[hmstx]

> The best way to experience this is at one of the top festivals. The second best way is at a club.

I would respectfully disagree and swap these, unless the festival is something like Freerotation. Festivals tend to bring out the more consumer friendly, hands-in-the-air side, and more often than not, force everyone to condense their sets, losing a lot of the "storytelling", risk-taking and deeper cuts.

What remains of techno has largely rotted in the last 5+ years due to the high-visibility, high octane arms race "business techno" festival energy, for example.

[el_nahual]

I was thinking something like Dekmantel in NL, Horst in Belgium, or Bahidorá in Mexico.