As far as I’m concerned no ones going minimal, its more the minimal scene has just grown, good on it I say. I wouldn’t say it’s a trend neither, I mean surely people who listen to it are more than fashion slaves. I think people ought to get over the fact that people are genuinely interested in something they don’t understand or like.

I can relate to it, to an extent as my interest in a lot of techno has started to fizzle. I mean there’s stuff out there that I love but its rare, very rare. People started layering loops instead of building new rhythms and focusing on clever changes, etc. I have started to find it lazy. Its all a matter of opinion, but in mind its as simple as that. All this minimal stuff has the rhythms, clever changes but has no attitude and that’s why I am not interested in it.

Me personally, I’m finding grime or dubstep much more straight up, innovative and exciting. I don’t have a problem with this as for me its sounding more techno than most techno does as it has a little more than a lazily produced half baked loop. Dont agree? So sue me :lol: