Quote Originally Posted by Komplex

The kids of today didn't grow up with records and tape players so there is no connection on that level. What makes everyone think that they will suddenly drop their cd's, ipods and whatnot to hunt down (actually go out of their way, find and fork out for stupidly overpriced) pieces of black plastic which they can't even hear conveniently? Cus it sounds "warmer"? Cus the established labels fear piracy?

Last time I checked, soulseek had sh!tloads of copied vinyl only releases. Why is that? Maybe cus people don't want them on vinyl but thats all they are force fed with. Now theres something to rebel against. Those guys are probably thinking "f*ck you guys. Shove that vinyl in your 40 year old asses, we want something better"
this is a very good point. i don't dj. i have no real alliegance to vinyl. but if i want to actually buy the music i like, i ain't got a choice - it's either pay for a medium thats expensive and a hassle to use, skank from p2ps, or go without. course i could rip the vinyl, or download as well as buy the wax, but i shouldn't really need to do that. plus i'm wasting a load of money on materials that i don't actually want.

is it all that surprising that techno doesn't much when the vast majority of releases are aimed only at djs, as opposed to music fans in general?