At 02:26 AM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 7 lines What I really want to know is if Matador is selling many copies of all>What I really want to know is if Matador is selling many copies of all
>these (relatively) obscure electronic releases. They really haven't
>gotten much US press (I mean, who gives a fuck about Burger/Ink?) and they
>don't have the fanbase of Matador's indie rock. Most of my Matador indie
>rock lovin friends don't know a damn thing about "indie" electronic
>music--they know the Chems and the Prodigy and Aphex, but not Autechre or
>anything even slightly more obscure.
I don't know. All my indie rock friends are way into weird idm-ish stuff
too. I know quite a few people who love Belle & Sebastian as much as they
like, say, Autechre or pan sonic. I suppose this phenomenon varies with
your area, though, and I admit that the idm fanbase is, in my experience,
way smaller. And the crossover is kind of weird, considering how different
the musics are.
Who gives a fuck about Burger/Ink? Probably the same number of people who
care about Fuck.
np: belle & sebastian: TBWTAS
-jerremy