Quote Originally Posted by Mucky Beats View Post
i as many im sure have changed my opinion on the minmal thing... at first i was like wow all this minimal bollocks seemed to infect the world and the big producers shifted to it ...i thought due to the money and fame in it and i was also pissed off with everyother tune in juno being some minimal number or another! but then with time i have seen the minimal thing for what it is a form of techno that has its place in the sceane and is bringing people over to techno in a big way... also having bought a bit and mixed it out have seen how the well produced stuff is really quite cool and can be "banginig" in its own way.... shit 6 months ago i would of laughed at someone saying this.... truth is those who love harder stuf i.e. people like me will always do so and that will never change... just as techno people we should embrace new forms and not push them away as in truth we are gettin smaller by doing so and if we embrace as the rest of mainland europe seems to be we can be bigger and have a true diverse sound. shit i could be wrong just minimal has been round since day one just now it is expanding and taking a lead form and now after much thought i feel its good not bad.

one thing as with all music there is bad djs and rubbish tunes... and this is very true in the minimal world ...but also is it not in the harder scene?
word. quality minimal techno has been around for years. DJ Hell's totmacher, substance abuse, traintrax etc by FUSE, alien phreak by DBX, moveable parts ep and countless other trax by Rob Hood.
personally, I've no problem with minimal techno at all, been playing it in me sets since 91.
I can see the reasoning behind the bpms coming down too.
doesn't stop Richie Hawtin being a bellend though.