trends....somehow they catch on, albeit a bit latent sometimes.

to be honest I thought that the minimal thing happened about 4 or so years ago when Hawtin released DE9. I listened to that when it came out and went "Woah!! thats some serious stuff goin on there"....particularly after getting my brain bashed out by all the hard stuff going around at the turn of the millenium (98-01). But it pretty much went unoticed until now - minimal is all the hype now when it should have been back then....go figure??

I thought that minimal was a good idea for something different to all the bangin and represented an approach to life with all its undue complications etc....minimalise your life to avoid complication. Simplify your worries.

I reckon darker more technological sounds are the go now....something that has a melancholic edge to it and refers to the state of our world we face now.