I can understand the two Jega albums being unavailable is the US, due
the Matador deal, but why is Type Xero also off limits? I mean, if
Matador has plans to reissue it, I'm all for that, but I don't see
that happening. What gives?
Maybe I should just ask the folks at Bleep.
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:26:54 +0300 (EEST), esa ruoho <esaruoho@dlc.fi> wrote:
quoted 48 lines altho they claim they gots all the vinyls on there.. well, where are the> altho they claim they gots all the vinyls on there.. well, where are the
> two 12"s by vibert??
>
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>
> Planet Mu On Bleep
> 16 / 07 / 2004
>
> Planet Mu is the label set up and managed by Mike Paradinas (aka Mu-Ziq)
> Home to the likes of Venetian Snares, Remarc, Jega, Luke Vibert and
> Mu-Ziq himself, Planet Mu has released music from of all styles and
> genres.
>
> The entire catalogue is now available through Bleep. Thanks to Mike's
> archive searching over the last couple of months, even the very rare
> vinyl-only releases are now here in high quality audio. On top of that,
> there are several releases that now feature bleep-only bonus tracks.
> Anything missing is solely due to licensing restrictions, eg The Remarc
> and Hellfish releases, and some Capitol K.
>
> -------------------------
> Planet Mu was originally conceived in 1995 as an "imprint" on Virgin
> Records (aka Hut Recordings in UK or Astralwerks in US) on which to
> release µ-ziq and then possibly in the future, other artists as well.
> And lo, in 1997, the "Mealtime" compilation by various artists was
> released on Planet Mu/Hut Recordings (aka Virgin Records) featuring
> Jega, AFX, Elton Fastbrook & etc to much critical acclaim, but it didn't
> really cut it for the Virgin paymasters who weren't really used to
> distributing those sorts of artists (ie not the Spice Girls) worldwide
> and didn't how to know market it, let alone sell it. Which is why it's
> quite hard to find these days. Anyway:
> This prompted Mike Paradinas to set up Planet Mu independently of Virgin
> in 1998, independently distributed through those fine people at SRD. The
> first independent release was (in June 98) Jega's Type Xero EP (ziq001),
> the rest is history.
>
> Planet Mu Site
> Excellent Discography and a legendary messageboard.
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