yeah, and happy hardcore is pretty bad. I once dated a riot grrl chick (who thought the lyrics to that bikini kill song where they went "eat meat/start a war/beat your fucking wife/it's the same thing" or whatever were just GENIUS) who had some album called "Happy Hardcore Volume 7". Yeah. Shit.
For good techno, investigate the wipeout game soundtracks. No kidding. Or a lot of the more popular artists in "jungle", "IDM", and "glitch"... specifically ones that remember to have good melodies and not just farty clicks and cuts (with Autechre being an exception; they are exempt from any criticisms).
Also, I fucking LOVE screeching weasel, i actually own all their records. One of the best bands ever.
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