quoted 1 line Warp in the 00's is like Cleopatra or Invisible in the 90's. In the early> Warp in the 00's is like Cleopatra or Invisible in the 90's. In the early
days of all three of
quoted 1 line those labels, they put out some really great stuff for the times. It always> those labels, they put out some really great stuff for the times. It always
seems, though,
quoted 1 line that when a label adds more and more artists to their roster, it's> that when a label adds more and more artists to their roster, it's
inevitable that the
quoted 1 line signature "sound" of that label loses focus.> signature "sound" of that label loses focus.
Certainly Warp have no longer got a zeitgeist-humping signature sound. It's
not quite clear whether this is because they've lost their A&R edge, or whether
they've just decided that putting out a series of diverse records that they
like is more important than being at the cutting edge of what some mailing list
considers to be the core IDM sound. Or indeed, whether in a year or so, the
current series of Warp releases will be genre touchstones like Artificial
Intelligences, and we'll all be kicking ourselves for being so slow. Although this
seems less likely.
They also seem to suffer rather from the fact that the idm list, for a bunch
of fans of self consciously progressive and eclectic music, gets very annoyed
when people progress in a way they didn't expect.</troll>
David