--- component <component@mindstorm.com> wrote:
quoted 3 lines Is it just me, or is it incredibly unprofessional
> Is it just me, or is it incredibly unprofessional
> for Cex to put private e-mails
> up for the public to view.
Well, the first one was kinda dumb, although it was
just him sharing what he thought was a joke. He got
permission for the slew between him and Warp, though -
if you read through the whole thing you see it asked
and given.
quoted 7 lines As for the cex's comment about the sun setting on
> As for the cex's comment about the sun setting on
> the warp empire, they
> are having an incredibly strong year with releases
> from Plaid, Square-pusher,
> Autechre and Aphex Twin on the horizon. The empire
> seems quite strong
> from the way I see it.
I don't think he's talking about their IDM-l cred, I
think he's talking about Warp's continued rise on a
larger scale. Like, his view has been that the
continued onslaught of releases doesn't matter to the
average population of indie people when the artists
continue to be so inaccessible. I don't know or care
whether that's true or not, but his beef isn't with
Warp's release schedule, but rather the image they
regularly employ (and have since the beginning) of
mechanical music shamens revered from afar. Doesn't
quite jibe with the typical hip-hop way of doing
things, where they are now getting their feet wet as
they continue to grow and expand.
I think Cex is generally wrong and over-reacting in
his view of "laptop music vs. real people music"; but
that's his thing and he's going with it. I still had
fun at the show I saw last March.
-Adam
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