While listening to the "Skampler" today, I recalled my proclamation of one year ago, stating that the Skam label was the future of techno. Somewhere in the multitude of German minimalistic techno CD's that I bought since then, I appear to have lost the plot. Or maybe not. Skam's artists employ beefy, irregular, electro/hip-hop influenced rhythms, while the Chain Reaction/EFA bunch employ rippling, irregular, echoed rhythms. In either case, the music has been stripped down to it's barest beats, while maintaining a distinctly electronic feel. More though required.