I posted a fairly innocuous comment so I am not quite sure what prompted this rather thinly veiled personal attack. But ho hum.
I am well used to hustling, I was raised as a bona fide Scavanga, it's in my genes, and part of my psyche, from hearing my dad, raised under Communism, tell me stories of sneaking out into the dark woods as a child with his dad in the middle of winter to steal wood for fire, and fossicking for food, then there's the migrant experience, hustle, hustle, and even now my work depends on hardcore hustling as a freelancer. I'm grateful for that ability - oh yeah, it helps me search for records, and I give away a lot of promos to friends. BUT record searching in Australia - and countries like Mexico and Croatia - depends on having the time and money for this - you order on the Internet you mostly need a credit card, and for that a regular income and a credit rating. It's been said that 80 percent of the DJs in Melbourne are on the dole - so you're hardly gonna have a credit card. Records are not cheap, and the wages here for DJs are laughable. As a non DJ, I myself work seven days a week, all hours, and my income is not steady, so I find it hard for that reason. Plus if you were a 30 something you may have a family or dependents to pay for. Women still bear the brunt of family raising in our societies, so they have less time. Plus generally they have more expenses in terms of clothes and cosmetics and self-presentation and also health to compete with a record spending budget. If you don't speak English then it would be harder to search and order for records online. So record shopping can be a privileged exercise. I understand Jeff's reasoning, I always love the way he thinks and works, and I am sure this is, from what I know of Jeff, culturally specific. Above all, it's really very elitist to judge people's love of music by how much time they are able to devote to hunting down records, and how much of an outlay they able to expend on this. So really systematic and logical approaches are irrelevant without contextualising it. ---------- >From: Rc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: [313] Fw: JEFF MILLS: Axis 009 C/D & UK Tour >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:20 PM > > I live in australia, and I have no problem 'hunting down records'. I always > pay less than I would at my local import store because I pay attention to > exchange rates and country of manufacture + it gets delivered to my door. I > also have no problem selling second hand records all over the world. > > Hunting for records is a systematic and logical process. > > A real music lover will search for the music. Finding good music wherever it > may lie, is an essential part of the dj artform. A DJ having records that no > one else has, is and always has been vitally important since the beginning > of the notion of seeing/hearing a dj as a form of entertainment. > > A real Dj/music lover cannot afford to expect music to be presented to them, > rather they must look for it. Limiting records is an essential catalyst of > innovation within dance music - no one wants to go and see a dj play records > that everyone else has - this breeds blandness. Some producers are selfless > enough to put progression before profits. > > > > > on 24/4/02 8:05 PM, Cyclone Wehner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Interesting the idea of making people hunt down hard to find records. I >> think that is pretty much a fact of life for people in countries like >> Australia, maybe in Europe it's necessary where you are spoilt for choice. >> Of course we can go on the Internet but the cost is so high. It took me a >> while even to get Blackwater (it's out locally here now) and I only got hold >> of the Derrick May remix of Jaguar because of a kind friend in France. We're >> used to hustling!! >> >> ---------- >>> From: "Tom Robbins/Magic Feet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "313 mailing list" <313@hyperreal.org> >>> Subject: [313] Fw: JEFF MILLS: Axis 009 C/D & UK Tour >>> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 6:14 PM >>> >> >>> Let the head-scratching begin! >>> >>> ***************** >>> >>> >>> ARTIST: MILLSART >>> TITLE: ACTUAL (AXIS 009 C/D) >>> LABEL: AXIS >>> FORMAT: CD >>> CAT NO: AX-009 C/D >>> RELEASE DATE: 3 JUNE 2002 >>> >>> Following the third Millsart release of the acclaimed 'Every Dog Has Its >>> Day' series, Jeff Mills returns to his hard to find Axis 009 series with a >>> CD collection of the forthcoming 'C' and 'D' vinyl instalments. >>> >>> Jeff Mills plays the following UK dates this May & June and makes his first >>> UK Festival appearance in 5 years at Homelands on June 1st. >>> >>> May 1 Royal Festival Hall - London >>> May 24 Tribal Sessions @ Sankeys Soap - Manchester >>> May 25 Shine @ QBSU - Belfast >>> May 31 Pressure @ The Arches - Glasgow >>> June 1 Homelands @ Winchester Bowl - Winchester >>> June 1 Fabric - London >>> June 2 Redbox - Dublin >>> >>> Jeff Mills on AX-009 >>> >>> About AX-009 The beginning >>> >>> The AX-009 series, the ninth day of the ninth month originated in the summer >>> of 1993 in Berlin at the home of Hardwax Records-Berlin owner Mark Ernestus. >>> We discussed our curiosity on whether Electronic Music Buyers, at that time, >>> still felt the urge and had the patience to seek out and chase down >>> hard-to-find new music. I decided then to create a sub-line of records out >>> of the ninth release from Axis Records and dedicated these releases solely >>> for this purpose of exploring this question. Create records that would be >>> only sold at one record shop in the world, Hard wax- Berlin and sporadically >>> made available for purchase a few times a year for as long as the demand was >>> there. Even we here at Axis Records never knew when the release would be >>> made available. The project sustained itself and lasted 8 years. >>> >>> The structure of an AX-009 record >>> >>> My initial idea of AX-009 was to create unique minimal compositions that >>> could be linked together while baring a unique signature of their own. >>> Similar to a song or arrangement but in minimal form. I relied on the depth >>> of the tracks to divide them accordingly: >>> >>> The first two releases, AX-009 and AX-009b processed 4 tracks each. Track 1A >>> symbolizes the most definitive of all the four on the release. Track 1B >>> symbolizes an intentional passiveness as not to override Track 1A. Instead >>> assisting Track 1A. Track 2A is always the thick and lush one. Track 2B is >>> always the sign of rejuvenation, the most expressive of the four. >>> >>> The label design was always blank, the Axis colours of gold on side A and >>> black on side B. With exception of AX-009 B2 "Spider Formation", tracks are >>> never titled. >>> >>> AX-009 The series begins >>> >>> With the end of the very successful Purpose Maker series (PM), it left room >>> for me to create even more releases for AX-009 project. While in the process >>> of making AX-009c, I discovered that there was a need to create Sci Fi >>> Techno again. That, there were so many percussion/bongo tracks available, >>> that making another one is useless for the DJs that looking for something >>> different. We have enough. What I noticed in most of the percussion Techno >>> tracks today lack music or arrangement. Either for reasons that other >>> producers feel that bits of basslines and fragments of samples are enough or >>> people are satisfied with drum heavy tracks and ask for more. So, I thought >>> it would be interesting to create a line of records that assisted those >>> tracks. >>> >>> Something similar to woman's cosmetics. Drum and percussion-less music that >>> could be layered upon other tracks or drum computer that would give it even >>> more life. Tracks that could be layered together to enhance or hide, like >>> cosmetics. Because of the necessary skill to hold these tracks against other >>> drum tracks or drum machine, obviously, AX-009 is designed for the most >>> experienced DJs. These tracks range in style widely from minimal to >>> abstractions. When simply listened to, the same tracks take on a different >>> appearance. Built with drama in mind, the AX-009 tracks still hold the >>> initial designs of individual character that has made these releases an >>> intriguing experience to listen to. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
