From solenoid Sent Wed, May 19th 1999, 19:59
From solenoid Sent Wed, May 19th 1999, 19:59
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Lance @ Inaudible wrote: > At 05:24 PM 5/19/99 +0200, you wrote: > > > >WHY oh why do people have to hide behind so many different > >monikers and aliases? This criticism has often been levelled > >against >our< kind of music - the facelessness of the people > >behind it, but they obviously want it this way. (Check the MASK > >releases..., Gescom etc). How to confound the trainspotter. > > > > A few reasons for different monikers/aliases: > - different guises for different styles of music produced.... > - sometimes certain monikers/aliases are signed exclusively > to certain labels. so other monikers/aliases are necessary > to release music on other labels... > - sometimes other monikers/aliases are used for > projects sed artists does with another artist (i.e. > collaborative projects)... - sometimes the artist just wants to regain some anonymity - artists might get sick of their old names, esp if they use them a long time - artists might find the name resembles something unintended (witness ICU becoming IQU) later on - artist might find another recording project using the same name or copyright issue (chameleons vs chameleons uk, or Panasonic) Solenoid