of black origin, as the MOBO awards neatly illustrate.
robin...
(NB. I've had to edit this slightly to protect the producer's identity): From: xxxxxx To: xxxx Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:34 am Subject: Re: xxxxxxxxxxxxx I appreciate your kindness in offering me some <edit> to listen to but I actually really don't like techno music! So I doubt very much I would be into it. Besides that I've avoided it this long I may aswell keep at it, not hearing it won't do me any harm. I come from a very commercial pop / hip hop / uk garage background, I don't have the slightest clue about techno, <edit>
