Quote Originally Posted by Komplex


It had relevance because you had a go at people from places that don't release much records, like as if that has relevance to a new movement... and being from Berlin and the amount of boring crap that comes out of there right now (matter of taste I guess but many people agree), I thought it was a bit ironic that someone from Berlin is having a go at people from elsewhere for trying to push something new and interesting. So I made a serious sounding joke of it that has some truth in it at the same time.
Hey, no sweat, but have you ever actually been to Berlin? I just think it's pretty ignorant to base a judgment on a place on just a few things you read about, and on this side of the world the joke isn't so funny, because we don't have the same preconceptions about berlin which arn't actually the reality..
I'm not from here, I'm english, but I've been living here for 6 months, and to be honest Cologne has just as much to answer for when it come to the minimal stuff, the only reason there is so much hype surrounding berlin is because Ritchie and Ricardo live here.. I mean a lot of people take the P. of that scene here, I just don't think it's veery fair for some-one who has never been here to try and take a swipe when they don't know what they are talking about, I mean if you havn't been here then you might get the impression that minimal was the be all and end all, but Berlin is as dynamic as any comparable city (Paris, London, NYC), and there's a lot of different people dooing a lot of cool and varied stuff.. Ok, you go on about the boring stuff coming from here, but what about the cool stuff such as Aeox, Youngman, Mascon, and a whole host of other really unique electronic artists?
And what's with the ego bullshit, you think I do this to massage my own ego?
Ok, you got my goat a Little, but maybe we can have that vodka and a laugh next time I'm down under, I suspect you probably know some friends of mine....