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Don’t disagree. The problem is pots and pans is JC/Low T Progger speak for hats/rides/crashes and any other type of cymbal you can think of. As you correctly pointed out, the much lauded Blackwatch was actually a prime example of someone who banged one of the first nails into the prog coffin. Listen to any of that man’s top tunes and you will find a producer with a massive cymbal aversion. I’ve said it countless times, but it is worth repeating that prog abandoning the Roland groove boxes was one of the worst decisions the producers made.
Also, those who cry about pots and pans can end up quite enjoying it in the right context. Stef plays a lot of the class Detroit latin fusion style of techno. Nothing like a few horns and vocals to soften the blow of a 909 crash. The only other way to take it is into the Perc style of techno, that actually seems to be the dominant strain at the moment, which the same Low T sufferers will call Ear Bleed. The stuff that the Possession Techno crew are championing if far different to the class Detroit sound, imo, and I see that going down ever worse around here. Shlomo Taapion is getting massively popular at the moment, for any who feel like dipping a toe. I would love to go out and listen to this kinda shit, but I personally would never play it or try to produce it.
Anyone wanting something that has all of the above should check out Hecktor Oaks. He is one of my indisputable favorites at the moment, and completely on form right now.