On Sun, 8 Oct 1995, Alan M. Parry wrote:
quoted 10 lines On Sun, 8 Oct 1995, Graydon Hoare wrote:>
> On Sun, 8 Oct 1995, Graydon Hoare wrote:
>
> > So far all I can say about FAX (from the few releases I've listened to)
> > is that it's a little tricky to know what you're getting into. With
> > comps, other labels, or even individual artists with a consistent
> > schedule, you can look the thing over with some sense of what sort of
> > sound is going to be on it. FAX is about as oblique about the artist &
> > style as they can get, which is annoying if you're looking for something
> > within that stack of 115 ;)
I was thinking about doing something like this myself. Just a quick guide
to style of each CD release and a quick 1-5 star review to help with
prioritizing purchases or whatever. There's really nothing like this on the
Fax page that has this sort of info in one place that's quick and easy to
access. Although the page is fantastic. I've allready done the ratings, just
need to find the time, and work on descriptions of styles if I decide to
do it (that's the hard part!)
quoted 4 lines My take on fax, from the somewhat limited exposure I've had, runs somewhere> My take on fax, from the somewhat limited exposure I've had, runs somewhere
> down the middle. Certainly there is some good stuff in there, its just
> obscured by the many others CDs that I dont particularly enjoy. I'd have
> to say Dreamfish was one of the highlights for me.
I don't think anyone is expected to like every release (with 115 CD's how
could anyone?) :) I would say the average person who likes ambient/idm
might like 20-50% of the releases. This is true with many other
labels but especially Fax just because of the nature of the label.
The Fax fanatics probably like 80-90 percent, the fans but not fanatics
probably like 60-70 % of the releases. then there are the Fax haters who say
90% or more sucks. This point of view I just have a hard time
understanding since there is so much varience of styles on this label and
so many releases that I would think anyone who likes ambient or idm would
have to like more than this, but for whatever reasons they've decided Fax
sucks. Oh well, their loss.
Tony