quoted 2 lines Can anyone confirm or deny this post from the>Can anyone confirm or deny this post from the
>autechre ng?
Yes, there appears to be truth to it. FatCat sent
me this press release with its latest package. Label
head Dave Howell doesn't seem like the kind of guy to publish
false information just to mess with heads. FatCat
apparently lost a lot of money because of this prank.
He seemed genuinely angry about it.
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool
Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org
np: khan- passport [matador]
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>From: Kenny Johnson <kenny@eidosnet.co.uk
>
>...and a very odd press release.
>
>Here's the jist of it (slightly edited because I can't be bothered
>typing it _all_ out):
>
>
>*Pole imposter forces withdrawal of Split 12" (Pole v Jim Plotkin)*
>
>Having mailed out a small quantity of initial promos of the above
>release, Fatcat have been temporarily forced to withdraw the release.
>
>...we began to hear rumours ... that Stefan Betke (Pole) was extremely
>unhappy with the release & wanted it pulled. As far as we were
>concerned, we had conducted ourselves perfectly as a label, so were
>bewildered and confusedas to there being any problem. We had originally
>received a DAT under the name Pole... enclosing a new e-mail address for
>him (which turns out to be nonexistent)... After cutting the release, we
>tried to contact Stefan to send him a test pressing, but he wasn't in
>Berlin... we sent test pressings to HardWax... With production deadlines
>encroaching, we decided to press 200 copies which we began to mail
>out...
>
>Shocked to hear there was a problem, we contacted Stefan... The outcome
>is that neither of the two tracks we had cut were actually recorded by
>him(!!), that in fact he had not sent anything. The conclusion we have
>to draw is that someone has pulled a very costly scam on both Pole and
>FatCat. Having spent over a thousand pounds on the release, this action
>affects us directly as individuals (the cost involved means that we
>won't be getting paid this month). Fortunately we were able to recall
>the bulk of the pressing... the total amount mailed out is just 30 or 40
>copies.
>
>Initially, all the evidence pointed to the prank-heavy axis of V/VM
>...
>we contacted them... they denied any involvement... we are willing to
>believe they are not involved... V/VM have been victims of scams
>themselves recently...
>
>....
>The Pole track has been finished... the release date has been
>rescheduled for next spring...
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