From Sean Cooper Sent Fri, May 14th 1999, 19:41
>of all these, i've only ever seen 4 in stores (i own 2 of those). skam >releases, however, are easily available around here. i found the >jega-ska009 at a few places. same for the push button objects which i >gave a listen to only to nevermind it -- which is what i should have >done with ska009. i guess like many i was drawn to this label mostly >because of boards of canada, but i didn't like anything else that they >put out, except the 0161 comp, which is with v/vm anyway so it doesn't count. you have a mailing address, don't you? i do 80 percent of my record buying by mailorder. djak-up-bitch are a dutch label associated with i-f/clone/etc. their releases (some of them, anyway; the ones listed) are in the skam/mas/etc. vein insofar as they are a less dancefloor-oriented mutation of hip-hop/electro/techno/electronix, but have so far blown away most of what's appeared through those labels in recent months. >so, i'd have to agree with you about skam; hell, they _are_ called SKAM >for god's sake. (& i'm not even attempting to guess what music aus >strom _really_ means!) "synthesized music," if memory serves. sc