Anybody here listen Electronica? (Trance etc)

Electronica, when done well, can be extremely satisfying. I mean, technically speaking, most VGM is electronica, but the earlier chiptunes especially. As long as there is a decent structure and melody, electronica is welcome on my hard drive. A good example of this would be the score to "K-PAX" by Edward Shearmur.

However, if by "techno" you mean "trance" or "eurotrash dancebeat," I would have to say that I am among that genre's mortal enemies, hunting down listeners and composers alike and killing them like dogs. [/hyperbole]

The repetitive nature of most trance, with hardly anything in the way of variations or interludes, provides a good cue to stomp your feet or shake your thang, but little else. In a dark and sweaty nightclub, where the object is not aesthetic appriciation of music but to collide and score with members of the opposite sex, trance serves its purpose. But I would never listen to it for enjoyment unless it was connected to a very strong, very positive memory.

Jam it back in, in the dark.