From marsel Sent Wed, Jul 21st 1999, 08:58
From marsel Sent Wed, Jul 21st 1999, 08:58
but it were all debut albums by autechre, b12 and the black dog productions comp especially the Ae boys had released almost nothing at that time. At 20-7-99 -0400 17:33 , you wrote: >Did anyone notice outside the Jega interview in FAQT that there was a little >column asking certain him what or who he didn't really care for and why? > >It turns out his answer to the question was the Warp label. He reasoned that >he felt Warp wouldn't risk anything on signing an artist until they had proven >themselves on another label. > >He went on to back up what he said by stating that Warp didn't sign Aphex >until he had already released his select ambient works on R&S, as well as >other artist like Jimi Tenor who had non-Warp releases before being picked up >by Warp and also Squarepusher, who was on Spymania before being picked up by >Warp. > >Apparently Warp's initial disinterest in Jenkinson was that they felt the >whole realm of drum and bass was just a phase in music. > >I thought it was an interesting point of view from Dylan. > >--Bill ____________________________________ forcefield | mindless entertainment http://www.sonik.demon.nl/forcefield