Quote Originally Posted by g
sure... you can go see, say, carl craig and have a great time because he plays good records, despite the fact that all he does is play them.

my point was the other side of the coin: in the right hands, music you aren't normally into can become fantastic.
that is definately true...but it's also to a degree a moot point. techno needs fewer tracks, fewer dj tools, and more SONGS. i see "the wipe" on dustin's signature...man, that is a real SONG. it's emotional, it progresses, powerfully evocative...and it's still a great, easy track to mix in and out of. all those classic basic channel records, rob hood...man some of those were stripped down like hell, but they packed a serious punch (and i'm not talking about hardness or loudness).

please no one take this as an attack on the adam beyer record (i think it's ok and prob not deserving of a lot of the scorn i've read on here), or as yet another grumpy "it was better in the old days" diatribe from me...this is all about the future. whether sh*t is minimalist or maximalist, melodic or straight up drums, i think more artists should ask themselves:

"what did i try to communicate here? does the track succeed? should people care?"