quoted 21 lines At 17:55 31/05/00 +0000, mr robinson wrote:
>At 17:55 31/05/00 +0000, mr robinson wrote:
>
>>Yeah, you're right about Rephlex's contrasting releases, I think they
>>really do care about what they release so much that they're like releasing
>>these 'red herring' or 'joke' releases so as to look like they're not up
>>their own arse like a lot of labels end up doing which is not cool
>>really... that Ovuca 'King Stacey' is a belting release, but then I know
>>that the release or so after that will probably be taking the piss like
>>that Bodenstandig 2000 pile of shit which I just never listen to, same goes
>>for that L'ektrogirl - now that must be a spoof, funny though, you've got
>>to see the funny side though. There seems to be a pattern forming... In
>>the early days of Rephlex all the releases were consistently brilliant, now
>>they're few and far between, shame. Waste of money. But I still buy their
>>stuff... they know that the 'completists' among us will buy it, so they use
>>that to their advantage. Maybe Rephlex will realise this and hopefully
>>change the pattern again when it starts getting predictable...
>
>sorry, but i have to, at this point, jump to the defence of rephlex. the
>seriousness of 'the wire' and certain stuff isn't all some of us listen
>to.. i don't know if you might have considered that maybe those rephlex
>peeps actually LIKE the records they release? *shock*.
Doh! Maybe they release them cos' they're knowingly shit? *shock* Anyway,
why do you have to 'defend Rephlex' to a loyal Rephlex fan? Uh?
quoted 4 lines i haven't heard the lektrogirl album, but the bodenstandig 2000 album was
>i haven't heard the lektrogirl album, but the bodenstandig 2000 album was
>one of my very favourites of last year! it reminds me that there are people
>in the world who are capable of actually not following the crowd, and maybe
>just fucking a bit of shit up here and there.
Most of use can create shit tracks, but Bodenstandig were lucky enough to
get them released. :)
quoted 7 lines as for you argument about people buying rephlex releases to be
>as for you argument about people buying rephlex releases to be
>'completists'..? what the fuck..? if people are gonna be anal enough to go
>and buy records that they don't like just because it's cool to own all the
>rephlex catalogue then i don't think they are really in any position to
>complain about what gets released!! next you are gonna want to buy the
>japanese imports too because they've got different catalogue numbers, and
>your collections might not be complete without those catalogue numbers.
You're barking up the wrong tree here in getting all defensive and all
that, people have a right to complain as consumers so you're wrong there.
In buying Rephlex stuff you buy it in the hope of something very different
to the mainstream, if it turns out you don't like it it doesn't mean that
you're 'anal' for not liking it? Uh? You don't make sense... The bottom
line is there are a lot of us on the list who buy nearly everything a
particular label releases cos' we like the majority of their stuff. People
should speak up if they don't like something, otherwise the label might
carry on releasing the wrong records and start to lose sales. It's just
pure business sense, did you ever study economics?
quoted 3 lines rephlex DO release consistantly good and exciting records.. and i love them
>rephlex DO release consistantly good and exciting records.. and i love them
>for it. i don't own the whole back catalogue though, so i presume i can't
>be in your gang.
"I can't be in your gang"? WTF! Don't be silly, chill out, I've been
buying Rephlex records from just about day one! I still buy their stuff, so
I think you can say I DO like what they're releasing! All I was saying was
they release the odd shit record these days, but don't most labels?
Over and out..
<PMR>
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