like i just said in another thread the whole "retro/90's" vibe that's going round is just dissapointing at best. a guy like ruskin for example makes boom hiss 909 stuff that smaks of effort to sound like 90's tresor releases when he probably has tons of unreleased, conceptual and deep stuff lying round...

the thing ppl fail to grasp is that timeless tracks go beyond that entire question, i have carl craig/BFC trax that are from 89/90 that sound as conceptual and amazing today as they did then. there are 90's tracks such as "the wipe" by teste that sound fresh still today because they did not rely on the typical 909's and pattern structures....


what i think mark is really talking bout is a recent trend toward the classic drum machine sounds and a 90's vibe. this CAN and sometimes DOES work well, but i am afraid folks take things too far (as is our nature as ppl) and get carried away.