OT: question for techno/trance listeners

Date: 17 Jul 2003 20:44:07 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
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hello,
could I get some recommendations for good techno or trance artists and
albums? is there any good instrumental stuff? and any good songs
that feature actual synth soloing? the so-called techno I hear on pop
radio lately just sounds like constant cheezy arps and one-finger
accents and hits.
the last "dance" music I listened to was from the early/mid 80s. we
called it hi-nrg. I still have all my old 12-inchers, mainly Patrick
Cowley, Modern Rocketry, David Diebold, etc.
and can someone please explain the differences between techno and
trance (and any other genre of danceable electronica)
as you can see, I'm pretty much out of the loop :)
thanks!
vu