 "Earlier this year a blank stare of disbelief swept over Melbourne’s dance community as news spread that after 11 years and nearly 600 consecutive Wednesdays later, the most enduring club in worldwide electronic music – Club Filter - would be closing forever," reported DJ Ides that same year in an online article at Australian music website inthemix.com.au.Filter was superseded in November 2003 by Jack the Basics, which was operated by another long running Melbourne techno outfit, the Melbourne Techno Collective.Despite some early success, Jack the Basics never managed to live up to its predecessor and was abandoned in late 2004.