From what I understand from the cosmic crofter's previous correspondance,
BoC do not want current music planned for the new album broadcast, as they
are paranoid about being ripped off before the album is released. In
otherwords, its a blanket ban on broadcast until their new album comes out.
Which is fair enough if you are a paranoid Scot.
----- Original Message -----
From: <AeOtaku@aol.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: (idm) Warp 10.3 Party
quoted 38 lines i think what that means is that warp will issue the damn thing on cd at
> i think what that means is that warp will issue the damn thing on cd at
> some point. just sit & wait, i guess. >>
>
> Well, on one hand it's extremely humorous, seeing as Warp is
> really making a value judgement on how good its artists are (it's
> okay for you to hear new Broadcast or Plone, but there's no
> way you get to hear new Boards of Canada), and on the other
> hand I think it's another example of how Warp jealously hoards
> the fact that they have a good deal of the "best" IDM artists. They
> release reportedly excellent AFX material as a cassette only
> for employees, they have the rights to BoC's entire back catalog
> and do nothing with it, they don't release Peel Sessions until a slew
> of CDR's gets them angry enough to do it, etc. etc. Meanwhile they
> punish us with atrocious releases like "Maximum Priest" or more from
> Jimi Tenor, Slum, John Callaghan, et al. Okay, so BoC are playing new
> tracks. Does that mean a single person on this list isn't going to
> buy the album? "Well, I've got some of it in Real Audio." AFX is DJing.
> Maybe he'll play records that are too cool for us. Just another overt
> example of what Warp thinks of their supporters. Even if they planned to
> release these shows on disc, which seems unlikely, I still don't think
> the short-term availability of Real Audio would stop people from picking
> it up. Frankly, I'm surprised they even sold tickets to these shows.
> But anyway, who cares, there is so much other good music out
> there that Autechre and the Boards just don't seem that important.
> The more music I hear the less I appreciate Autechre, although I
> still think the Boards do the melodic electronic thing as well as anyone.
> Hopefully Warp won't snag up anybody else, or it's all totally fucked.
>
> So nobody on this list went to the Warp 3 party? Haven't heard anything
> yet. Or is everyone still laying dormant after the blinding strobe lights?
>
> Matt
>
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