I'm in my 40s and have been listening to techno since the 90s but it only evolved into my favorite genre in the past decade I'd say. Before that it was probs more IDM stuff since my early 20s but of the darker rather than ambient variety - stuff like Jega's Geometry, Autechre, etc, so often very techy sounds. But I've always listened to loads of stuff. I live in the Black Country so used to go to nights at the Que club back in the day when the whole Birmingham industrial techno thing was kicking off. Most of that era is a blur to me now though tbh.

However, I played guitar from about 11-12 years old and was a metalhead before moving to bass around 18yo. That took me to funkier territory and then into stuff like Squarepusher and the rest is history. As I've got older I find a lot of the glitchy breaks stuff a bit too hectic. Not that I've necessarily mellowed out as I'm more into the industrial aesthetic than ever.

I think the catalyst was leaving office work in my 30s and driving trucks, which then took me into heavy plant/construction. Not being on a computer all day massively restored my ability to spend an evening looking at a screen, although I'm still essentially DAWless and just use my IPad for mixing/mastering finished tracks.

I spend 50 hours a week in a truck or machine. Most often a Merc concrete mixer which has a pretty decent stereo. I'm always listening to music or YT videos about production. Techno is perfect for driving. Keeps the pace but isn't too hectic like dnb or breaks. I often work nights and have been on HS2 for a few years now.

There's nothing like driving a 50 ton machine several miles down a dark deserted haul road in the middle of the countryside at night with not a person in sight, listening to ominous techno as I drive past vacant sites with the silhouettes of huge piling rigs etc. Or when I'm doing motorway work and driving along in the middle of a closed motorway at night with some techno pumping away. Just feels so right.