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1999-11-23 04:32BigKumquat@aol.com<< We had originally received a DAT under the name Pole... enclosing a new e-mail address

From:: <BigKumquat@aol.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:32:35 EST
Subject:: (idm) pole imposter!

<< We had originally received a DAT under the name Pole... enclosing a new e-mail address for him (which turns out to be nonexistent)... After cutting the release, we tried to contact Stefan to send him a test pressing, but he wasn't in Berlin... we sent test pressings to HardWax... With production deadlines encroaching, we decided to press 200 copies which we began to mail out...>> Interesting that the label was completely unable to tell the difference between the actual artist's product and somebody else's imitation... Whoever happens to own an actual copy of this faux pas release...you really ought to perform some IDM-list community service and put up an mp3 of it. Or at least let people start bidding on it - do I hear $250? And if this is all just a Fat Cat publicity stunt...nice job! What does this say about the music of Pole? I like Pole, by the way, but I can understand how a clever dick could pull off a sly Pole imitation. Perhaps someone should sponsor an entire "Pole Imposter" compilation release. I'll contribute a track. First, let me bash my Akai AX-80 with a ball peen hammer and spill lager into it, so that it will produce unusal, unintended, yet strangely compelling crackly bleeps. - Fred Church http://www.thelocus.com/kumquat (free music for free people) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

1999-11-23 06:29Aaron S MichelsonHonestly, I don't see any reason why Fat Cat shouldn't release the record anyway, only emb

From:: Aaron S Michelson <asm2+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>, <BigKumquat@aol.com>
Date:: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 01:29:06 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) pole imposter!
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Honestly, I don't see any reason why Fat Cat shouldn't release the record anyway, only emblazoning each cover with a warning sticker that says "Major Faux-Pole". Ba dum. I mean, if it's a nice track, why shouldn't it see a release? I'd hate to see such ever-important contributors to the hypnotic groove be reamed by a calculating imposter. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, go through essentially the entire IDM backcatalog between 1993-96 and you'll find a thank you to Fat Cat listed on almost every sleeve..... it's quite astounding, actually. Aaron np: Sun Electric "Kitchen" (R&S) (oops, no fat cat, but there's a thanks to hardwax) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

1999-11-23 06:30Bill, Wrightand, of course, this would include ~11 non pole tracks and one "true" track which is a new

From:: Bill, Wright <wwright@mail.clemson.edu>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 01:30:54 -0500
Subject:: Re: (idm) pole imposter!
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and, of course, this would include ~11 non pole tracks and one "true" track which is a new, unreleased Pole track.....

quoted 4 lines What does this say about the music of Pole? I like Pole, by the way, but I

>What does this say about the music of Pole? I like Pole, by the way, but I >can understand how a clever dick could pull off a sly Pole imitation. >Perhaps someone should sponsor an entire "Pole Imposter" compilation release. >

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