Wow, I completely disagree with both you and newbitech about the late 90s rave scene vs. modern electronic music. Think about how far the technology has come and how much more available that technology is to the general population. Electronic music is far superior, IN GENERAL, today as it was back then. There are all kinds of dubstep, dubstep originated in the UK. Skrillex is just one form of dubstep that some people don't even agree is dubstep. There's also EVERYTHING in between.
Have you listened to the songs I've posted in this thread?
Look, I was in high school in 1999 and the rave culture was very big where I was. I listened to a lot of house/trance/industrial and to be honest the technology wasn't as good and the learning curve was much higher for anybody who wanted to do anything really amazing.
Electronic music is much better today, but that's not to say that there weren't plenty of gems back then. But to say it hasn't evolved in a positive direction is kinda ridiculous considering it has evolved in nearly every direction you can imagine.
In the 90's we had ATM because the music was labeled as "druggie" music. Today ATM stands for "About the Money". It's no longer about the music IMO. It's just not fresh anymore because it is so commercialized. I can't think of one modern unifying track that is out today. Granted, I never followed the scene out in to the mainstream.
In the 90's we had anthems that weren't created to be anthems. They became anthems because the tracks were just so good. Today, "creating anthems" has become a genre all in itself.
Still, none of the music created to day will have the epic appeal of something like 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare. To name one. I think this one track is the Jesus Christ of techno music. Tell me, what one track will you put up today that in 20 years will be completely recognizable and get people up like nothing else? I guarantee you throw in bombscare remix with todays tracks on a high energy dance floor and you will see the energy level of that club jump a notch.
Btw, for old school fans, how many of you knew that Bombscare was ripped from this track produced a full 2 years before 2 Bad Mice?
And here is Carl Cox rip of that.
And someone asked about why old schoolers weren't still in.. uh they are..
and as far as beautiful music, you need to explore the old school trance genre. Case in point.
And yeah, orbital is still performing.
http://www.orbitalofficial.com/news.asp
and my personal favorite, still performing and still just as fresh.
And is techno bass still around?
Beautiful song.
and another anthem before anthems were anthems.
this another one if you throw out on a dance floor in 2012 will make people blush heh and yeah Josh Wink is still around.
and another one that will pull them out of the chill out room (do clubs still have those? lol) guaranteed.
