as someone who was in the scene back when it hit i can say that the genre was limited from the begining and unfortunately artists figured out what people wanted to manage the drama of a set and they kept giving it and giving it and giving it until it was boring and predictable. the normies always want the most accessible music and edm couldn't help but want to appeal to normies. just look at swedish house mafia, they refuse to give up their gig and they still play the way they used to. the rest of the electronic music scene moved from dj sets into live performances and the remixing djs got old and tired. plus the glut of today media available meant that having anthems, which artists like armin were famous for died out. house in general is a somewhat limited genre. i grew tired of it as well and don't even listen to it anymore. now it's techno because there is so much more freedom in the genre.
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