[rigonkulous]

>He hasn’t done anything new since Pretty Hate Machine.

As an electronic musician myself, I actually find myself agreeing with you - and I've been a fan of Trent since the beginning; lets say, envious of him from the very beginning, admittedly, also.

I think he has found a formula that brings industrial electronic synth-/picture- heavy art to the masses in a pretty clinical way.

I blame, as always in such cases, Trents' GAS. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)

The degree to which an electronic musician sanitizes their gear, and actually more to the point: how often they do it, heavily maintains my interest in them, as a fan and as a musician.

Electronic artists who treat every single album as a chance to wipe the slate and plug in new things, are favoured in my camp. I especially like it when things go backwards and forwards - i.e. albums don't just keep getting Better Than Before™.