As mike says a lot of people tend to 'pigeonhole' modern,anything from the 70's is regarded as modern,I've heard people complaining about Skip Mahoney,King tutt,Charles Johson etc as modern,they're not modern they're 25 year old northern oldies.As for Ace Spectrum and the futures if I heard those getting spun in a modern room,I wouldn't be going back there again.Perhaps we need three room events
One room for Northern
one for northern that's percieved as modern
one for proper modern
There are very few dj's that can play both rooms.Bob Hinsley is one of the few that can.
Pete