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From:
Mark Barton
To:
david turgeon
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Date:
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:31:45 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) pooey on autechre..
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hi david, this isn't meant to sound like a challenge!! but i'd be interested in knowing which acts you feel are being obscured by the larger artists? cheers, mark. http://www.mp3.com/barkertrax
quoted 2 lines No offense, in fact after listening to ep7 four or five times I'd offer>> No offense, in fact after listening to ep7 four or five times I'd offer >> support to your reticence, but I thought I'd just point it out. Shall we
make
quoted 1 line pledges now to not buy the new Boards Of Canada album coming out in>> pledges now to not buy the new Boards Of Canada album coming out in
December,
quoted 16 lines just so we can be different?>> just so we can be different? > >actually, yes. there are many more interesting albums to buy, in my >humble & easily dismissable opinion. all of which get far less good >press than they deserve, while decent idm acts like boards of canada or >say bola get so overhyped they actually obscure other good music which >doesn't live by said hype. > >as a side note: supporting the same acts over & over regardless of what >they do just puts the entire music scene in stagnation & forces new >artists to imitate the 'current sound' to get a piece of hype >themselves. that's what you get from buying ae records out of habit, >rather than because you really like them. > >~ david >