I think 2000-08 was a magical time for music. lots of people I know were getting bored of 90s house and wanted something else and the internet democratised the whole production process so there were all these new ideas coming out on all these labels DFA, Get Physical, International Deejay Gigolos, Innervisions, Dissident, Compost Black etc etc and London was really exciting again for a while. I think minimal was a disaster though because the drugs changed and producers, djs and punters alike got lazy or lethargic. the whole way of putting on parties shifted to mini-festival formats too and I think that has affected the way people made tunes. i think also the fact that a lot of producers were getting older slowed tempos down a lot, so there was much more room to play with other genres in the mix. where things head next I don't know. there's loads of good music being made - finding it is the hard part..