Quote Originally Posted by schlongfingers
I think it's a fair argument, if you look back at 92-96 and the techno releases in those years, 60-80% of releases were standout tracks that still kill the dancefloor now. These days it's 5-10% if not less that will even go so far as to make me move my left ass cheek. I don't think I'm jaded, I just feel that those years were where the real experimentation was foraged, and that these days innovation is extremely rare - in most cases it's been done before.

These days too many people have taken existing productions as a benchmark, when in reality, what really moves both a dancefloor and a investigative mind is the sound that is new, which gets rarer and rarer.
what nobody from after 1996 relises is that techno/electronica from 1986-1994 was made by real musicians with real producers in real studios with real production budgets.

85% of techno now adays may be fluff, but there is 85% more producers today with 85% less musical education as the folks from the late 80's.

the great thing about now adays is that all this software and whatnot is helping find all the great techno beathovens who wouldnt otherwise have access to produce music.

so i guess it all balances out. imo there is just as much good and bad music as any other time.