know there are a lot of people on this board who don't agree this is techno. Techno must be hard and terror by defintion? They have all kinds of f*ck*d up sub genre names and so...
But please keep it simple. Let the people work on their own creative way to search for sounds... It's still a journey through the electronic mayhem.
I think this is part of the problem. for me techno is really, almost undefineable, and is a style of music with huge diversity. but yes a lot of people do pin it down to sub sub sub genre`s.
I think the point for me is that a lot of people are just kinda ignoring the state of things, and the need to look at a bigger, long term picture.
i'd like to think the people who do small projects are doing it from their own passion as opposed to gain - the example of a 300 press would justify this - picking up your own distribution and probabley giving the bulk of the press away.
It`s a tough one this, cos really, doing your own pressing is real good thing to do, and I respect that. But also, in a way, I think it devalues the music as well somehow (in terms of anyone with a bit of cash, can press a record).
Maybe there should be more quality control at the distribution end?