i was kinda hoping that ping pong minimal wave would've come and gone by now but they seem to have things on pretty serious lockdown. but it must also be hard for outsiders to get into the harder stuff now that everything is so segregated. instead of only having audio assault style destruction on one night, minus nights the next and purist detroit snobbery on another, it'd be nice to see somebody mixing it up and creating some progression throughout the night via different styles.

because on the other hand i definitely wouldnt want things to go back to the early 2000 washed out 140bpm sound either. there were sooo many generic and cheesy dancefloor tracks released at that time. i'm still sick of the disco samples, 909 beats and tribal loops combo.

but there's hope! robert hood and slater are back on form and it was a big year for the ostgut ton/berghain sound. that's a definite step in the right direction as far as i'm concerned.