The UK Acid Techno Scene...

[speed-it-up]

The net is great - It's how people use it that isnt.

So damn true...

Internet = conveniance, conveniance = laziness!!

I hate to qoute myself but there you go!

What was originally about going out and meeting people now seems to be about mid week chats on a forum! And barry, I know your going to say "but you never go out anymore", but don't you think there has to be a reason for that? I didn't just decide that this was my opinion for the sake of it, my opinion (and thats all it is) has been formed over 12 years of partying and observing the changes as I percieve them within dance music. I no longer get the same communal buzz I used to experience at raves. I do see an insurgence of idiots who aren't really there for the music. They seem to be there for different reasons to the reasons that originally made me want to party. Just my feelings of course ;)

Agree with this. The London scene, in my opinion has caused its own problems. Rig owners at squats ignored the problems for too long because they never affected them directly - the muggers do the punters over not the organisers. Now hardly anyone goes out.

Musically, certain labels caused rods for their own backs with a "jobs for the boys" attitude. Much talent has been ignored and overlooked and consequently moved on.

You can't reallly do a sucessful club night in terms of a big crowd in the UK now without booking the likes of Chris Lib of Dave the Drummer. With all due respect to them everyone has heard them all before plenty of times.

The scene is stale.