Back in the the, I think the ratio of good and crap, was in favor of good. You can almost blindly buy power electronics release 1980-2000, and trust it will be pretty good. Then 2000-2010, lots of good, but increasing amount of garbage. 2010-2020... hmmm... You have really good stuff coming, but need to be extra careful.
You can most likely expect, that regardless what content, what themes etc, you'll be hearing lame line-in home recordings, stupid imagination free electro-gadget sounds, flat silly digidistortion, dull shouting. Of course certain amount of great stuff emerges year after year, but while in history of music, generally new guys somehow pushed thing forward. Sound got harder. Sound got more intense. Sound progressed. Cumulation of knowledge and knowhow. And so on and on. And most of all, it was young folks, who stepped in and showed new level.
I think this element has shifted. Intellectually lazy perspective of "old guys not getting the young" is barely interesting, when it seems the surroundings and possibilities are far more dominating factors.
I think this was something talked about in recent White Centipede Noise prodcast. Capers talking how we have had enough of "c-20's" and now would be time for real albums. And was it the Heat Signature guys not being overly enthusiastic about the "bandcamp scene". And Phage kind of the same conclusions.
If you'd really aim for album, that someone will listen to, more than once. That it will be talked about, and being inspired of, even paid for. It may need, perfecting your craft for long time. That you even believe in it enough to invest X amount of energy and X amount of years, plus most often very limited resources. There is absolutely clear, strongly reeking spirit of disbelief towards own creations in a lot of material. And why there would not be? If one sees that certain kind of material emerges, when you push button of 25 euro korg and and feel that anyone, including you could do it, it'll be like equivalent of tiktok video. You got the tools, you want to belong, you want to do the same as the rest, but don't have idea or time or vision. Throw little more crap to internet and its enough for "creativity".
Like stuff in link above, example of anti-power electronics par excellence!
Some projects could probably craft their approach to be a bit more. It doesn't require much, theoretically. The realization what it could be, is meaningless if one doesn't make it happen.
