United we stand
Divided we fall

God man, I watch it here in Chicago, after years of working in the Detroit music scene. Seperation and competitiveness eventually tore things apart in the D, and here in Chicago, every crew seems to be 2 or 3 people. People have become so image conscious, and afraid of association or cross pollination they eliminate the ability for unity and a stronger scene, whether it be hard, dark, minimal, experimental, or electro techno.

Someone on here made the comment that if we keep engaging in hyper-genrezation that eventually every different club night will have ten people present. I think we're getting closer, at least in the states.

Claude, growing up on Detroit techno, and moving into more european sounds as they developed I always enjoyed your releases and the fact that u didn't lean on or limit yourself to a "Detroit centric" sound. Not to say this sound is not great, but u really stepped out and did your own thing, and for that I solute you! :clap:

Have a great year, step back and enjoy a rest. Maybe you'll see a way to bring a fresh new perspective to a stale scene.

And for everybody else, we really have to start being more open to a broader range of sounds and ideas in order to avoid splintering ourselves into the proverbial "basement" so to speak.

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