From Mark Barton Sent Mon, Oct 18th 1999, 14:34
From Mark Barton Sent Mon, Oct 18th 1999, 14:34
hi david, this isn't meant to sound like a challenge!! but i'd be interested in knowing which acts you feel are being obscured by the larger artists? cheers, mark. http://www.mp3.com/barkertrax >> No offense, in fact after listening to ep7 four or five times I'd offer >> support to your reticence, but I thought I'd just point it out. Shall we make >> pledges now to not buy the new Boards Of Canada album coming out in December, >> just so we can be different? > >actually, yes. there are many more interesting albums to buy, in my >humble & easily dismissable opinion. all of which get far less good >press than they deserve, while decent idm acts like boards of canada or >say bola get so overhyped they actually obscure other good music which >doesn't live by said hype. > >as a side note: supporting the same acts over & over regardless of what >they do just puts the entire music scene in stagnation & forces new >artists to imitate the 'current sound' to get a piece of hype >themselves. that's what you get from buying ae records out of habit, >rather than because you really like them. > >~ david >