I didn't mean to be pining for the "old days" - new techno artists have
always been welcome in my book
what I meant was there seems to be a few artists who never really released
a lot of music but what they did release was always well received. Problem
was they either DJ'd more than they produced or completely dropped off the
map for a while.
I don't expect to hear their new music and have it sound exactly like what
they were doing back in '95 or '97 - I'd be disappointed actually if it did
Re-issues are fine for building excitement about what was but I'm wishing
that it is a signal to expect something new soon
I hope that's what all these re-issues are signalling - " this is where we
were but look out for what is to come" sort of thing
MEK
>That's true, there's a lot of re-issuing and a lot of old artists
>popping back onto the scene, so it's a good time for techno
>nostalgia! But I'd much prefer to see a similar amount of excitement
>being caused by new artists, new music and new approaches to techno
>music. I feel kind of guilty whenever I pass over new records in
>the shop and end up leaving with a bag full of represses and oldies,
>so always make an effort to pick up new stuff as well as old.
>I hope the techno scene doesn't become completely fixated with the
>past, even though the recent spate of repressed classics is
>undeniably a good thing!
