On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Lenny Coltrane wrote:
quoted 4 lines If FE didn't exist, it's likely that the US's underground electronic scene> If FE didn't exist, it's likely that the US's underground electronic scene
> would actually have greater diversity; their politics have actually *kept* a
> large number of great acts from hitting our sh/stores. Never mistake FE as
> being anything other than what it is: moneymaker.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about and have no sense
of FE's history (like before they even carried your treasured IDM
labels).
I'd like you to name some great US underground acts which FE refused to
carry. Many people probably don't know this, but FE has actually been
manufacturing all Schematic and Chocolate Industries releases for the past
couple of years.
One thing I can tell you is that they refuse to carry CD-Rs and they
tend to only carry releases which come in pressings of at least 1000
(either that or 500, I can't remember), so maybe that's what you're
referring to in your statement regarding the US underground electronic
scene. They expect a certain level of professionalism from the labels they
deal with. If you wanna burn 100 CD-Rs of your music with Xeroxed art work
you can probably "distribute" those yourself.
FE does adhere to a general sort of aesthetic in that they basically only
carry music of a "non-commercial", "experimental" and obscure nature and
their stock does reflect Jimmy's preferences to an extent, but if you're
aware of another distributor which carries a more diverse and vast
selection of releases please let me know.
I think you'd actually have a much harder time finding all your obscure
IDM releases (and at decent prices) in the US had FE not existed. Places
like PJ's s://kimo and Other Music get at least 90% of their electronic
music stock from FE.
And, no, I don't work for FE.
Andrei
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