while i can definitely appreciate those who are into what the headliners of this festival bring to offer, at the same time, i do wish we could stop experiencing that “starting over” feeling constantly.

Thanks,
Eli

obviously the promoters have no issue with bringing someone in from germany in van dyk’s case – i would highly recommend they look at the city of berlin, see what’s actually going on there, and move their collective calendars forward about a decade.

the rusko of today is not even remotely the rusko of a couple of years ago. i would highly recommend looking at a youtube tutorial on how to make bro-step wobble bass – in fact, rusko’s future music is an entertaining and informative way to learn how extremely simple his music is and sadly has continued to be over the past couple of years.

rusko is on this tour partially to promote the upcoming MIA album which he produced a good chunk of, his upcoming work with britney spears, and ultimately his decision to move to the united states and focus more on pop-oriented production.

would i prefer to hear slow “dumb step”? do you consider martyn, scuba, joy orbison, dusk & blackdown, pinch, kode9, appleblim, shackleton, shortstuff & brackles, the entirety of the numbers, argon, L2S, 7even, applepips – or even domestic labels like formant or lo dubs – as slow “dumb step”? i don’t.

i’m going to venture a guess that none of you who have commented yet were around in the kc rave scene 5, 10, much less 15 years ago. i remember the ridiculous destruction caused partially by tranced out kiddies, generally unable to even count to four, flinging glowsticks around for a few minutes here and there whilst taking a break from drug scavenging for the night, and caused partially by promoters more than willing to capitalize on this idiocy in the name of money.

you all have a right to your own music tastes, and i hope you have a great time at this party. i sincerely do. but this whole thing means a lot more to me than just “having it off” for a night. the roots and the history of electronic music is a massive social movement of which “artists” like paul van dyk, bt, and rusko no longer have anything significant to contribute. the promoters here are doing a disservice to the people of kansas city by choosing irrelevant acts instead of giving you the opportunity to actually progress forward.

i’ve seen this city do better.

i’ve lived in the kc area my whole life except for about 9 months in pittsburgh pa. i spent the better part of the 90′s in the kc rave/underground dance scene as a dancer and later as a promoter (and dj if called upon).

this is a sham event in the eyes of the rest of the world. this is what is sold to the little kiddies who have yet to live life enough to know they’re being duped – yet sadly, it’s these same kids that would benefit so much from an artist or dj who is willing to challenge them beyond their comfort levels – and neither paul van dyk or bt will be doing that at this show.

if you guys want a truly great party, i highly recommend you start holding everyone as accountable in the kansas city dance music scene as you are me. promoters, djs, your friends, yourselves . . . it’s going to be on the whole of you to make this event enjoyable.

He’s incredibly fucking musical and his pieces are very expressive, if you can’t pick up that man it sounds like you’re the one not willing to actually Listen