i'm often very upset when i listen to sets that only feature the newest stuff around (especially in d&b). i think music can't be divided into old and new. there's only good and bad music.
>For all you deep/minimal techno DJ's that play out: Does the date of the >record effect your choice of playing it or not? For example, one of my all >time favorite tracks is Robert Hood's "Home" but the fact that it came out >in '94 would make me hesistant to play it out. Taking a look at Drum and >Bass culture you find that one of the main attributes that distiinguishes a >particular DJ is his/her collection of dubplates. Not to say that it >doesn't do the same for a particular techno DJ/producer it's just not as >stressed. There is, however, a lot more quality underground techno than >there is "underground" drum and bass. A techno DJ who's not a producer >could definitaly have a set with tracks that another connoisseur of the >genre has yet to hear. I don't think that's possible with drum and bass >unless you have dubplates. As far as the genre, I'm stressing more on >deep/minimal techno and minimal/atmospheric drum and bass. L8r. > >Mike A.
