On Thu, 3 May 2001, Michael Stein wrote:
quoted 5 lines I personally always thought they were an essential part of Warp's past. Are
>
> I personally always thought they were an essential part of Warp's past. Are
> they still associated with the label, or is it just that no-one is
> interested in them or inspired by them?
>
There have been various rumours circulating around regarding B12. First
of all, Clair (of Clear and deFocus fame) asked a long time ago if anyone
was interested in seeing the B12 back catalogue repressed. I think a lot
of people responded, but that hasn't amount to anything as of yet. I
replied to Clair's e-mail (you can probably find it in an IDM archive
somewhere).
Second, the last time I was in contact with Clair she stated that there
would be some new B12 material on deFocus at some point. I've been waiting
with my tong under my belt for it to happen - to no avail. B12 have
performed at the deFocus night on 25 June 2000 (just a DJ gig, though),
see
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/focusmusic/messagesearch?query=b12 for
details. (Please don't mind my incessant demands for information on the
possibly forthcoming B12 release on the label:).
Of course these are just rumours (except that I've been a part of them
and in direct contact with Clair and gotten some information that could be
deemed as valid), yet I'm a bit flabbergasted by all this. B12 (amongst
others) have always represented the earliest and most influential part of
IDM history (both musically and list-wise). I have spent an arm and a leg
to get hold of all their releases (I'm missing only two). I'd be rather
disappointed if there was no follow-up to e.g. ``3EP''.
They have a website at Obsolete, though nowadays it's really, really out
of date (though there are mentions of B1215 and B1216, with confirmed
tracks, even - to be released somewhere in mid 1996). Check it out at
http://www.obsolete.com/b12/1st-frame.html . (Last update 25 July 1996.)
I'm still hopeful, though.
Cheers,
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nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org
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