Indeed.

Oh, and can we NOT talk no more about cash owed, tis just going to piss me off.

It's GONE.

As are several years of my life trying to make something work that even most of the labels/people involved gave me little or no respect for.

There is something also to be said for becoming what you hate. See annakin/vader in episode 3 for further proof. I mean, I HATE shit techno - and what were the majority of the records we were selling towards the end ??

I hate to be brutal, but..... Have people out there learned NOTHING ?

Like my mom used to say, if you've nothing good to say - DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

Does the world NEED more boring club techno that pale's in comparison with the original work it's basically trying to COPY ???

ANSWER: NO

Techno for me is being killed by a lot of the people who mistakenly think they're 'involved' in it. Anyone can pick up a paintbrush and say they're an artist, after all.

Sorry if this seems negative but I really don't see what good these labels/people are doing. They would do more good for the music they claim to 'love' by just....... well........ STOPPING THEIR LABEL.

Who gives a damn what names you have on your record... Is it any good ? Does it STAND for anything ? What is it's PURPOSE ? Is it pushing things FORWARD or is it just - at the end of the day - generic NONSENSE ??

NB: THIS is why I didn't work in London !!! If I'd have been in charge of that place the warehouse would have been pretty much empty - I shÃ*t you not. I do not have a healthy opinion of most new techno coming out, though I'll gladly jump through hoops for stuff that IS good. Sadly, you gotta sell records to stay in business (not that it helped us, though).