It reminds me of that video Sasha made to plug Involver 3 where he was standing in his garage with some kid (was it scuba?) talking about all the complex ableton drum programing they were getting into. Lots of layering of hits, phased hats, and constant panning, ex ex ex. He still seems to be very much focused on that style of production, and fair play if that’s what keeps his interest, but for me it does absolutely nothing. Furthermore, all of those ableton kits have plenty of Roland groove box samples in them, so it takes some effort to curate a label around tracks that clearly leave those sounds out. I have to assume he thinks they are over used/beaten to death, but for me the 909 hi hats are still the single most effective sound in all of dance, ambient electronic, or otherwise.
