Dear Think, 

The "Techno Music" genre, as this troll calls it [Vol.2, Issue 17], is so far beyond stupidity and redundancy it's not even worthy of being mentioned in your rag.

The names of the genre descriptions aren't exactly too accurate, either. For instance, there's no defining moment to give breakbeat the rap crown as it's been used since the dawn of German tekno/elektro/electronic pioneers, Kraftwerk.

If you want to hear BREAKBEATS, then simply listen to '70s anthem, "Trans Europe Express." In fact, if you want to hear the roots of all these genres, like "techno", trance, breakbeats, elektro, etc., then Kraftwerk is highly in order. Another thing - electro clash has absolutely "nothing" to do with "funk" or funky sounds. Electro in itself is a very bizarre sound. Much more bizarre than "funk," per se.

The genres your writer names are highly out of date and highly regressive. Not in the least underground whatsoever, save for the merging trance genres.

You want some decent styles of old? Here you go:

Tekkno, hardcore techno, gabba (note: not gabbER), hard-acid, acidtrance, hard trance, ambient (I have to give this respect, it's not heard much anymore), industrial (not NIN, but Front 242, Throbbing Gristle, The Normal, Non, Can, Fad Gadget, Cabaret Voltaire, etc), techno industrial, acid, new beat, etc.

Newer stuff: Hardbeat, hard dance, elektro-wave, industrial tekkno, etc etc.

This doesn't even encompass the industrial genres or many other electronic genres that were "not" mentioned.

It would seem to me that your *cough* reviewer(s) is a bit biased as to what they write about. So be it, but keep in mind that what is being mentioned is not what is really kicking within the scene these days. I don't expect you to understand this, though - you're only a cheesy ragazine. - DJ NaNa

And yet you read this "cheesy ragazine." And it wasn't a *cough* review. The article was a breakdown of the ever-changing genres in electronic music. Is it dated? Yep, from the moment he wrote it down. In fact, it's more than safe to say the genres that you're honking are SO lame by now that publishing your letter will get you booted from the "underground" so fast your xl records will spin. But that's okay. You can hang out with us cheesy ragazine people.

 

Dear Think

I'll be straightforward and to the point. I am a lazy office employee. I don't like doing work and I avoid it at all costs. The only thing I like doing during work is reading the articles that you have on your website. What I want to request is that you or someone please update the archive. My only means of getting through my miserable day without shooting myself in the face is reading those articles. I must have read each article two or three times and I need some new stuff to read. I know my lazy ass is not worthy of a response but can you please get back to me? Thank you. - John Sims, [Job Title and Employer Omitted]

Oops, our mistake. We publish a brand new issue every month and we haven't been adding them to the archive pages. We'll get on updating that at once. If you haven't been catching our print editions, you'll have about 50 new articles to read while on the clock. I guess it's safe to say that [employer omitted] won't be coming out with any new products this year, eh?