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In his interview with Resident Advisor, Techno Baron Dave Clarke turned to the problem of newer generation of DJ but also noted journalism as the problem and the solution.
Dave said that The newer generation of DJs seemingly don’t have so much compunction to stay loyal to a sound. They will move around as much as possible until they get to a point where they’re earning a load of money and doing high profile commercial gigs, and that’s the problem. EDM never went away. EDM filtered down to tech house, and tech house is EDM light. They all learnt from the marketing of EDM and how all that goes, and that’s where the problem lies. ,
Read his honest interview in full here.