On Wed, 26 Jun 96 "Paul.Spann" <spannpm@soc.plym.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 12 lines in the new issue of wire...and i'm not trying to spoil
>
>in the new issue of wire...and i'm not trying to spoil
>it for you all...there are interviews with luke vibert,
>tom jenkinson, and mike paradinas....nice three or
>four pages or so...rush out and get your copy if you can...
>
>couple of point from it...luke says he has struck a five
>album non-restricting deal with virgin (will that be
>high rise ala mike paradinas or science ala photek??)...
>and is this as plug (which is what the interview is touted
>as...in interview with plug)...mike says, if i remember correctly,
>that his stuff he is recording now is less melodic...
Well spotted that man... It was me wot did those interviews, but some
detail may unfortunately have been lost in the cut. To clarify:
Like Paradinas and Parkes, Luke has been 'given' his own label by Virgin,
which he's going to call Personal Stereo (!). It's actually for Wagon
Christ material rather than Plug, but I can't see Luke spending too much
time puzzling over what goes where and under what name.
Mike is signed to Hut/Virgin as Mu-Ziq (no mention of High Rise - not sure
if this still exists), which he's recorded some breakbeaty stuff for (much
heavier and funkier than anything previous, with Plug-style fiddly edits
and free-jazz samples). Hinted at an EP for this coming autumn/fall, and a
new Mu-Ziq LP next January - tho' I suspect this may change. He was more
expansive than I've known him to be before - spent half the interview
dissing Rx for their handling of the Bluff Limbo affair, but otherwise
seemed pretty happy with the way his life is shaping up. And with lots of
cash for mucking about in a bedroom studio, wouldn't you be?
Anyone having trouble obtaining the mag can get it direct from the address
below.
And while I'm on, I've got details of the next two SCRATCH events at The
Spitz in London - a collaboration between the Leaf Label, Lo Recordings,
and The Wire:
SCRATCH #3: Wednesday 17 July
7:00 Wire Sound System
8:30 Ganger (live)
9:15 Sons Of Silence (live mix)
10:30-12 Andrew Weatherall (Two Lone Swordsmen DJ set)
SCRATCH #4: Wednesday 14 August
7:00 Scratch Cinema: Locust 'The Sound... The Picture... Will Be'; Lo
Recordings 'X Dream Possibilities'; plus shorts by Funki Porcini, His Name
is Alive, etc etc - arrive early
8:45 Ian Penman (dub DJ set)
9:30 Squarepusher Vs Talvin Singh (live)
10:30-12 Mr Scruff (DJ)
The Spitz, 109 Commercial St, London E1. Tubes: Liverpool St/Aldgate East.
7pm-midnight. £5/£3. Venue 0171 247 9747.
Thanks to everyone who's made it down so far.
Rob Young
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