From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Mar 9th 1999, 16:25
From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Mar 9th 1999, 16:25
At 09:38 AM 3/9/99 -0600, you wrote: >>A new UK label has started up called District Six that >>looks to be filling the void left buy the folding of the >>Clear label. > >What VOID?? I mean the first four or five releases (Plaid, Gescom, Jake >Slaz, Jedi Knights) were all excellent and worth purchasing, but were >produced by already established artists. What followed thereafter was for >the most part OK, nevertheless, not very exciting. As One was good, but >again, an already established artist. I don't really see why Clear was >considered so "revolutionary" when all they did was enlist IDM illuminati >and had them perform in a retro style. > There were several other worthwhile releases on Clear aside from the ones you mention: Gregory Fleckner Quintet, Metamatics, Daniel Ibbotson, Clatterbox, Dr. Rocket, Morgan Geist, Reflection and the Reflection remix project. There were a few releases that were of lesser quality but nowhere near enough to dimiss the label as a whole. Regarding "IDM iuminati" and Clear, the way i see it Clear's first few releases were by "IDM iuminati" but from then on they mostly developed and released their own talent. Dr Rocket, Clatterbox, Metamatics, Daniel Ibbotson, Gregory Fleckner Quintet, Reflection and The Lithium first appeared or were first brought to prominence on the Clear label. I agree that Clear may have gotten a little more hype than they deserve but even without that hype they were still a very good label. -->-Lance--- xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states