>Ken said: "...many djs imo are still bizarrely dipping into what >seems to me the majority of releases which are weaker, from the areas we >like..." > >This comment intrigued me, could you elaborate on this?? >/Dave
Hi, Nothing too deep. Just consider this. On this list this year (already) there have been some records which have been recommended. Most of the time, if one happens to pick one of this tips up, they turn out to be at least interesting and sometimes, downright *amazing*! And they're across the map - I mean, not necessarily in one particular sub-genre. Yet despite this, how often have you gone out and not only have you *not* heard any these obviously available tracks, but instead have heard ones which whilst you don't know their origin, you wish you hadn't become aquainted with them at all! We're all guilty of 'obscuritis' at times I admit: the tendency to favour that which is barely known outside a very small circle of devotees. Perhaps there is a touch of this going on, with some dj's selections. It's when perfectly good, but relatively well-known stuff (which is ironic considering that 'relatively well-known' in our sphere of interest is still damn obscure from a wider perspective, but hey ...) is eschewed for lesser known but (sometimes) bloody naff alternatives (I wonder if English curses are let through?! ;-). This doesn't apply to all disc players, but everyone will be afflicted at sometime it seems. As I say, I admit, this could just be my subjective opinion and I'm getting ancient too ;-) (by some people's standards) but it seems to me that the above is too often the case, though not always, of course. And I don't want to make too much of this either - I mean, to a large extent, who cares? The above gripe is one of the reasons why we organize our own events isn't it?! Peace k
