Dave Clarke has posted his thoughts on this now:
Eric Prydz vs Ben Sims
A few days ago people were dm’ing me to get involved, but I didn’t see much of a point as guardian of techno (and the only person I have ever seen convincingly rock 3 vinyl decks consistently) Ben Sims dealt the blow and from the heart swiftly and humanely (considering).
I will say this though Eric is not wrong, but only not wrong from his context. Eric will only play at exceptionally commercial events and the “techno” he will view is formulaic, lack lustre and not what myself or Ben would call Techno. The problem is not Eric Prydz, a person who (for those here that are unaware of his existence) became famous due to a video of aerobic butts shimmering to a worn out cliche of a groove, but what “Techno” is now. He refers to what people in the general public think it is as he is part of that same demographic but with a longer history. Until “Business Techno” is not seen as the true heir to the techno heritage this will always be a problem, but there is way too much money involved which turns people , way too many venture capitalists involved.
Big up to Ben as ever.
