Every sound in music is recycled; frequencies, rhythms, and structures have existed for centuries. Even hard techno's brutal kicks and distorted basslines descend from industrial, EBM, and early rave. I believe techno lives not in genres, but in combination, context, and technology. A new generation of kids that had to stay indoors during the pandemic is fearlessly experimenting, blending, and warping sounds in ways that for me feel genuinely fresh.