From sm Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 23:20
From sm Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 23:20
writtenby lwtcdi <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx> Subject: (idm) (Everybody's talkin' 'bout) Pop Muzik! >Also picked up a compilation of Strata East recordings (who?) called >Strata-2-East, which is a compilation of some of their releases from >1972-1975 on a jazz/funk tip. Features lots of unknown (to me) names, >but is ace all the same. Looks like I've been missing out. Anyone know >what the previous comp is like, or anything else about the artists on >here? i've only heard the first volume, two words- get it; all those who about ramble on about 'the funk' in techno should grab of hold of this for a slice of the real deal funny thing about strata-east is that it was a label set up by black musicians specifically on the premise of protecting black artists from the exploititive mechanics of the white music industry, then you guessed it, after it started making money, the guys who ran it fucked off with all the dough [sm] -- http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/mfr/ [elecktronic label] [esoteric, non-generic material wanted] " Basically the message is: Steal It! Art, music, culture, the odd book and the slab of cheese... the new will be built upon the ruins of the old. " -Buenaventura Durruti