Hi,
We're getting things together for our next release which i hope will be out
around October or November. It will feature the works of Takashi Kojima, an
incredible audio-experimentalist based in Osaka, Japan. Much like Erik
Dahl's "Anti-Instrumentations," this next release will be a-structural
electronic weirdness which is neither traditional "Ambient" or "IDM";
however, whereas Erik is entirely computer-based, Takashi's works are
lower-tech and sample based.
My question to you is: what is the demand for us to keep releasing only on
audiophile vinyl? I am quite the vinyl hag, so I do not believe in pressing
on lesser quality (read "standard," "affordable") vinyl. At the same time,
it is annoyingly difficult to get stores and distributors to pay the extra
buck for the audiophile stuff. Because I want to keep Comatonse a
limited-issue label, as well as my own financial limitations, I cannot
manufacture both audio-phile vinyl and cd's, so a decision needs to be
made. If you could please answer the following questions and email them
back to me, it would appreciate it. (Please respond keeping the same
subject line above so I can sort the incoming mail.)
1. Do you own any Comatonse.000 [me] or Comatonse.001 [Erik]? (If "No," go
to 5.)
2. Have you found the quality of our vinyl to be worth the extra cost?
3. If you own both C.000 and C.001, have you noticed an improvement in
quality between releases?
4. Have you ever DJ'ed or performed these releases in a public space?
5. Would you prefer future Comatonse releases to be on audiophile vinyl,
CD, or other format (please specify - ie. standard crap vinyl, 10" vinyl,
colored/other vinyl which may compromise sound quality and will probably be
even more expensive, etc.)?
Thanks for your input!
-Terre Thaemlitz
Soul Proprietor
Comatonse Recordings