On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Alec McKay wrote:
quoted 7 lines Noticed some things about the increasing profile of electronica in
> Noticed some things about the increasing profile of electronica in
> the mainstream.
>
> 1) I noticed in a Vibes record store that a CD was coming out next Tuesday
> which was called something like "MTV - Amp artists". Anyone have an idea
> who will be on it?
>
I got a postcard from awerks/caroline and they list
Chemical Brothers
Fluke
Underworld
The Future SOund of London
Photek
Aphex Twin
Orbital
Tranquility Bass
Goldie
Prodigy
Josh Wink
The Crystal Method
Atari Teenage Riot
I suspect that the tracks will be ones that actually have videos --
which would mean that the tracks would be:
Setting Son/Born Slippy/We Have Explosive/?/On(?)/The Box/(?)
Inner City Life/Firestarter/Higher State of Consciousness/(?)
Somthing Godawful
respectively. It is a great way for Astralwerks to make some cash
to squander on up and coming artists, but I doubt that it will be
anything an IDM lister will have trouble living without. Either
you hae the original record the track came from or you hate the artist.
That being said, there could be worse introductions to electronica.
I'm waiting myself for them to hire DieselBoy to host "Yo! MTV Junga!"
so he can mack like Eric on the Grind.
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