Theres an interesting book out there from one of Americas successful composers, aaron Copland, titled "What to listen for in music" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451528670/104-2063123-3471932?v=glance It was written beforehte electric guitar, but it upholds for our modern ...

A bit of hte opposite is happening in berlin. There are too many dj crews making small parties. Its somewhat true to the roots of the movement and ya gotta dig a diy attitude. However, in practice, its a lot of scenesters with a few friends that cant get gigs on their own and make small bullshit par...

minimal house wrote:10 years ago when Tresor was popping, there werent as many places that play techno.

competition is a bitch.

what? Where do you come up with this stuff? There were tons of techno parties in 95.

There was a club in NYC called twilo. It was pretty famous the last few years it was open, but got too famous in the city and the mayor wasnt cool on letting people enjoy themselves at night unless it was his mistress. Anyhow, dumbluck brought on a fatal OD (21 year old medical student from Johns ho...

minimal house wrote:Unfortuantely i never had a chance to party there. Its a sad day when the most legendary techno club on earth closes the doors.

Comes more sadness when the " " is closed or when it relies on history from 10 years before to simply keep the doors open?

Hey, this was just my 2p .. fair enough, the press doesnt give enough coverage to the underground, but then, thats what makes it underground. My neighbors setup a bar at tipsy last year. I slag off most sound systems, including most of hte ones i setup. pretty boxes dont impress me when physics cal...

id rather take teh risks of 50 people getting blown up than the state killing one innocent man by mistake. it might suck a lot for the 50 dead and their community, but it sucks worse for everyone to have the states might fire at will. ive long heard cops are trained to shoot to kill, not maim, and e...

When I was living in Berlin it was all about underground parties, and we gave a sh!t about who moved to the city and who didn't, I didn't even know about Basic Channel before I moved out of Berlin. There were a couple of dates like Tresor on Wednesdays that were party guaranteed. Others are more hi...