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From:
Andrew Duke
To:
Seth
Cc:
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Date:
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 22:02:53 -0400
Subject:
(idm) Re: (313) New Burnt Freidmann album on Scape label...
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Seth wrote:
quoted 13 lines At 12:17 AM -0500 1/11/00, Lance @ Inaudible wrote:> At 12:17 AM -0500 1/11/00, Lance @ Inaudible wrote: > >(snip) My only complaint is the length of this album which clocks > >in at just of 36 minutes. But for that short period of time, Just > >Landed is a deep groovy head-bobbing journey. Scape continues > >to impress. > > Actually, the real release will have one additional track, bringing the > total length to over 40 minutes. Apparently, a release does not qualify as > an album unless it exceeds 40 minutes (in Germany, at least, according to > GEMA). This affects royalties and pricing somehow. > > I remember back in the day when a good rock n roll album could be 32 > minutes! These days it's all about quantity, not quality.
***kim cascone talks about this (he calls it "container anxiety") in the interview with him posted recently on cognition: http://techno.ca/cognition talked about this with kit clayton recently too, but can't remember if it made it into the final versions (text and RA) on the iste. thanks. andrew duke
quoted 4 lines This electronic> This electronic > stuff is just too darn easy to make! > > Seth
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