Quote Originally Posted by MARK EG
I'm just feeling this recently. Techno has always been about all the obvious guns. The Dave Clarke's, the Jeff Mills, etc etc. Well, I can help but feeling there's a whole new generation coming up, the Wittekinds, the Amok's, TBH alot of ppl that post here on the forum, especially in the production forum section. And this feeling is more powerful than anything I've ever witnessed before.

Do you think that the big guys are just loosing it on the dancefloor? Are they not seeing what is making ppl go nuts?

You know, I played some Ben Sims to 10,000 ppl recently as I was building my set in Eastern Europe, everyone was just chilled, and then BOOM I played some Eric Sneo and christ, the whole party went off (Sorry Ben, that's the way I felt and it's my opinion eh ;)). I love Sims, I love Mills, but to the next gen, I feel the whole old techno sound is just nostalga. The kids ie the future, just don't want this.

And come on, was techno not all about the future??!!!!

Gimme your thoughts..
To a deg I think your right... I wouldnt go so far as to put down sims, but a lot of the old school kats, ie mills and such.
A) Are not playing the same way they used to unfortunatley
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B) I think every1 is just soo used to them that there isnt the same magic left in their sets
Not to say they are bad, quite the contrary they are awesome...
But I def see the newer blood pushing the boundaries more in terms of the tunes they play & produce.
Also the crowds havent seen them perform 20000x so there is still mystery in their sets...
thats my opinion, if that makes sense hehe