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quoted 37 lines I'm throwing in a resounding "me, too" with Lance on this one.

> I'm throwing in a resounding "me, too" with Lance on this one. > > Chain Reaction, even if you can't stand them, should be at least recognized > as ( Lance words, mine agreed ) a "groundbreaking dance music label." > The artists, with their original base in Basic Channel not only have > innovated a lot > of techno music but also have paved their own style and feel, which though > critics have coined it as " heroin house" I would'nt say it is "sub par > minimal house". > I've heard *shitloads* of sub par mimimal house, and BC ain't it. > > What really alarms me about Joshua's 1st post (below) refelects a common > insistence that if you > like one kind of music, you probably would'nt like another, which is utter > crap. > > Case here: > > You mention and recommend Koner's solo ambient work while dissuading a > recommendation > for the BC/CR work. At the closing of your email, you mention that "if your > listening to the sea and cake, > i don't think you want that stuff..." This, to me is frightening. > > I own every single solo Koner CD as it is some of my favorite current > ambient music. I rave it > and recommend it to the ambient list on occasion when his name comes up. I > also have enjoyed > and have picked up as much BC/CR as I can (afford) over the years as I see > it as an incredible > sound and an invaluable body of work. I also, just last year... a bit > late, discovered The Sea > and Cake and found them to be most enjoyable. > > Have I broken some rule where if you like one thing you can't like another > unless it's the same > style of music?

peter, for chrissakes, get over yourself. "frightning"? you'd think i was propogating the most god-awful ignorant blasphemes. to call me ignorant for reccomending someone something because he likes similar music is just plain stupid. chain reaction is expensive stuff, and if i'm going to recommend something to someone i feel that it's a safe idea to purchase something similar to what they listen to, and then if they enjoy it to seek out the rest of the label. to reccomend something just because "it's groundbreaking" is rather lame, and pretentious of the rest of you. the person whom i reccomened porter ricks/thomas koner to, was unfamiliar with the label, and personally, because he did mention that he was listneing to the sea and cake, i belive that what i directed him towards is something he would appreicate. it's typical, i express my feelings about a label that i am very familiar with, and dislike and all fans yell at me. it's pointless. i'm not going to change my opinion of them, i recognize their accomplishments, and i still don't like them. i'm not going to argue about this anymore. you guys like chain reaction/basic channel. I do not. we both have valid reasons for both of our opinions. we are both entitled to these opinions and should not be chastised for expressing them. i'm not arguing about this, as it will go nowhere. i dismiss this issue. if must argue with me, do it in private so no one else has to hear the bickering. -joshua...

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Joshua Reuven wrote:

quoted 1 line similar music is just plain stupid. chain reaction is expensive stuff,

> similar music is just plain stupid. chain reaction is expensive stuff,

i dont want to drag this out, but 5 or 6 dollars for a 12' is not expensive. nine bc 12's cost maybe 45 dollars and they fill up four cdrs. cl

quoted 37 lines I'm throwing in a resounding "me, too" with Lance on this one.

> I'm throwing in a resounding "me, too" with Lance on this one. > > Chain Reaction, even if you can't stand them, should be at least recognized > as ( Lance words, mine agreed ) a "groundbreaking dance music label." > The artists, with their original base in Basic Channel not only have > innovated a lot > of techno music but also have paved their own style and feel, which though > critics have coined it as " heroin house" I would'nt say it is "sub par > minimal house". > I've heard *shitloads* of sub par mimimal house, and BC ain't it. > > What really alarms me about Joshua's 1st post (below) refelects a common > insistence that if you > like one kind of music, you probably would'nt like another, which is utter > crap. > > Case here: > > You mention and recommend Koner's solo ambient work while dissuading a > recommendation > for the BC/CR work. At the closing of your email, you mention that "if your > listening to the sea and cake, > i don't think you want that stuff..." This, to me is frightening. > > I own every single solo Koner CD as it is some of my favorite current > ambient music. I rave it > and recommend it to the ambient list on occasion when his name comes up. I > also have enjoyed > and have picked up as much BC/CR as I can (afford) over the years as I see > it as an incredible > sound and an invaluable body of work. I also, just last year... a bit > late, discovered The Sea > and Cake and found them to be most enjoyable. > > Have I broken some rule where if you like one thing you can't like another > unless it's the same > style of music?

peter, for chrissakes, get over yourself. "frightning"? you'd think i was propogating the most god-awful ignorant blasphemes. to call me ignorant for reccomending someone something because he likes similar music is just plain stupid. chain reaction is expensive stuff, and if i'm going to recommend something to someone i feel that it's a safe idea to purchase something similar to what they listen to, and then if they enjoy it to seek out the rest of the label. to reccomend something just because "it's groundbreaking" is rather lame, and pretentious of the rest of you. the person whom i reccomened porter ricks/thomas koner to, was unfamiliar with the label, and personally, because he did mention that he was listneing to the sea and cake, i belive that what i directed him towards is something he would appreicate. it's typical, i express my feelings about a label that i am very familiar with, and dislike and all fans yell at me. it's pointless. i'm not going to change my opinion of them, i recognize their accomplishments, and i still don't like them. i'm not going to argue about this anymore. you guys like chain reaction/basic channel. I do not. we both have valid reasons for both of our opinions. we are both entitled to these opinions and should not be chastised for expressing them. i'm not arguing about this, as it will go nowhere. i dismiss this issue. if you must argue with me, do it in private so no one else has to hear the bickering. -joshua...

quoted 2 lines i dont want to drag this out, but 5 or 6 dollars for a 12' is not

> i dont want to drag this out, but 5 or 6 dollars for a 12' is not > expensive. nine bc 12's cost maybe 45 dollars and they fill up four cdrs.

Unless you live in canada.12'' 's run about $13-14 can.So yes,it can be expensive. william