From pHlow Sent Thu, Mar 11th 1999, 12:10
From pHlow Sent Thu, Mar 11th 1999, 12:10
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 11:40:35 -0500, Lance C McGannon <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> said: > >There were several other worthwhile releases on Clear >aside from the ones you mention: Gregory Fleckner Quintet, >Metamatics, Daniel Ibbotson, Clatterbox, Dr. Rocket, >Morgan Geist, Reflection and the Reflection remix project. >There were a few releases that were of lesser quality but >nowhere near enough to dimiss the label as a whole. > >Regarding "IDM iuminati" and Clear, the way i see it >Clear's first few releases were by "IDM iuminati" but >from then on they mostly developed and released their >own talent. Dr Rocket, Clatterbox, Metamatics, Daniel >Ibbotson, Gregory Fleckner Quintet, Reflection and The >Lithium first appeared or were first brought to prominence >on the Clear label. > as usual, i agree with lance here and view clear as much more than a label which released "established acts in a retro style". while there was certainly a retro-ethic in effect during "the first electro comeback" which coincided roughly with the clear start-up, i think later releases branched out and progressed into many smooth and jazzy directions which were by no means rear-view-mirror based. in particular, the metamatics stuff and reflection releases were largely underappreciated (in my opinion) and really represented some nice sounds. neo-ouija (not technically on clear) hardly received a mention, and it was one of my tops for 1998. i look forward to geting my lazy ass down to bent crayon to pick up the new lee norris stuff on district six.......... np: jake mandell: bottombracket peeeeeeeeeeeeeece, -- Jeff Davis xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx fn:216.533.6303 fx:216.266.2310 text:xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx pHlow.linx: home.earthlink.net/~phlow/ Bochum Welt: www.bochumwelt.com Rotator Locator: hyperreal.org/music/rotator/