From daniel Sent Thu, Aug 26th 1999, 20:43
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote: > i think i like the idea behind fatcat more than the music that they put >out. every so often i'll buy something from them which i'll like >but i don't really care for most of their other acts (at least from what > i've heard on 'across uneven terrain'.) too much british post rock, > which i think is even more painful to listen to than american post rock > (which is already quite a pain for all i'm concerned, but let's not > start _that_ thread). they're a label where you're usually better off > recent s^jn side of a split 12" & the various artists 12"s come to mind) > listening first, then buying. > I agree. Conceptually I think that fat cat is one of the best labels out there. In some ways I have modeled mmr after them. IE the desire not to be easily classified (which I hope came across on the ETM comp). However, Fat Cat is more extreme in their process. Which leads to the try before you buy it premise. With some labels I buy on sight but I have never been able to do that with fat cat. You never know what you are going to get. But that is a strong attraction for me. > however, the music is always quality stuff, & i appreciate the fact that > they're one of the few 'outsider' labels in the idm world, which, as > daniel mentioned, don't stick to a certain genre & beat it to death but > instead take chances on unknown acts which produce leftfield music. i > don't like it doesn't mean it's not good. :) > agreed. Even the items I did not like were done very well. Their noise releases have always left me cold but I am told by those into noise they are quite good. One thing I read recently was that the split series was going to be slowed down and concentration was going to be placed upon releasing 1 CD a month until December. I know that there is a forthcoming grain CD as well. -daniel