From gg2g4ink Sent Fri, Oct 24th 1997, 23:44
From gg2g4ink Sent Fri, Oct 24th 1997, 23:44
>well... >presenting: >"Multsanta's big list of fifteen post rephlex/warp labels to look out for." they're all GOOD labels, but they're probably not the future of electronic music. basically, all they offering are tweaks and subtle new tricks on very traditional forms. that's where we are. that's where we've been. it would be stagnation or, worse, regression to plow ahead by running in place. if you want music far ahead of its time, you're talking... Rastermusic Mego Lo Recordings Säkhö a-musik Iris Light Noise Museum Switch VV/M NTone Irdial Soup-Disk Mille Plateaux t:me recordings (em:t series) Plug Research (i generally agree about this one) these are the mavericks. they are destined to be underappreciated now, their (often tiny) operations are hardly able to compete for airspace and page-space with those labels currently borne aloft on the shoulders of the press as The Messiahs of Electronica [sic]. yet what they are doing is consistently pushing the music forward and dissolving boundaries. too many of these other labels are putting out reliable - but admittedly retread - records. but these labels - and many others - are daring to be different. progress isn't always lush and harmonic. and you can't always dance to it. and, c'mon... i'm sure Stuart will be putting out fine music. but isn't it a little premature to hail a label without a single release as a herald of IDM's bright future? you may well be 100% right about MFR, but why not hold off on the plaudits and the back-slapping until we actually HEAR an MFR record? ;-) just my $0.02 (or £.0125) GuerillaG2-G4/ gg xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx