Quote Originally Posted by SlavikSvensk View Post
think you misunderstood me a bit, though. i wasn't talking about big bad wolf distributors or labels at all. i'm really sympathetic to the need for labels and distributors to make ends meet, and i think techno is only healthy when they can :)
I was directing that post to DB's previous one, not yours ;)

I get what you're saying totally. Yes, the need for less producers is a good point, in total agreement with you on that... even if it could be an improbability! It comes back to DB's point about too many producers releasing to keep their profile up - something which seems pretty rife in schranz, or indeed many other styles of music. It has to do with what's popular I guess - and let's face it, many great techno producers used to shit out releases. By his own admission, even Lekebusch for instance, was someone who released stuff that wasn't always as good as it might have been... but I guess when an opportunity presents itself or is easy to do, people will just do it - it's human nature. In fairness though, much of Lekebusch's music stands the test of time so we can forgive him!

The dubstep and minimal scenes are two current scenes that are seeing a glut of releases from producers who are probably just following a formula at this stage as well. There was a stage when clicky minimal was quite niche, now it's morphed into a monster. I guess other emerging or less popular sounds may get their day sometime too.