At 13:04 13/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 20 lines On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, [iso-8859-1] Rich Baker wrote:>On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, [iso-8859-1] Rich Baker wrote:
>
> > Andrei seyz: And plus people like Aphex and Autechre sell
> > tens if not hundreds of thousands of records worldwide...
>
> > Anyone have figures or links for what the big acts
> > sell? Chain Reaction type records? If you are a well
> > known artist making music discussed on this list
> > what's a good run for an album? I thought this whole
> > thing was more obscure? I guess big enough as BoC on
> > Jockey Slut cover and all, hmmm... I always thought
> > sales were more in the low thousands... A big record
> > can really make an indie label then?
>
>Well, I think Aphex is definitely more of an exception, but I'm sure some
>of his stuff has reached the 100,000 mark, at least. I don't think he'd be
>able to make videos like "Come To Daddy" and "Windowlicker" if he didn't
>have some serious backing from his label. I remember seeing an interview
>with him where he said he was "loaded" and I don't think he was refering
>to alcohol or drug intake.
this is correct.. RDJ sells LOADS of records.. c'mon! wake up.. it's not
just us IDM kids.. aphex has always been playedin the UK on shows like the
evening session, which means appealing to the indie kids, but also you've
got the entire spectrum of dance music who respect RDJ for being
'different' or 'weird' or whatever.. this guy is a genius and it frequently
amazes me how many people have stuff like selected ambient works in their
record collections.. and these are people who just listen to moby or
whatever.. didn't windowlicker get to like number 3 in the UK singles chart
or something silly ? but then we all know u dont make much cash on
singles..it's the albums that count.
quoted 2 lines I imagine BOC do well also. They have a lot of appeal with the indie rock>I imagine BOC do well also. They have a lot of appeal with the indie rock
>crowd.
correct... music has the right.. i think wasn't a big seller in the
beginning (although it wasn't exactly small!) but it was one of those
albums which would have achieved a large number of sales, especially
internationally, over a period of time.. sufficient enough to build BOCs
profile to something huge!! i'd be surprised if they hadn't sold over 100k
of records..
indeed.. a big record can make an indie label HUGE.
tom x
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