That's actually a damn fine question and its been running through my mind
since the day of neferiu's creation over a year ago - what the hell is it
that im trying to do? As far as what ive been able to learn, its been to
bring out something new. With so much out there and so much left
undiscovered, the ultimate goal, for at least neferiu, is to open the eyes
of both the hardcore enthusiasts of this music and of the average joe. So
many of these newer labels tend to make themselves sound like they cater to
the elite. Like only those with this divine knowledge will understand the
truth that they have to bring to the universe. I think its just
self-righteous bullshit, because there is no entire knowledge of any
particular style or genre... Each artist, whether they bring one track to a
label, or a fucking box set, was selected because they righteously represent
that labels vision towards the true definition of what this music is and
what it is meant to be.
I agree entirely with what you say with labels becoming a dime a dozen and
the inconsistencies with artists/compilations, but I mean the whole idea in
itself is growing so rapidly, I think the concept of a label is actually
being redefined. There's a lot of fear in the whole thing because
electronic music moves so rapidly that its hard to plan success or failure
on anything put out.. Perhaps its just the label sticking to a tried and
true method, as they're afraid of adapting or defining new grounds.
And I suppose when it comes to what i get out of it or what keeps me
devoted - is that im learning shit constantly. Like im in a school of my own
creation. With fucking expensive tuition..
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-----Original Message-----
From: Soel Griffin [mailto:xnoybis@priest.com]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 1:13 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] Labels/labelhopping
Recently, it seems that everybody(not just in the idm world, either)thinks
it's a good idea to start a label. Why? There seems to be no real diversity
between most of these new labels. Their compilations are all starting to
look the same(with many artists who aren't even on the label,except for
their track on said comp.) Imo, it's just not good for this "scene."(that's
what it is; we are on the idm list after all.) Maybe someone can enlighten
me...
Soel.
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