I think there was a bit of an overkill of parties in Holland around about the same time as we hit harder times financially.

The v.a.t. rates for clubs changed from 6% to 19%
this effected the smaller clubs the most and they are having a difficult time now..

Recordlabels are having a hard time at the moment as most dutch distributors wont take on new labels.

Big events and a healthy late 90's economy pushed the rates way up for dj's and the euro gave most a chance for a nice income improvement. So smaller clubs can't afford most of them

we no proffesional techno magazines here