Stages of techno

I am listening to two lives, both from Carl Cox, both at Tribehouse Neuss in Düsseldorf. The first one is allegedly from the mid-1990s and sounds very much like it: I can hear track sI have already listened to in mixes by Jeff Mills. I can hear acid tracks, and a lot of tracks that are also featured on the F.A.C.T. volumes. The second mix is dated 30th April 2008, and has almost nothing really interesting. It sounds very much like some of that commercial electro crap that you can listen to pretty much everywhere. I have no enthusiasm for that second stage of techno -- I believe the best stuff is now in minimal techno (Ritchie Hawtin) and in hard techno (Chris Liebing, Frank Kvitta). Technasia and their friends (Joris Voorn, Renato Cohen) stay on top of my all-time list.

Best of Plastikman

Ping Pong -- from Closer, 2003
Mind In Rewind
I No
I Don't Know
Aquatik -- from Nostalgik.1, 2004
Consumed -- from Consumed, 1998
Spastik (Dubfire Rework) -- from Nostalgik.3, 2007
Helikopter -- from Sheet One, 1993
Plastique -- from Musik, 1994
Kriket
Plasticine -- from Sheet One

Minimal techno heaven

Kinosport has the best minimal techno available for free. Check their posts about my hometown, Grenoble! And the music is excellent, that is, if you are into very minimal techno (Stephan Bodzin, for instance).

Favorite minimal techno artists so far: Plastikman/Richie Hawtin (Closer), Stewart Walker (esp. Live Extracts), Joris Voorn (Fuse).