quoted 15 lines i realize there's no accounting for taste and that what's "good" amoun>> i realize there's no accounting for taste and that what's "good" amounts to
>> nothing more (or less) than what can be argued as such. but it makes me
>> wonder whether people actually listen to these records, or just collect
>> them. or is that the point...?
>
>I think you're being a little unfair here, although I do agree that
>apart from Soup the recent Skam output has been largely mediocre.
>
>Couldn't you insert any number of other record labels into your
>paragraph? e.g. Mego, Phthalocyanine, Chain Reaction, Rather
>Interesting? I don't see any alternative to following a label or artist
>whom you've liked in the past, given that there are so many releases.
>
>You may be right that people are buying some releases for reasons other
>than musical merit, but if so I don't believe that's restricted to Skam.
i can't speak for most of those labels as i've considered their output
mediocre from the start (and i reserve my rather interesting-bashing for
the atom heart list). however, the point stands: the artists and releases
on those labels are not discussed with the consistency and veracity that
skam artists and releases are. the alternative to following labels/artists
that you've liked in the past is calling bullshit on them when they release
inferior product. (hey, i bought the push-button objects EP too!), not
continuing to speak highly of them because, basically, they didn't totally
suck (that pbo comes close, tho).
i think my point is that a lot of great music is coming out that skam has
nothing to do with, and yet people continue to limit themselves to the
known. considering skam's recent ouput, i can only guess at their
motivation for doing so...let me put my money where my mouth is, though.
these are some of the releases that i think skam people would be very
interested in if they weren't so concerned about labels:
-- Funckarma, Funckarma EP (Djak-Up-Bitch)
-- Duplex, Duplex EP (Djak-Up-Bitch)
-- EOG, EOG EP (Djak-Up-Bitch)
-- Various Artists, Connecting Electro-nix Networks (Nature)
-- O.S.T., Fashion for Passion (Dial)
-- To Rococo Rot + D, s/t (Soul Static Sound)
-- Lowfish, Fear Not the Snow... (Suction)
-- Nobukazu Takemura, Meteor (Thrill Jockey)
-- Arovane, Icol Diston (Din)
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