it's not a fact about the distro's being so blunt, it happens, its happened to me actually, but it depends on the label, how big the label's profile is, how big the label owners profile is etc etc. Ive' had all but one planned release go through ok to the stage where its in line for cut and definately, and the one that got away as it were was indeed as you say a distributor involvement, but strangely they thought a track sounded "too much like schranz". It wasnt schranzy in the slightest, it wasnt even a hard track so im not sure what happened there.

its the same point re owning your own label, you can get a p and d and just jump onboard. That's what i meant, there are too many people doing this, and for shitty p and d deals aswell, and just end up working at a loss for a few releases before carrying on at a loss or just quitting it. I did say most. And i gave a great, detailed example of where this isnt the case. Singularity, its a quality record, quality cut, great tracks, little extra's. Yeah, that's what a new label should be about.

and i personally prefer the challenge of getting onto other people's label's, it is true that there is nepotism in the industry, but theres nepotism in every walk of life. Do you think Bush would be where he is now if Daddy hadnt been there before him?

I think there are alot more credible people in techno than people give them credit for, way too much playa hating going on at the moment as it where, if people are doing genuinely bad stuff, then let them, it's their life really and people should just concentrate on their own stuff more rather than trying to disect everyone else's sound a little too much. Iv'e been guilty of this in the past i can hold my hands up to that, but ive learnt from that. It's not a competition .