Quote Originally Posted by Internal Error Records

its all a matter of perspective. almost all of us in this thread appear to live in cities with much larger techno than harcore/gabber scenes for example.
Amen to that. But, I was including hardcore/gabber under the whole "techno" umbrella. I really haven't seen any big growth of techno in NYC. Clubs have shut down that catered to it. Crowds have thinned in a number of ways. This is of course a completely different perspective in that it is "scene" related and not so much "music" related. I still thik NYC has some good artists that are doing something different. As I said, I'm cynical right now but also optimistic. Once the right spark hits in NYC, things are going to change for the better. It's how it always works. I think people have grown more than sick of the interference of the state in nightlife over the past 8-10 years and are going to shake it off in one way or another in the near future. That will definitely make me happier since, as you've mentioned, hardcore/gabber has been having dificulty in my surroundings for years and I'd like to be able to play it out in public more often. :)