I fail to see how (from a usability standpoint) plugging a USB key into a deck is any worse than sliding a CD in. Dance music is made on computers and it has never seemed logical to dither it down and release it on a medium like CD. For me, the interface is the important part - I prefer a platter of some sort to adjust mixes (though I have often used a keyboard with Traktor, manually beatmatching everything using arrow keys. piece of piss.).

I will always miss the packaging of dance music, but this day and age calls for less waste, not more. Let's strip it right down to a high quality FLAC file and sell direct to the people.

With digital files, you get clarity beyond vinyl and even CD. What intrigues me is that labels like SUF are still holding out on the vinyl front. I appreciate that they are hardcore vinyl supporters, but it seems like the UK underground has struggled for years with pressing and distro. I wish they would start selling proper digital files and maybe make their lives a bit easier.

Oops, went off a tangent there.