Its interesting that online techno fans seem to have completely different tastes to real life techno fans. I guess it makes sense - if you're the type to go on music forums, you're perhaps more likely to enjoy smoking joints while listening to dub techno than your average minimal/hawtin fan. Anyone...

Funny, how when minimal was blowing up a few years ago - many members on this forum were complaining that it's too mainstream, getting too big, getting too popular - now people are wondering "is techno dying?". I doubt Techno will die, at least anytime soon - but the trendiness of Techno, ...

meh, when i decide to do something I just do it. Maybe I talk with friends about it. I don't need to have a press release to say what I'm doing. Were you part of a label that helped shape the scene as it currently is today, with a vast fan-base that extends beyond your circle of friends that may be...

Doesn't really seem like drama, and the interview seemed like it was trying to get that point across. Minus does have a fairly distinct aesthetic when it comes to their releases, and Richie has a strong vision for where he wants to take the label in terms of releases / sound / events. I don't think ...

Will need to give this a listen. I've only caught Sammy Dee live once - I was thankful when his set ended, only because I was dead-exhausted and wanting to go home but was enjoying the set too much to leave while he was still on.

Because house is the new minimal in terms of trendy-music. Especially slow/deep/disco'y flavoured house.

I don't really care. The medium does not inherently make someone have more integrity or not - a person can buy the top 10 tracks from Beatport, or buy the top 10 vinyl's from Decks.de - yeah, it is easier with Digital downloads and there is a higher saturation of that type of stuff, but at the end o...

So, what was everyone's thoughts on Mutek this year? I was there from the Friday-Monday, although wish I had gone earlier in the week. Highlights for me were: * Plastikman - I thought the show was better than I had expected it to be. Music was great, really enjoyed the visuals - just wish it was not...