From Eric Frans Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 23:42
From Eric Frans Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 23:42
I think Warp still deserves major respect. They may play it somewhat safe with Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Plaid, but let's not forget about artists like Phoenicia that they just released. I'm sure they won't sell loads of that release, but they put it out because it's quality and the Soul Oddity crew know what's up! At least they are not putting out sketchy releases like Rephlex as of late. Two words: quality control. E r i c F r a n s ---------------------- > [mail] xxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx > [web] engr.arizona.edu/~franse > [subvox music] www.azstarnet.com/~subvox ------------------------------------------ On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Oeivind Idsoe wrote: } } > (On Warp records) } > really, but in Warp's case we can almost make an exception -- instant } > respect." } } WARP has sort of lost my respect during the last couple of years, because they } seem to be playing it very safe with regards to "breaking"/releasing new } artists. They release stuff that is almost guaranteed to sell (Plaid, Autechre, } Aphex Twin, Squarepusher -- the big four at Warp), and seldom seem to take too } many chances. In other words: They have become semi-corporate. } } Don't get me wrong -- I love most things done by Autechre (and bits'n'pieces } from Aphex) -- but I would like to see WARP do something very different for a } change (like with Red Snapper; not that they're particularly great, but at } least no one saw it coming!).