I agree with you on certain points - especially the issue you raised
about Keyboard featuring other artists who are far less innovative and
talented than those featured in their 'techno' article. Sometimes
I think that their criteria for the selection of 'featured' artists
is as basic as what kinds of gear they use, and how much of it - Keyboard
has always seemed to have a gear fetish - but it's an odd and somewhat
contradictory one, because while they are all over the 'latest-and-
greatest', they tend to stick to their rigid conventions and talk about
Rick Wakeman's keyboard rig (which is absurd), and the Hammond fuckin
B-3 organ (as if it hasn't been talked about enough)..
I suppose that would explain why Nick Rhodes was on the cover of
Keyboard way back when (because he played a Fairlight) - too bad
Duran Duran's music sucks harder than anything that could be considered
IDM - and the same goes for Jesus Jones.. Blechh.
Darshan