i really think he would have been better off sticking to the hardcore stuff and leave this trance alone.
May not be the case for him, but I know it is for me. Simply, hardcore is dead in NYC. It's dead as a doornail and the crowd that would love to hear Lenny doing old IS style hardcore again most likely are kids who weren't their the first time around and are so dusted up that all they do is bring trouble. I kinda like the route he's taken. Certainly, I enjoyed his old hardcore tracks more, but I like the fact that he hasn't stuck to doing just that simply because a small minority expect him to. I heard some techno/electro stuff he's working on the other week which is pretty cool. Not so much my cup of tea but, for people into that sound, they will like it. Meanwhile, the whole time he's been doing this, he's been putting out new hardcore artists on the ISR, IST and Bastard Loud labels. He most likely could have just as easilly solicited tracks from all the old established IS acts to sell on a name and, instead, he took a bunch of unknowns and is continuing to do such releases at this moment just
because he likes the sound. I really don't know too many artists, who also run labels, that operate in such a manner. The love of popularity usually results in sticking to a formula and sticking with names. And, hell, when you live in a city where the sound you may be known for is practically non-existant and unappreciated by most, why bother continuing to write that shit? You just might not be feeling it in such a situation.