“The techno scene was birthed out of a yearning to move beyond what we saw. A lot of producers really didn’t realise what we were doing. But over the last four or five years its all really started to become clear just what was going on."
"I plunged into utter panic, terror and disarray, a crazy meltdown suicidal panic attack, cold sweats… In the midst of which, I was trying to write music.”
Dance music embodies both the most creatively uncompromising and tackiest elements that any music culture is capable of. So, can the two sides get on?
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