quoted 9 lines 2. There could be an upswell of support and exposure from working with a>2. There could be an upswell of support and exposure from working with a
>larger >label. Warp enjoys an amount of credibility from the music
>industry that can be >exploited for their artists' benefit (sort of the
>reverse of how labels live >off the artists' work), especially in this
>time of flux as electronic music of >yet-to-be-determined-quality is
>getting more popular in America (and >consequently globally, natch). Warp
>could prove instrumental as a visible label >striking a standard of
>quality without compare (as they have done in the past), >B'cast being a
>worthy candidate.
actually, i think it's kind of interesting that, here in the states, more
"traditional" or "conventional" bands are scrambling to incorporate the
influence of "electronica" into their repertoire: trent reznor, the sea &
cake, trans-am, smashing pumpkins, flowchart, tortoise...even unwound (i
saw unwound offshoot long hind legs last night and they were absolutely
abysmal; early-'80s lo-fi new wave...bad new order interpreted by
post-sunny day real estate indie kidz, completely with crappy drum machine
and bad keyboard technique). meanwhile, over thar across the pond,
electronic labels and groups are scrambling to incorporate "traditional" or
"conventionally" instrumented influences into theirs: warp with jimi tenor,
red snapper, and now broadcast; mouse on mars cutting an ep with
stereolab's vocalists; aphex twin and locust moving into vocals;
underworld, lionrock, fat boy slim, et. al.
who's zooming who, here?
sc