From Oeivind Idsoe Sent Mon, Jan 5th 1998, 00:30
From Oeivind Idsoe Sent Mon, Jan 5th 1998, 00:30
Greg Earle wrote:
> fucking
Wow, man! I've never seen so many fucks in my life! Congrats.
> Another reason Mego and A-Musik et al. don't get discussed - in addition to
> the easily-sussed "They aren't easily obtainable" - is because I suspect most
> of their output is 12" vinyl;
Fortunately (for those who care), you are very wrong. Both Mego and
A-musik entered the digital age a long time ago (now, wouldn't it be
ironic if Mego, one of *the* most 'digital' labels I know, would only
release stuff on vinyl? Indeed it would.), so that's simply not a
valid excuse.
> sorry mate but I just can't be arsed to spend
> money on the worst value-for-money there is in music, the (usually) imported
> 12" vinyl record ... US $10.99 (and up!) for 2 or 3 tracks is just not my idea
This is just a By The Way: I pay about $20 for every CD I order from
M.DOS (M.DOS is Mego's very own distribution network that includes
stuff from trente oiseaux, Soleilmoon, Sonig, A-Musik, Mantra (Pierre
Henry!), and, of course, Mego), which is in fact *cheaper* than the
*regular* price for regular, non-import CDs sold in Norway. Price for
normal CDs are, believe it or not, approaching $30 (!!!) -- today's
price is about $26-27...it's getting quite insanse!
This makes me one lucky dude, because how many can say that CDs they
order from abroad are *cheaper* than regular CDs sold in their own
country?
> (Do I really need to insert my "Why I think all music should be MP3'ized and
> put up on the Web" rant here? Is it really *that* hard to understand that
> people are naturally hesitant to blindly buy music on obscure labels that they
> haven't heard ahead of time? Especially when it's so costly?)
And here's my main point: M.DOS (see above) has Real Audio files --
extracts or complete tracks -- for EVERY SINGLE RELEASE in their
catalogue! This, of course, basically means that if you really want
Mego or A-musik stuff, all you have to do is visit their web-site,
install a RA-player together with the browser of your choice, and
listen to everything they've got. FX Randomix? He's there. General
Magic? They are there. Wabi Sabi? He's there. etc. etc. etc.
M.DOS can be visited at:
http://www.Austria.EU.net/frank/mego/
No excuses (well, almost).
> </end rant>
ditto.
/Oeivind/