> It's so sad the state of TECHNO, the early 90's innovative years seem light > years away. I mean who of the old guys listens to "techno" anymore? No one, > they've all gone house or to more sophisticated genres.
Jim, All I can say is thank god, someone else remembers when you could go into a shop listen to 20 different records and be surprised at how different each record sounded. While there is still some serious innovation going on in techno I truly miss the ingenuity of early 90's techno, how people would thrive on hearing diversity (and I don't mean just techno). Producers these days seem more satisfied to sit on a certain sound (call it a style if you will), moreover more and more producers are bandwagoning particular styles or sounds (air frog? anyone else tired of that yet). When big name *respected* producers just bang on a particular sound it gives little inspiration for those that follow (and they do exist, and they do do these things) to do little else. I do see a change in the tide now though, as someone stated in an earlier post, there has been a slight return to musicality. To which I'm really quite happy, drum traxx were great as long as they didn't comprise a whole DJ set. I must say that the one producer who I have followed religously since the early 90's and who has always been innovative, fresh and new is Troy Geary aka DJ Slip. This man has never put out two records that sound alike, and his early work on Missle (like 'Sketches v.2) used to pump crowds in Toronto all the time. I don't remember the last time I made a techno or IDM mix without using a DJ Slip record! Others I've been watching for a while: Exos, Villalobos (his new mixed cd is wicked!), Stewart Walker, Oscar Mulero, Hakan Libdo (though his output of late has been thumbs down). Cheers todd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
