Quote Originally Posted by AcidTrash
I happen to agree with you save for "The I can knock out a track a day mentality and soft studios has just caused a glut of shite."

Soooooo many awesome tunes are knocked out in a day. They might only take a day but what about the three or so years leading up to that day. That's all R&D for that one day. By that logic each track should be better by the day but I'll freely admit this is some shite I shouldn't really have posted.

Incidently oh wise one, have you any links to techno with a little drop of passion and originality because I sure as hell can't find any recently.
Oh sure, good stuff can be done in a day.
But I get so many demos, and so much stuff I get is stuff that obviously has had little work or thought put into it, and the same with releases.
The "yeah, that`ll do" attitude with techno, can sometimes be to it`s detriment. It`s very very easy to just mash any old stuff together and produce it to a reasonable standard.

Any links to stuff with passion and originality?
not off hand, I tend to buy the shit I like, and not download it.
However, I can thoroughly recommend anything by luka baumann right now, the guy is making really beautiful music.
The Young Gods are also making sublime music, as is Arrovane, and a lot of the stuff on City Centre Offices.
Paul Mac seems to inject a lot of passion into his stuff now and again although he does release a hell of a lot of stuff, so some of it can come across as a bit rushed.
Furns stuff as The Divide has a lot of originality and definite personality that makes it stand out.
I dunno, I`m, not gonna go on listing stuff forever.
I admit I am pretty picky, but then, I like the music I listen to to progress, and my taste shifts as I do look at things from a more artistic perspective. One of the things I dig most is personality.
I don`t have to like the music at all, but if I can hear the individual in it, if I can hear the person who made it, in the music, then I`m all for it.
The world is full of clones all wearing the same clothes, talking about the same shit on TV, eating the same food, reading the same damn books, all blending in with each other, why join in and make music that sounds the same as so much else?

ahem.
Sorry.
Rant over.