quoted 3 lines Who or what is to blame? And how can we solve the problem>Who or what is to blame? And how can we solve the problem
>and get what we listen to (and what's played at raves) up in the
>charts?
I've been trying to stay out of this discussion but I can be silent no
longer. This point has me infuriated... Who says keeping techno out
of the charts is a PROBLEM!? First off, you don't say which charts
you're talking about, but I'll assume you mean the Billboard singles
chart. Well, there's only one way onto *that* chart - payola. And I
can't see anybody shelling out the $ required just to get Aphex Twin
on the Hot 100! If you don't believe me or don't know what I'm
talking about, read the book "Hit Men" by Fredric Dannen. It explains
everything you never wanted to know about the US record industry. Put
it this way: even Pink Floyd can't get on the chart without paying the
right people.
Charts are inherently bogus anyway. In the dance scene you have
magazine editors calling you up and negotiating what position you'll
appear at. Or you have DJ Top 10s which usually just list their
friends' records or even records that haven't come out yet and maybe
never will.
What I can't figure out is why you are so desperate to have music you
like validated by these creeps. Good music stands on its own.
Jon's Chart:
Cotton Club - Dowhatchawanna
System Exclusive - The Cat
Single Cell Orchestra - Unleashing The Horrors Of Some Of Our Great Power
Tranquility Bass - Broadcast Standard Series #1
Juno Reactor - Transmissions
Freaky Chakra - (white label)
Praxis - Sacrifist
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Higher Intelligence Agency - Colourform
Ramp - Rock The Discotek
/jon