Mr. Oskar Andersson writes:
quoted 9 lines c'mon.. purity as an artform? the very fact that u fear a>c'mon.. purity as an artform? the very fact that u fear a
>commercialisation of it kinda rules the 'purity' out, don't u think?
>even if electronica hit it big and was commercially interesting, the
>present scene wouldn't lose anything.. the small pressings would still
>work on the same basis. only difference would be that the artist would
>earn some money for a change, the public would gain access and that u
>couldn't spend your life thinkin' u were darn cool listening to
>electronica. if the scene survived it, i'd say we'd have ourselves a
>winner with a whole lot of 'purity'.
afo writes:
im sorry but i disagree... once anything (any kind of expression)
is brought into the mainstream and is "commercialised" it loses its
original quality of being pure, innovative, or groundbreaking...c'mon
when 3rd graders start totting blackdog lunchboxes to school
youll see what i mean (of course im making a gross exaggeration)
when i say purity im talkin bout the idea of how electronica
now exists beneath pop culture...its created for people that
are truely into the music, not for the hopeless trendies
riding the wave of something thats cool for now... artists know
this and honestly create brilliant innovative, provacative tunes
knowing their bona fide audience will respond...we're in it cuz we're
into it, not because its a cool thing to do for now.
if electronica gets pushed up into the mainstream the music
will lose its purity, it will be evently churned out quickly and
halfheartedly for the trendies, innovation and experimentation given
a back seat. itll become essentially a moneymaking "hip-nu-thing"
for entities like mtv, coke, (any huge label) etc. and again more trendies
will be brainwished into it becuz...its on mtv and coke commercials
...so its gotta be cool-un-dope.
quoted 2 lines and that u couldn't spend your life thinkin' u were darn cool listening to>and that u couldn't spend your life thinkin' u were darn cool listening to
>electronica.
i want to spend my life thinkin im darn cool and i want you to be darn cool
too Oskar...
thanks, but no thanks,,,
afo at mt.osikanawa design labs.1998