Listening to him live on a proper sound rig vs at home listening = two totatlly diferent sounds. Just got in from seeing him the other night, and loved it. Nothing like what I had expected, but much better than expected. Mostly didnt expect it to sound so differently on the clubs sound system than i...

I thought hawtin was never terribly well known for 'great mixing' on records, and thus his whole love of abelton and custom midi controllers to do mixing on laptops/computers/etc? Not to say that thats a bad thing - I love what he does with that stuff. While I'm fairly new to techno/EDM/etc in gener...

Still downloading this set, but it seems as if almost every sleeparchive PA I have, has some sort of recording problems in it?? .. giving the set a listen now, dont notice /that/ much noise? a bit of a weird sound now and then (like about to start a voice over or something). but all around - really ...

and people say techno/minimal takes itself too seriously.

A large number of those people I've never heard of.
But ya know - I dont care, I like being exposed to new stuff.
If I can get the funds for a trip upto montreal for this, I really want to go this year.

Well, there is the DOx, and then there is the 5-meo-AMT, and some people have tried the 2Cs - but mind you, the only 2Cx blotter I've seen was HUGE and had the chemical name printed all over it. Alot of the RCs being put onto blotters, are much larger than your normal blotter size, and/or much thick...

At least Howells comment is more a matter of opinion/taste, and not a slanderous bash against techno. I do agree that allot of minimal may seem "boring and monotonous", I tend to call it “droning 7th gate of hell k-hole minimal” – but, I also happen to rather like it – I don’t consider it ...

I dont know how anyone can tollerate those epic-anthem super-long builds unless they are fucked up. I can only hold my hands in the air so long while sober.