Well first off I don't think that the Photek release is that much of a let down. I would
like to have heard more rythm based stuff on the Royal Astronomy disc, but the
Kid Spatula record on planet mu, kinded quenched that. I personally, like it better
than Royal Astronomy, but I digress. Photek as at a level where I don't think that
he has to kiss label ass to get his stuff released, Modus Operundi really pushed his
career to the next level. I think that it was his personal choice to do the record the
way that he did.
Astralwerks and Skint aren't the same label, btw, Astralwerks just licenses skint
material, as they do with lots of other labels. As far as I know, Caroline is also
owned by Virgin, so the whole thing is just part of the corporate machine. Caroline
also distributes for a bunch of labels too. I would worry far more about Warp's
questionably taste as of late than to worry about how outside factors are going to
influence them
Rob
component records
www.mindstorm.com/component
----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin McDonald <warpfan@hotmail.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 1:43 PM
Subject: [idm] if was not said, i will
quoted 6 lines okay,
> okay,
> I don't think this has been addressed/or maybe it has:
> Is it me, or is Astralwerks killing the crap out of good artists? Last year,
> Paradinas released the biggest let down album of the year, this year, the
> prize goes to Photek. Is it just plain coincident that Astralwerks (skint)
> are the pushers of these two flops?quoted 52 lines Then, after watching and waiting for, -what has it been, 2 years?-photek
> Then, after watching and waiting for, -what has it been, 2 years?-photek
> decides to release a new album. "RAD!" people say, another twisted, sick
> beat album. Not really IDM, but we expect awesome stuff anyway because of
> the intelligent nature of his style of D&B. So, was i the only one let down
> when i went to the record shop to hear this new gem? the look of horror on
> my face when i heard (vomit-wince) house style vocals cracked up the entire
> store, who had gone through the same puke inducing realization that this
> once viable and creative artist had pulled a 'Royal Astronomy', with dreams
> of sound clips in Saturn commercials and soundtrack slots on NewLine horror
> flicks no doubt the cause of this Oakenfold ready crapper of a album. I BET
> MY LEFT BALL THAT ONE OF THESE TRACKS WILL BE ON A GLOBAL UNDERGROUND
> RELEASE SOMEDAY!
> my conclusion is this:
> ASTRALWERKS IS THE ROOT OF ALL COMMERCIAL EVIL IN AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC!
> Since the commercial success of Fatboyshit, with his ever present, annoying,
> bullshit of bubblegum beats and production, the company demands nothing more
> than "a hot seller". "no shit", you may be saying to yourself,"we knew about
> this all along. why should i care now?"
> this is why:
> Warp, who i am obviously a massive fan of, recently signed a contract to
> have their releases put out in America (yeaaaaaa!!) by caroline records
> (booooooo,hisss!!). Caroline=Astralwerks.
> This may be extreme, but i say we start a campaign to get warp out of this
> devil deal. not saying that warp artists will lose control over direction
> and personal style, but when Caroline cant move platinum numbers of, lets
> say Jamie Lidell _Muddlin' Gear_, what will they say to warp??? "you know,
> it doesn't sell because its not ACCESSIBLE enough" or "its TOO DARK for
> commercial success". The music label business is a big mofo, breach of
> contract sits well to U.S. courts. Caroline can claim that Warp is not
> filling its side of the deal by not providing a product that can sell. Ugly,
> it will turn.
> So, BE WARNED (hahaha_)!!
> If my language is harsh and abrasive, sorry, its a bitch of a time to live
> in (haha_), get your head out of your stuffy ass.
> be pissed about the manhandling of the arts in america, its the only way to
> enact a change.
> out
> benine
> "my escalator stops for no one"
> unread,unedited,rantedandsent
>
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