Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I don't even think his old music is any good. After seeing some of those nostalgic ex-ravers on other boards waxing lyrical about his productions, I went on Youtube and had a listen. Even the older trance stuff sounds really weak to me. Everyone seems to love Pyramid, for example, but it's ing rubbish. We moan about web labels and a lack of quality control these days, but 15 years ago utterly average stuff like that still got signed, and even managed to get played out enough to be considered a classic by someone or other.
I noticed that too and listened to the examples that were posted. It's the sort of music which I thought was so irritating when I heard it in clubs that, if I were alone, I'd walk out on it inside of three minutes. It certainly raised the bar from L.A. Style's "James Brown is Dead", which is honestly what it reminds me of, but it's not capable of living up to the hype Jon attempted to conjure with his side-lecture about how working in a properly fitted studio, opposed to a laptop, satisfies some distinction between artist and wannabe.
