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Anyone think the Aphex interview in the latest =URB= (the one with the Kool Keith cover) was a bit...I dunno, terrible? Not to mention, there's a suspicious resemblance between Tamara Palmer's article and my own AFX biography, written nine months ago for the All-Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com). Compare two excerpts if you will... All-Music Guide - He was born in 1971 in Cornwall, England, and began taking apart electronics gear as a teenager. (Just do the math on the title =Selected Ambient Works 85-92= -- his first recordings were made at the age of 14.) ~ John Bush URB - From the outset, his premiere collection =Selected Ambient Works 85-92= -- do the math to find out how old he was in '85 -- boasted the promise of an exceptional recording career...[Later]...as a teenager in the English town of Cornwall... Now, from my bio, your average URB writer might be led to believe that Cornwall is a village in England, not an entire county (equivalent to an American state). I've hardly been a fan of =URB= before, but this is approaching criminal. (Not to mention the terrible expanded record reviews -- did they crib from old issues of =Muzik= or something? DJ Cam has released a whole 'nother album since =Mad Blunted Jazz!= They are better than they used to be (at least they found the space to mention Dot and Aux 88/Ectomorph/Jeff Mills/DJ T-1000) but it's still a third-rate imitation more than anything. Comments?

At 5:54 AM -0700 6/10/97, John Bush wrote:

quoted 15 lines Anyone think the Aphex interview in the latest =URB= (the one with the Kool

>Anyone think the Aphex interview in the latest =URB= (the one with the Kool >Keith cover) was a bit...I dunno, terrible? Not to mention, there's a >suspicious resemblance between Tamara Palmer's article and my own AFX >biography, written nine months ago for the All-Music Guide >(http://www.allmusic.com). Compare two excerpts if you will... > >All-Music Guide - He was born in 1971 in Cornwall, England, and began >taking apart electronics gear as a teenager. (Just do the math on the title >=Selected Ambient Works 85-92= -- his first recordings were made at the age >of 14.) ~ John Bush > >URB - From the outset, his premiere collection =Selected Ambient Works >85-92= -- do the math to find out how old he was in '85 -- boasted the >promise of an exceptional recording career...[Later]...as a teenager in the >English town of Cornwall...

First off, I have to say I have a couple of reviews in this issue of Urb, take that as you will. (and no, I didn't crib out of old issues of Muzik - I merely restated label press releases...) =) I think you're reading a bit finely. The only close similarity is the 'do the math' phrase - everything else is pretty much what you'd expect in an opening paragraph on any article - the most basic, general information. Urb's not fantastic, but no scene mag I've read is. Urb seems to try and cover the entire underground dance music scene, from reggae to hip-hop to techno to jungle, which is a wide range keep a handle on. It seems that all dance music magazines have deficiencies in one area or another, however. Hmm, actually Immerse seemed pretty cool, but I've only seen one issue - not enough to judge by. Joe (:Joe Rice:___________:ambient@netcom.com:___________:joe@justiceleague.com:) (:"Oh, the turntables are his instruments!" :) (:"But I can't tell what sound that record is making!" :) (:"I know! He puts them on and off and you never know! I've never seen :) (: anything like it!" :)