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From: "Brian O. Bozarth" <bb2j+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: idm@techno

quoted 2 lines i'm still trying to figure out why when a brilliant album comes out it gets

>i'm still trying to figure out why when a brilliant album comes out it gets >no coverage at all if it has breaks. well. go figure.

I think a lot of the breakbeat artists go largely unsung by the masses mainly because they don't have any (or many) albums out and largely produce singles.. Anyway, I would agree there are a number of breakbeat artists out there which are pretty good..I just recently was able to hear the lucky spin backcatalogue thru my friend damian. Pretty cool stuff..I think a lot of the popularity with orbital vs. breakbeat artists has to do with the distribution elements going on, promotion, and the fact that orbital's material goes largely to the consumer masses where as many of the breakbeat artists goes to DJs. NME and Melody Maker do largely give ambient/idm bands the most coverage..although their was an article on Reinforced this week... Also, breakbeat has the stigma of being 'not for everyone'.as a lot of people I know who are into techno but absolutely abhor breakbeat..I however like it I just wish some of the labels would put out up to date comps... I hear Suburban Base just created an off-shoot label to do just that. I think the argument of "Orbital will elevate breakbeat" vs. "Orbital doesn't know jack about breakbeat" vs. "Breakbeat sucks..why is Orbital doing it?" is rather speculatory...and premature. A lot of trance cuts..I'm hearing lately incorporate breaks in a few measures..but aren't excactly breakbeat. Just wait for the album and write a review.. just my thoughts brian/lunatik