There is certainly a level of mass conscienceness that has lost it's spark within Techno community, which seems to have come about because of the natural progression of things...

Lot's of factors over these last say six years have brought about the current creative climate, including obvious one's like changes in format and medium, the surge of commercially driven music, the music manafacturing processes, the ability to copy anything and the industry's attempts to defend itself - - sales are all over the shop - - the change in the clubbing climate from effects like the ban on smoking - half your crowd has disappeard outside for ciggy, which is a communal area where people may stay for half an hour chattin'...

Incentive to create is the main drive for innovation and the whole Dance music scene is suffering because it has quite naturally had to take a back seat...

This is where the die hards come in and as time progresses and the natural cycle comes back round, they are the one's who will catch the crest of the wave before the rest of the industry suddenly decides that this is the next thing to rape and pillage...:mrmyagi: