honest opinions eh, no offence ment to anyone



stayupforever - used to buy every one as a matter of course but stopped after 50, as you say baz some of the more recent releases have been a return to form

SUF rmx - used to be ace but seem to be doing remixes for the sake of it a bit these days, i'd like to see more different producers doing the remixing in a wider variety of styles like they used to.

cluster - again i used to buy every one but got a bit more more picky after 50. i love the fact they always represent the harder end of the sound. not so into the newer releases myself but can see where they're trying to go (harder)

routemaster.. probably my favourite acid techno label, would love to see some new stuff, come on lawrie get back on the 303

pounding grooves - love this label, always sound different on a big rig and never afraid to be off the wall

skank - seems to me a lot are very samey, love the ddr release though would like to see a few folks other than the geezer having a go

powertools - responsable for a lot of great tunes, thought it hit a mediocre patch between 24 and 30 but seems to be right back on form now

4x4 - really like the off the wallness of this label, not all of them are that playable but it's clever stuff. The last four or five releases have blown my head apart

apex - really love some tunes on apex, others are not so great but love the general vibe of the label

hydraulix - always worth a listen, so many ridiculously good tunes - a few duff ones as well though

glitch - not into where the labels going now myself but has put out some amazing tunes

max min - i've tried really hard but just can't get into it

raw - very samey, was great when it started cause it was fresh now i tend to think there'll be one release worth having every now and again so will always check them out

hazchem - love the old skool tip going on - the older ones are the better ones though

racetrax - i really like racetrax, good solid pumping tunes, no 4 and no 6 stand out for me

bionic orange - been some fabulous stuff come out on this label, don't know what i think of the newest couple of releases need to hear them on a big clear system to make my mind up (hard to forget barndance and sonic eruptor though)

wah wah - Again a bit samey, two or three really good releases but let's see a few more producers not just the geezer and aaron again

newer labels...

betamax - great so far, keep it up! - same as that

kickthedrum and more punk than funk - imo some of the freshest tunes out there. just seem to get better and better

super conductor - i like where it's going, keen to see more

spartek - great first release, time will tell...

emetic & tremors - some are good some are not


in general i think there's some great stuff about at the moment and lots of different directions being taken which can only be a good thing - inevitably we're not all going to like all of them, i think unfortunately some labels go through patches of being very formulaic and a bit samey - be nice to see some different producers get in on the action to stir things up a bit

no offence ment to anyone any negative comments are purely down to taste, i have loads of respect for anyone going out there and doing there thing whether i like it or not and i'm sure there's even a max min out there i like somewhere ;)