The proof is pretty clear, we have some great producers over here like Ramon tapia, Peter Van Hoesen, Tom Hades, massimo Girardi, hermanez etc, but these people get almost no recognition in their own country while abroad they are respected and loved. That's really a sad thing imho. It becomes even more silly to see that people like Peter Van Hoesen first have to get gigs at Berghain etc before the local clubs started noticing him. That's a very typical thing here.
Everyone just does something on their own and even try to sabotage the others rather than working together. Pretty sad really. Events bringing quality either have empty floors or if it's filled, it's filled with people just staring, and talking, not dancing. Seems like people just don't want to hear good stuff, they just want to hear Bonkers for the millionth time
What I mean with preferring the UK is that even in the big clubs I think people dance and have fun, there's atmosphere, while 9/10 events in Belgium lately just look like the annual reception of an IT company.
Brussels is a good exception fortunately, BEMF is indeed promising, also some nights at Botanique and of course good ol' Fuse is really great. And if that's your thing, definitely check out Resonance Festival in Ghent somewhere in March, Marcel Fengler and Bruno Pronsato amongst others...
