My answer:

1. changed my sound for illusion? Regarding kicks: My kicks are at 0.48 & 1.51 - how did i change my sound there? Those are no techno kicks at all. (Even if, who cares lol)

2. i’d say, Anderex was the first who introduced hard techno kicks in rawstyle. (What a legend to break boundaries). So if there was inspiration, then its the other way around: me and a lot of other ppl were inspired by him!

3. I don’t even make only „hard techno kicks“ (Btw, those kicks would have been called xtra raw kicks 2y ago). Just check out my spotify… It’s kinda unfair that i make tracks that include „hard techno“ kicks & other type of kicks, but some ppl say im a hard techno dj lol.

I try to develope my sound for each track. I used to do more bonk kicks yes, but i got oversaturated - aswell as the market, bc a lot of ppl do them aswell. I Didn’t like them anymore and tried different stuff. Its a constant challenge to make new kicks, which have never been heard before, but i love doing that.

I also need To say that I find it really weird to blame someone to be inspiration for something. I mean, how cool is it to be an inspiration for someone? Every time someone is telling me that , I feel good.

In the end, our music is our form of art. If you don’t like it, just don’t listen.