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From:
david turgeon
To:
William Van Loo
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Date:
Thu, 27 May 1999 11:10:22 -0400
Subject:
Re: (idm) funny Pole review
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quoted 2 lines I don't mean to step on your opinion, but I find it curious considering that:> I don't mean to step on your opinion, but I find it curious considering that: > 1. Tomas Jirku sounds much like the Berlin techno you describe
call me biased, but i sincerely think tomas is better than most chain reaction stuff i've heard, & even pole. the compositions are warm & alive, rather than being just exercises in sound.
quoted 1 line 2. notype released the Tomas Jirku record> 2. notype released the Tomas Jirku record
& quite proudly, too.
quoted 3 lines 3. you run notype> 3. you run notype > 4. you post this critique of a sound that one of your label's artists sounds > like.
ahh, so i'm not entitled to my opinions because i run a label? :) i think there's way too much minimal techno that's done & that most of it isn't up to par. it is, obviously, my sole opinion, based on turning down lots of new ultra-hip records because i thought they had nothing to them, just a repetition of the oh so famed berlin (& i guess koln) sound. then again, i don't find the boringness of minimal techno that appaling. it's actually quite nice; a total absence of obnoxiousness or something. very soothing. but not my taste, for the most part.
quoted 3 lines Comments? For the record: I really like the Tomas Jirku record on notype. And> Comments? For the record: I really like the Tomas Jirku record on notype. And > I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm honestly curious what your take on this > situation is, David.
i just happen to like & dislike very different things, & not based on genre but on artists. the artists on no type all make music i like listening to. that's why they're on the label. i should also mention that i don't consider any artist to be a sacred cow & that i like making fun of music which is held as such by many. hope that clears it up. :) -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com