Minimal is Over Predicts German Minimal Star

Kristan Beyer from German electronic duo Ame chatted to Skrufff this week about their already hugely successful minimal tech-house anthem Rej and revealed that he absolutely loathes most minimal music.

³Some tracks are good but in my opinion 90% of this music is bullshit,² said Kristan.

³Rej is a big hit with the American guys like Louis Vegas, Francois Kevorkian, Timmy Regisford as well as the minimal guys like Richie Hawtin but we¹ve never made minimal music and I don¹t like minimal music at all,² he stressed.

³We think it¹s only popular because it¹s the best music to accompany the drugs people do these days. In Germany we call it ketamine music,² he added.

The former Sonar Kollektiv star and Jazzanova peer stressed Ame come from a Œmore traditional house and techno music¹ background and predicted minimal¹s days are numbered.

³Even in Berlin, people are starting to get bored of this music,² he said.

³I know a lot of people on the scene, Steve Bug, for example, is a good friend of mine, as are the guys doing the Perlon label, who are famous for minimal and they¹re bored of it. Berlin¹s where it started and the fact the people there are bored of it, to me means there will be a big impact on it in a couple of months and minimal will go down and something new will emerge. I don¹t know what style, maybe house?² he guessed.

UK house star Felix Buxton from Basement Jaxx also admitted to feeling less than impressed with most of what passes for minimal, telling One Week To Live Œdon¹t get me wrong it serves a purpose and sounds good in clubs but the riffs are all just old house riffs. And most of them are quite boring, considering it¹s meant to be futuristic house music,² he added,

Ames Rej is (re)- released on Defected Records imminently, with two new remixes by the Pasta Boys and 100 Birds.