This is not necessarily me passing judgment on the quality of music but the reality that many people miss. Even Seth himself I believe as he states he doesn’t know what needs to change in this current scene. I have always said that the “current” underground form of techno/tech house gets a pass unlike festival electro hard dance EDM because it is underground and anything not commercial is cool. However, all of the above genres are still extreme forms of dance in a sense that the average music listener of either genre are at odds with the other.
Underground techno/tech house acts calls for the EDM bubble to burst but they give themselves a pass. But not Seth. However, since they are both forms of extreme dance, it is only reasonable that an extreme version of anything isn’t sustainable. What is sustainable is the mid-line form of any genre within dance that can take elements from either extreme side and create a bridge. What is sustainable is a party like previous years when the night develops from deeper sounds leading up to bigger and harder beats and ending off with deeper darker/after hour sounds- the essence of a journey. This can virtually apply to any genre and its sub-genres.
But now, there is an identity crisis in that after-hour tunes are replacing peak hour or pool/day events. There is no sense of atmosphere in which music is properly paired with the setting and timing. Terrace sunset happy sets are being replaced by dark dubby slow techno/tech house where we should be rejoicing the rising of the sun with vocals and purity.
Also, the mid-line artist from huge non-radio labels that produce the housey vocal sounds, specifically for nightclubs with instruments, and that can crossover from dark to progressive, are being pushed back and find themselves playing either EDM events or techno dirty beats. They are limited due to the over saturation of techno/tech house vs Anthem/festival EDM events. The in-between music like shown below, although still being made, suffers big time. It should be where we should all be able to live as one not have any 1 or 2 genres saturate 1 scene. Music like below has major crossover appeal even to mature adults but is considered too poppy by underground acts and too deep for commercial acts.
And this is why Seth and the owner of Cocoon Ibiza are saying the following:
Here is a chopped version to go straight to what they are saying.
Seth Troxler: "Techno/Tech House is over saturated" IMS Ibiza panel @42:35
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/3076153
Cocoon Ibiza Yanis: The underground bubble bursted in Ibiza. "Underground is still niche and can't be mainstream in Ibiza"” @ 48:00
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/3076838
Here is the full video
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