“Five years ago, many journalists were poised to hammer the last nail into the coffin of house music,” we said in September 2011 ( 168), “but once again, rumours of dance music’s demise were greatly exaggerated.” House music is still very much with us today, of course, though its tropical strain has certainly tried our patience over the past few years.
Elsewhere, we asked if it was possible to future-proof your studio – if you’re still making music on the computer you had in 2011, we’re full of admiration – and rising star Emika bemoaned “the slow decline of vinyl”. That’s certainly been reversed over the past decade – in fact, the CD is now more of an endangered species.